NETBible KJV GRK-HEB XRef Names Arts Hymns

Discovery Box

1 Kings 20:1--22:53

20:1

And Benhadad
<01130>

the king
<04428>

of Syria
<0758>

gathered
<06908> (0)

all his host
<02428>

together
<06908> (8804)_:

and [there were] thirty
<07970>

and two
<08147>

kings
<04428>

with him, and horses
<05483>_,

and chariots
<07393>_:

and he went up
<05927> (8799)

and besieged
<06696> (8799)

Samaria
<08111>_,

and warred
<03898> (8735)

against it.

20:2

And he sent
<07971> (8799)

messengers
<04397>

to Ahab
<0256>

king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>

into the city
<05892>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Thus saith
<0559> (8804)

Benhadad
<01130>_,

20:3

Thy silver
<03701>

and thy gold
<02091>

[is] mine; thy wives
<0802>

also and thy children
<01121>_,

[even] the goodliest
<02896>_,

[are] mine.

20:4

And the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

My lord
<0113>_,

O king
<04428>_,

according to thy saying
<01697>_,

I [am] thine, and all that I have.

20:5

And the messengers
<04397>

came again
<07725> (8799)_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Thus speaketh
<0559> (8804)

Benhadad
<01130>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Although I have sent
<07971> (8804)

unto thee, saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Thou shalt deliver
<05414> (8799)

me thy silver
<03701>_,

and thy gold
<02091>_,

and thy wives
<0802>_,

and thy children
<01121>_;

20:6

Yet I will send
<07971> (8799)

my servants
<05650>

unto thee to morrow
<04279>

about this time
<06256>_,

and they shall search
<02664> (8765)

thine house
<01004>_,

and the houses
<01004>

of thy servants
<05650>_;

and it shall be
<01961> (8804)_,

[that] whatsoever is pleasant
<04261>

in thine eyes
<05869>_,

they shall put
<07760> (8799)

[it] in their hand
<03027>_,

and take [it] away
<03947> (8804)_.

{pleasant: Heb. desirable}

20:7

Then the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>

called
<07121> (8799)

all the elders
<02205>

of the land
<0776>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Mark
<03045> (8798)_,

I pray you, and see
<07200> (8798)

how this [man] seeketh
<01245> (8764)

mischief
<07451>_:

for he sent
<07971> (8804)

unto me for my wives
<0802>_,

and for my children
<01121>_,

and for my silver
<03701>_,

and for my gold
<02091>_;

and I denied
<04513> (8804)

him not. {I denied...: Heb. I kept not back from him}

20:8

And all the elders
<02205>

and all the people
<05971>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Hearken
<08085> (8799)

not [unto him], nor consent
<014> (8799)_.

20:9

Wherefore he said
<0559> (8799)

unto the messengers
<04397>

of Benhadad
<01130>_,

Tell
<0559> (8798)

my lord
<0113>

the king
<04428>_,

All that thou didst send
<07971> (8804)

for to thy servant
<05650>

at the first
<07223>

I will do
<06213> (8799)_:

but this thing
<01697>

I may
<03201> (8799)

not do
<06213> (8800)_.

And the messengers
<04397>

departed
<03212> (8799)_,

and brought
<07725> (0)

him word
<01697>

again
<07725> (8686)_.

20:10

And Benhadad
<01130>

sent
<07971> (8799)

unto him, and said
<0559> (8799)_,

The gods
<0430>

do so
<06213> (8799)

unto me, and more also
<03254> (8686)_,

if the dust
<06083>

of Samaria
<08111>

shall suffice
<05606> (8799)

for handfuls
<08168>

for all the people
<05971>

that follow
<07272>

me. {follow...: Heb. are at my feet}

20:11

And the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Tell
<01696> (8761)

[him], Let not him that girdeth
<02296> (8802)

on [his harness] boast
<01984> (8691)

himself as he that putteth it off
<06605> (8764)_.

20:12

And it came to pass, when [Benhadad] heard
<08085> (8800)

this message
<01697>_,

as he [was] drinking
<08354> (8802)_,

he and the kings
<04428>

in the pavilions
<05521>_,

that he said
<0559> (8799)

unto his servants
<05650>_,

Set
<07760> (8798)

[yourselves in array]. And they set
<07760> (8799)

[themselves in array] against the city
<05892>_.

{message: Heb. word} {pavilions: or, tents} {Set yourselves...: or, Place the engines. And they placed the engines}

20:13

And, behold, there came
<05066> (8738)

a
<0259>

prophet
<05030>

unto Ahab
<0256>

king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>_,

saying
<0559> (8799)_,

Thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>_,

Hast thou seen
<07200> (8804)

all this great
<01419>

multitude
<01995>_?

behold, I will deliver
<05414> (8802)

it into thine hand
<03027>

this day
<03117>_;

and thou shalt know
<03045> (8804)

that I [am] the LORD
<03068>_.

{came: Heb. approached}

20:14

And Ahab
<0256>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

By whom? And he said
<0559> (8799)_,

Thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>_,

[Even] by the young men
<05288>

of the princes
<08269>

of the provinces
<04082>_.

Then he said
<0559> (8799)_,

Who shall order
<0631> (8799)

the battle
<04421>_?

And he answered
<0559> (8799)_,

Thou. {young...: or, servants} {order: Heb. bind, or, tie}

20:15

Then he numbered
<06485> (8799)

the young men
<05288>

of the princes
<08269>

of the provinces
<04082>_,

and they were two
<08147>

hundred
<03967>

and thirty
<07970>

two
<08147>_:

and after
<0310>

them he numbered
<06485> (8804)

all the people
<05971>_,

[even] all the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>_,

[being] seven
<07651>

thousand
<0505>_.

20:16

And they went out
<03318> (8799)

at noon
<06672>_.

But Benhadad
<01130>

[was] drinking
<08354> (8802)

himself drunk
<07910>

in the pavilions
<05521>_,

he and the kings
<04428>_,

the thirty
<07970>

and two
<08147>

kings
<04428>

that helped
<05826> (8802)

him.

20:17

And the young men
<05288>

of the princes
<08269>

of the provinces
<04082>

went out
<03318> (8799)

first
<07223>_;

and Benhadad
<01130>

sent out
<07971> (8799)_,

and they told
<05046> (8686)

him, saying
<0559> (8800)_,

There are men
<0582>

come out
<03318> (8804)

of Samaria
<08111>_.

20:18

And he said
<0559> (8799)_,

Whether they be come out
<03318> (8804)

for peace
<07965>_,

take
<08610> (8798)

them alive
<02416>_;

or whether they be come out
<03318> (8804)

for war
<04421>_,

take
<08610> (8798)

them alive
<02416>_.

20:19

So these young men
<05288>

of the princes
<08269>

of the provinces
<04082>

came out
<03318> (8804)

of the city
<05892>_,

and the army
<02428>

which followed
<0310>

them.

20:20

And they slew
<05221> (8686)

every one
<0376>

his man
<0376>_:

and the Syrians
<0758>

fled
<05127> (8799)_;

and Israel
<03478>

pursued
<07291> (8799)

them: and Benhadad
<01130>

the king
<04428>

of Syria
<0758>

escaped
<04422> (8735)

on an horse
<05483>

with the horsemen
<06571>_.

20:21

And the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>

went out
<03318> (8799)_,

and smote
<05221> (8686)

the horses
<05483>

and chariots
<07393>_,

and slew
<05221> (8689)

the Syrians
<0758>

with a great
<01419>

slaughter
<04347>_.

20:22

And the prophet
<05030>

came
<05066> (8799)

to the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Go
<03212> (8798)_,

strengthen
<02388> (8690)

thyself, and mark
<03045> (8798)_,

and see
<07200> (8798)

what thou doest
<06213> (8799)_:

for at the return
<08666>

of the year
<08141>

the king
<04428>

of Syria
<0758>

will come up
<05927> (8802)

against thee.

20:23

And the servants
<05650>

of the king
<04428>

of Syria
<0758>

said
<0559> (8804)

unto him, Their gods
<0430>

[are] gods
<0430>

of the hills
<02022>_;

therefore they were stronger
<02388> (8804)

than we; but
<0199>

let us fight
<03898> (8735)

against them in the plain
<04334>_,

and surely
<03808>

we shall be stronger
<02388> (8799)

than they.

20:24

And do
<06213> (8798)

this thing
<01697>_,

Take
<05493> (8685)

the kings
<04428>

away, every man
<0376>

out of his place
<04725>_,

and put
<07760> (8798)

captains
<06346>

in their rooms:

20:25

And number
<04487> (8799)

thee an army
<02428>_,

like the army
<02428>

that thou hast lost
<05307> (8802)_,

horse
<05483>

for horse
<05483>_,

and chariot
<07393>

for chariot
<07393>_:

and we will fight
<03898> (8735)

against
<0854>

them in the plain
<04334>_,

[and] surely we shall be stronger
<02388> (8799)

than they. And he hearkened
<08085> (8799)

unto their voice
<06963>_,

and did so
<06213> (8799)_.

{that thou...: Heb. that was fallen}

20:26

And it came to pass at the return
<08666>

of the year
<08141>_,

that Benhadad
<01130>

numbered
<06485> (8799)

the Syrians
<0758>_,

and went up
<05927> (8799)

to Aphek
<0663>_,

to fight
<04421>

against Israel
<03478>_.

{to fight...: Heb. to the war with Israel}

20:27

And the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

were numbered
<06485> (8719)_,

and were all present
<03557> (8791)_,

and went
<03212> (8799)

against
<07125> (8800)

them: and the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

pitched
<02583> (8799)

before them like two
<08147>

little flocks
<02835>

of kids
<05795>_;

but the Syrians
<0758>

filled
<04390> (8765)

the country
<0776>_.

{were all...: or, were nourished}

20:28

And there came
<05066> (8799)

a man
<0376>

of God
<0430>_,

and spake
<0559> (8799)

unto the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>_,

Because the Syrians
<0758>

have said
<0559> (8804)_,

The LORD
<03068>

[is] God
<0430>

of the hills
<02022>_,

but he [is] not God
<0430>

of the valleys
<06010>_,

therefore will I deliver
<05414> (8804)

all this great
<01419>

multitude
<01995>

into thine hand
<03027>_,

and ye shall know
<03045> (8804)

that I [am] the LORD
<03068>_.

20:29

And they pitched
<02583> (8799)

one
<0428>

over against
<05227>

the other
<0428>

seven
<07651>

days
<03117>_.

And [so] it was, that in the seventh
<07637>

day
<03117>

the battle
<04421>

was joined
<07126> (8799)_:

and the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

slew
<05221> (8686)

of the Syrians
<0758>

an hundred
<03967>

thousand
<0505>

footmen
<07273>

in one
<0259>

day
<03117>_.

20:30

But the rest
<03498> (8737)

fled
<05127> (8799)

to Aphek
<0663>_,

into the city
<05892>_;

and [there] a wall
<02346>

fell
<05307> (8799)

upon twenty
<06242>

and seven
<07651>

thousand
<0505>

of the men
<0376>

[that were] left
<03498> (8737)_.

And Benhadad
<01130>

fled
<05127> (8804)_,

and came
<0935> (8799)

into the city
<05892>_,

into an inner
<02315>

chamber
<02315>_.

{into an...: or, from chamber to chamber: Heb. into a chamber within a chamber}

20:31

And his servants
<05650>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Behold now, we have heard
<08085> (8804)

that the kings
<04428>

of the house
<01004>

of Israel
<03478>

[are] merciful
<02617>

kings
<04428>_:

let us, I pray thee, put
<07760> (8799)

sackcloth
<08242>

on our loins
<04975>_,

and ropes
<02256>

upon our heads
<07218>_,

and go out
<03318> (8799)

to the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>_:

peradventure he will save
<02421> (8762)

thy life
<05315>_.

20:32

So they girded
<02296> (8799)

sackcloth
<08242>

on their loins
<04975>_,

and [put] ropes
<02256>

on their heads
<07218>_,

and came
<0935> (8799)

to the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Thy servant
<05650>

Benhadad
<01130>

saith
<0559> (8804)_,

I pray thee, let me live
<02421> (8799) <05315>_.

And he said
<0559> (8799)_,

[Is] he yet alive
<02416>_?

he [is] my brother
<0251>_.

20:33

Now the men
<0582>

did diligently observe
<05172> (8762)

whether [any thing would come] from him, and did hastily
<04116> (8762)

catch
<02480> (8686)

[it]: and they said
<0559> (8799)_,

Thy brother
<0251>

Benhadad
<01130>_.

Then he said
<0559> (8799)_,

Go
<0935> (8798)

ye, bring
<03947> (8798)

him. Then Benhadad
<01130>

came forth
<03318> (8799)

to him; and he caused him to come up
<05927> (8686)

into the chariot
<04818>_.

20:34

And [Benhadad] said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, The cities
<05892>_,

which my father
<01>

took
<03947> (8804)

from thy father
<01>_,

I will restore
<07725> (8686)_;

and thou shalt make
<07760> (8799)

streets
<02351>

for thee in Damascus
<01834>_,

as my father
<01>

made
<07760> (8804)

in Samaria
<08111>_.

Then [said Ahab], I will send thee away
<07971> (8762)

with this covenant
<01285>_.

So he made
<03772> (8799)

a covenant
<01285>

with him, and sent him away
<07971> (8762)_.

{streets: or, market places}

20:35

And a certain
<0259>

man
<0376>

of the sons
<01121>

of the prophets
<05030>

said
<0559> (8804)

unto his neighbour
<07453>

in the word
<01697>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

Smite
<05221> (8685)

me, I pray thee. And the man
<0376>

refused
<03985> (8762)

to smite
<05221> (8687)

him.

20:36

Then said
<0559> (8799)

he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed
<08085> (8804)

the voice
<06963>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

behold, as soon as thou art departed
<01980> (8802)

from me, a lion
<0738>

shall slay
<05221> (8689)

thee. And as soon as he was departed
<03212> (8799)

from him
<0681>_,

a lion
<0738>

found
<04672> (8799)

him, and slew
<05221> (8686)

him.

20:37

Then he found
<04672> (8799)

another
<0312>

man
<0376>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Smite
<05221> (8685)

me, I pray thee. And the man
<0376>

smote
<05221> (8686)

him, so that in smiting
<05221> (8687)

he wounded
<06481> (8800)

[him]. {so that...: Heb. smiting and wounding}

20:38

So the prophet
<05030>

departed
<03212> (8799)_,

and waited
<05975> (8799)

for the king
<04428>

by the way
<01870>_,

and disguised
<02664> (8691)

himself with ashes
<0666>

upon his face
<05869>_.

20:39

And as the king
<04428>

passed by
<05674> (8802)_,

he cried
<06817> (8804)

unto the king
<04428>_:

and he said
<0559> (8799)_,

Thy servant
<05650>

went out
<03318> (8804)

into the midst
<07130>

of the battle
<04421>_;

and, behold, a man
<0376>

turned aside
<05493> (8804)_,

and brought
<0935> (8686)

a man
<0376>

unto me, and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Keep
<08104> (8798)

this man
<0376>_:

if by any means
<06485> (8736)

he be missing
<06485> (8735)_,

then shall thy life
<05315>

be for his life
<05315>_,

or else thou shalt pay
<08254> (8799)

a talent
<03603>

of silver
<03701>_.

{pay: Heb. weigh}

20:40

And as thy servant
<05650>

was busy
<06213> (8802)

here and there, he was gone
<0369>_.

And the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, So [shall] thy judgment
<04941>

[be]; thyself hast decided
<02782> (8804)

[it]. {he was...: Heb. he was not}

20:41

And he hasted
<04116> (8762)_,

and took the ashes
<0666>

away
<05493> (8686)

from his face
<05869>_;

and the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>

discerned
<05234> (8686)

him that he [was] of the prophets
<05030>_.

20:42

And he said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>_,

Because thou hast let go
<07971> (8765)

out of [thy] hand
<03027>

a man
<0376>

whom I appointed to utter destruction
<02764>_,

therefore thy life
<05315>

shall go for his life
<05315>_,

and thy people
<05971>

for his people
<05971>_.

20:43

And the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>

went
<03212> (8799)

to his house
<01004>

heavy
<05620>

and displeased
<02198>_,

and came
<0935> (8799)

to Samaria
<08111>_.

21:1

And it came to pass after
<0310>

these things
<01697>_,

[that] Naboth
<05022>

the Jezreelite
<03158>

had a vineyard
<03754>_,

which [was] in Jezreel
<03157>_,

hard by
<0681>

the palace
<01964>

of Ahab
<0256>

king
<04428>

of Samaria
<08111>_.

21:2

And Ahab
<0256>

spake
<01696> (8762)

unto Naboth
<05022>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Give
<05414> (8798)

me thy vineyard
<03754>_,

that I may have it for a garden
<01588>

of herbs
<03419>_,

because it [is] near
<07138>

unto
<0681>

my house
<01004>_:

and I will give
<05414> (8799)

thee for it a better
<02896>

vineyard
<03754>

than it; [or], if it seem good
<02896>

to thee
<05869>_,

I will give
<05414> (8799)

thee the worth
<04242>

of it in money
<03701>_.

{seem...: Heb. be good in thine eyes}

21:3

And Naboth
<05022>

said
<0559> (8799)

to Ahab
<0256>_,

The LORD
<03068>

forbid
<02486>

it me, that I should give
<05414> (8800)

the inheritance
<05159>

of my fathers
<01>

unto thee.

21:4

And Ahab
<0256>

came
<0935> (8799)

into his house
<01004>

heavy
<05620>

and displeased
<02198>

because of the word
<01697>

which Naboth
<05022>

the Jezreelite
<03158>

had spoken
<01696> (8765)

to him: for he had said
<0559> (8799)_,

I will not give
<05414> (8799)

thee the inheritance
<05159>

of my fathers
<01>_.

And he laid him down
<07901> (8799)

upon his bed
<04296>_,

and turned away
<05437> (8686)

his face
<06440>_,

and would eat
<0398> (8804)

no bread
<03899>_.

21:5

But Jezebel
<0348>

his wife
<0802>

came
<0935> (8799)

to him, and said
<01696> (8762)

unto him, Why is thy spirit
<07307>

so sad
<05620>_,

that thou eatest
<0398> (8802)

no bread
<03899>_?

21:6

And he said
<01696> (8762)

unto her, Because I spake
<01696> (8762)

unto Naboth
<05022>

the Jezreelite
<03158>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Give
<05414> (8798)

me thy vineyard
<03754>

for money
<03701>_;

or else, if it please
<02655>

thee, I will give
<05414> (8799)

thee [another] vineyard
<03754>

for it: and he answered
<0559> (8799)_,

I will not give
<05414> (8799)

thee my vineyard
<03754>_.

21:7

And Jezebel
<0348>

his wife
<0802>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Dost thou now govern
<06213> (8799)

the kingdom
<04410>

of Israel
<03478>_?

arise
<06965> (8798)_,

[and] eat
<0398> (8798)

bread
<03899>_,

and let thine heart
<03820>

be merry
<03190> (8799)_:

I will give
<05414> (8799)

thee the vineyard
<03754>

of Naboth
<05022>

the Jezreelite
<03158>_.

21:8

So she wrote
<03789> (8799)

letters
<05612>

in Ahab's
<0256>

name
<08034>_,

and sealed
<02856> (8799)

[them] with his seal
<02368>_,

and sent
<07971> (8799)

the letters
<05612>

unto the elders
<02205>

and to the nobles
<02715>

that [were] in his city
<05892>_,

dwelling
<03427> (8802)

with Naboth
<05022>_.

21:9

And she wrote
<03789> (8799)

in the letters
<05612>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Proclaim
<07121> (8798)

a fast
<06685>_,

and set
<03427> (8685)

Naboth
<05022>

on high
<07218>

among the people
<05971>_:

{on high...: Heb. in the top of the people}

21:10

And set
<03427> (8685)

two
<08147>

men
<0582>_,

sons
<01121>

of Belial
<01100>_,

before him, to bear witness
<05749> (8686)

against him, saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Thou didst blaspheme
<01288> (8765)

God
<0430>

and the king
<04428>_.

And [then] carry him out
<03318> (8689)_,

and stone
<05619> (8798)

him, that he may die
<04191> (8799)_.

21:11

And the men
<0582>

of his city
<05892>_,

[even] the elders
<02205>

and the nobles
<02715>

who were the inhabitants
<03427> (8802)

in his city
<05892>_,

did
<06213> (8799)

as Jezebel
<0348>

had sent
<07971> (8804)

unto them, [and] as it [was] written
<03789> (8803)

in the letters
<05612>

which she had sent
<07971> (8804)

unto them.

21:12

They proclaimed
<07121> (8804)

a fast
<06685>_,

and set
<03427> (8689)

Naboth
<05022>

on high
<07218>

among the people
<05971>_.

21:13

And there came
<0935> (8799)

in two
<08147>

men
<0582>_,

children
<01121>

of Belial
<01100>_,

and sat
<03427> (8799)

before him: and the men
<0582>

of Belial
<01100>

witnessed
<05749> (8686)

against him, [even] against Naboth
<05022>_,

in the presence of the people
<05971>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Naboth
<05022>

did blaspheme
<01288> (8765)

God
<0430>

and the king
<04428>_.

Then they carried him forth
<03318> (8686)

out
<02351>

of the city
<05892>_,

and stoned
<05619> (8799)

him with stones
<068>_,

that he died
<04191> (8799)_.

21:14

Then they sent
<07971> (8799)

to Jezebel
<0348>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Naboth
<05022>

is stoned
<05619> (8795)_,

and is dead
<04191> (8799)_.

21:15

And it came to pass, when Jezebel
<0348>

heard
<08085> (8800)

that Naboth
<05022>

was stoned
<05619> (8795)_,

and was dead
<04191> (8799)_,

that Jezebel
<0348>

said
<0559> (8799)

to Ahab
<0256>_,

Arise
<06965> (8798)_,

take possession
<03423> (8798)

of the vineyard
<03754>

of Naboth
<05022>

the Jezreelite
<03158>_,

which he refused
<03985> (8765)

to give
<05414> (8800)

thee for money
<03701>_:

for Naboth
<05022>

is not alive
<02416>_,

but dead
<04191> (8804)_.

21:16

And it came to pass, when Ahab
<0256>

heard
<08085> (8800)

that Naboth
<05022>

was dead
<04191> (8804)_,

that Ahab
<0256>

rose up
<06965> (8799)

to go down
<03381> (8800)

to the vineyard
<03754>

of Naboth
<05022>

the Jezreelite
<03158>_,

to take possession
<03423> (8800)

of it.

21:17

And the word
<01697>

of the LORD
<03068>

came to Elijah
<0452>

the Tishbite
<08664>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

21:18

Arise
<06965> (8798)_,

go down
<03381> (8798)

to meet
<07125> (8800)

Ahab
<0256>

king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>_,

which [is] in Samaria
<08111>_:

behold, [he is] in the vineyard
<03754>

of Naboth
<05022>_,

whither he is gone down
<03381> (8804)

to possess
<03423> (8800)

it.

21:19

And thou shalt speak
<01696> (8765)

unto him, saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>_,

Hast thou killed
<07523> (8804)_,

and also taken possession
<03423> (8804)_?

And thou shalt speak
<01696> (8765)

unto him, saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>_,

In the place
<04725>

where dogs
<03611>

licked
<03952> (8804)

the blood
<01818>

of Naboth
<05022>

shall dogs
<03611>

lick
<03952> (8799)

thy blood
<01818>_,

even thine.

21:20

And Ahab
<0256>

said
<0559> (8799)

to Elijah
<0452>_,

Hast thou found
<04672> (8804)

me, O mine enemy
<0341> (8802)_?

And he answered
<0559> (8799)_,

I have found
<04672> (8804)

[thee]: because thou hast sold
<04376> (8692)

thyself to work
<06213> (8800)

evil
<07451>

in the sight
<05869>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

21:21

Behold, I will bring
<0935> (8688)

evil
<07451>

upon thee, and will take away
<01197> (8765)

thy posterity
<0310>_,

and will cut off
<03772> (8689)

from Ahab
<0256>

him that pisseth
<08366> (8688)

against the wall
<07023>_,

and him that is shut up
<06113> (8803)

and left
<05800> (8803)

in Israel
<03478>_,

21:22

And will make
<05414> (8804)

thine house
<01004>

like the house
<01004>

of Jeroboam
<03379>

the son
<01121>

of Nebat
<05028>_,

and like the house
<01004>

of Baasha
<01201>

the son
<01121>

of Ahijah
<0281>_,

for the provocation
<03708>

wherewith thou hast provoked [me] to anger
<03707> (8689)_,

and made Israel
<03478>

to sin
<02398> (8686)_.

21:23

And of Jezebel
<0348>

also spake
<01696> (8765)

the LORD
<03068>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

The dogs
<03611>

shall eat
<0398> (8799)

Jezebel
<0348>

by the wall
<02426>

of Jezreel
<03157>_.

{wall: or, ditch}

21:24

Him that dieth
<04191> (8801)

of Ahab
<0256>

in the city
<05892>

the dogs
<03611>

shall eat
<0398> (8799)_;

and him that dieth
<04191> (8801)

in the field
<07704>

shall the fowls
<05775>

of the air
<08064>

eat
<0398> (8799)_.

21:25

But there was none like unto Ahab
<0256>_,

which did sell
<04376> (8694)

himself to work
<06213> (8800)

wickedness
<07451>

in the sight
<05869>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

whom Jezebel
<0348>

his wife
<0802>

stirred up
<05496> (8689)_.

{stirred...: or, incited}

21:26

And he did very
<03966>

abominably
<08581> (8686)

in following
<03212> (8800) <0310>

idols
<01544>_,

according to all [things] as did
<06213> (8804)

the Amorites
<0567>_,

whom the LORD
<03068>

cast out
<03423> (8689)

before
<06440>

the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>_.

21:27

And it came to pass, when Ahab
<0256>

heard
<08085> (8800)

those words
<01697>_,

that he rent
<07167> (8799)

his clothes
<0899>_,

and put
<07760> (8799)

sackcloth
<08242>

upon his flesh
<01320>_,

and fasted
<06684> (8799)_,

and lay
<07901> (8799)

in sackcloth
<08242>_,

and went
<01980> (8762)

softly
<0328>_.

21:28

And the word
<01697>

of the LORD
<03068>

came to Elijah
<0452>

the Tishbite
<08664>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

21:29

Seest
<07200> (8804)

thou how Ahab
<0256>

humbleth
<03665> (8738)

himself before
<06440>

me? because
<03282>

he humbleth
<03665> (8738)

himself before
<06440>

me, I will not bring
<0935> (8686)

the evil
<07451>

in his days
<03117>_:

[but] in his son's
<01121>

days
<03117>

will I bring
<0935> (8686)

the evil
<07451>

upon his house
<01004>_.

22:1

And they continued
<03427> (8799)

three
<07969>

years
<08141>

without war
<04421>

between Syria
<0758>

and Israel
<03478>_.

22:2

And it came to pass in the third
<07992>

year
<08141>_,

that Jehoshaphat
<03092>

the king
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>

came down
<03381> (8799)

to the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>_.

22:3

And the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto his servants
<05650>_,

Know
<03045> (8804)

ye that Ramoth
<07433>

in Gilead
<01568>

[is] ours, and we [be] still
<02814> (8688)_,

[and] take
<03947> (8800)

it not out of the hand
<03027>

of the king
<04428>

of Syria
<0758>_?

{still...: Heb. silent from taking it}

22:4

And he said
<0559> (8799)

unto Jehoshaphat
<03092>_,

Wilt thou go
<03212> (8799)

with me to battle
<04421>

to Ramothgilead
<07433> <01568>_?

And Jehoshaphat
<03092>

said
<0559> (8799)

to the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>_,

I [am] as thou
<03644>

[art], my people
<05971>

as thy people
<05971>_,

my horses
<05483>

as thy horses
<05483>_.

22:5

And Jehoshaphat
<03092>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>_,

Enquire
<01875> (8798)_,

I pray thee, at the word
<01697>

of the LORD
<03068>

to day
<03117>_.

22:6

Then the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>

gathered
<06908> (0)

the prophets
<05030>

together
<06908> (8799)_,

about four
<0702>

hundred
<03967>

men
<0376>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto them, Shall I go
<03212> (8799)

against Ramothgilead
<07433> <01568>

to battle
<04421>_,

or shall I forbear
<02308> (8799)_?

And they said
<0559> (8799)_,

Go up
<05927> (8798)_;

for the Lord
<0136>

shall deliver
<05414> (8799)

[it] into the hand
<03027>

of the king
<04428>_.

22:7

And Jehoshaphat
<03092>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

[Is there] not here a prophet
<05030>

of the LORD
<03068>

besides
<05750>_,

that we might enquire
<01875> (8799)

of him?

22:8

And the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Jehoshaphat
<03092>_,

[There is] yet one
<0259>

man
<0376>_,

Micaiah
<04321>

the son
<01121>

of Imlah
<03229>_,

by whom we may enquire
<01875> (8800)

of the LORD
<03068>_:

but I hate
<08130> (8804)

him; for he doth not prophesy
<05012> (8691)

good
<02896>

concerning me, but evil
<07451>_.

And Jehoshaphat
<03092>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Let not the king
<04428>

say
<0559> (8799)

so.

22:9

Then the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>

called
<07121> (8799)

an
<0259>

officer
<05631>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Hasten
<04116> (8761)

[hither] Micaiah
<04321>

the son
<01121>

of Imlah
<03229>_.

{officer: or, eunuch}

22:10

And the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>

and Jehoshaphat
<03092>

the king
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>

sat
<03427> (8802)

each
<0376>

on his throne
<03678>_,

having put on
<03847> (8794)

their robes
<0899>_,

in a void place
<01637>

in the entrance
<06607>

of the gate
<08179>

of Samaria
<08111>_;

and all the prophets
<05030>

prophesied
<05012> (8693)

before
<06440>

them. {void...: Heb. floor}

22:11

And Zedekiah
<06667>

the son
<01121>

of Chenaanah
<03668>

made
<06213> (8799)

him horns
<07161>

of iron
<01270>_:

and he said
<0559> (8799)_,

Thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>_,

With these shalt thou push
<05055> (8762)

the Syrians
<0758>_,

until thou have consumed
<03615> (8763)

them.

22:12

And all the prophets
<05030>

prophesied
<05012> (8737)

so, saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Go up
<05927> (8798)

to Ramothgilead
<07433> <01568>_,

and prosper
<06743> (8685)_:

for the LORD
<03068>

shall deliver
<05414> (8804)

[it] into the king's
<04428>

hand
<03027>_.

22:13

And the messenger
<04397>

that was gone
<01980> (8804)

to call
<07121> (8800)

Micaiah
<04321>

spake
<01696> (8765)

unto him, saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Behold now, the words
<01697>

of the prophets
<05030>

[declare] good
<02896>

unto the king
<04428>

with one
<0259>

mouth
<06310>_:

let thy word
<01697>_,

I pray thee, be like the word
<01697>

of one
<0259>

of them, and speak
<01696> (8765)

[that which is] good
<02896>_.

22:14

And Micaiah
<04321>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

[As] the LORD
<03068>

liveth
<02416>_,

what the LORD
<03068>

saith
<0559> (8799)

unto me, that will I speak
<01696> (8762)_.

22:15

So he came
<0935> (8799)

to the king
<04428>_.

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Micaiah
<04321>_,

shall we go
<03212> (8799)

against Ramothgilead
<07433> <01568>

to battle
<04421>_,

or shall we forbear
<02308> (8799)_?

And he answered
<0559> (8799)

him, Go
<05927> (8798)_,

and prosper
<06743> (8685)_:

for the LORD
<03068>

shall deliver
<05414> (8804)

[it] into the hand
<03027>

of the king
<04428>_.

22:16

And the king
<04428>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, How many times
<06471>

shall I adjure
<07650> (8688)

thee that thou tell
<01696> (8762)

me nothing but [that which is] true
<0571>

in the name
<08034>

of the LORD
<03068>_?

22:17

And he said
<0559> (8799)_,

I saw
<07200> (8804)

all Israel
<03478>

scattered
<06327> (8737)

upon the hills
<02022>_,

as sheep
<06629>

that have not a shepherd
<07462> (8802)_:

and the LORD
<03068>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

These have no master
<0113>_:

let them return
<07725> (8799)

every man
<0376>

to his house
<01004>

in peace
<07965>_.

22:18

And the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Jehoshaphat
<03092>_,

Did I not tell
<0559> (8804)

thee that he would prophesy
<05012> (8691)

no good
<02896>

concerning me, but evil
<07451>_?

22:19

And he said
<0559> (8799)_,

Hear
<08085> (8798)

thou therefore the word
<01697>

of the LORD
<03068>_:

I saw
<07200> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>

sitting
<03427> (8802)

on his throne
<03678>_,

and all the host
<06635>

of heaven
<08064>

standing
<05975> (8802)

by him on his right hand
<03225>

and on his left
<08040>_.

22:20

And the LORD
<03068>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Who shall persuade
<06601> (8762)

Ahab
<0256>_,

that he may go up
<05927> (8799)

and fall
<05307> (8799)

at Ramothgilead
<07433> <01568>_?

And one said
<0559> (8799)

on this manner
<03541>_,

and another said
<0559> (8802)

on that manner
<03541>_.

{persuade: or, deceive}

22:21

And there came forth
<03318> (8799)

a spirit
<07307>_,

and stood
<05975> (8799)

before
<06440>

the LORD
<03068>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

I will persuade
<06601> (8762)

him.

22:22

And the LORD
<03068>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Wherewith? And he said
<0559> (8799)_,

I will go forth
<03318> (8799)_,

and I will be a lying
<08267>

spirit
<07307>

in the mouth
<06310>

of all his prophets
<05030>_.

And he said
<0559> (8799)_,

Thou shalt persuade
<06601> (8762)

[him], and prevail
<03201> (8799)

also: go forth
<03318> (8798)_,

and do
<06213> (8798)

so.

22:23

Now therefore, behold, the LORD
<03068>

hath put
<05414> (8804)

a lying
<08267>

spirit
<07307>

in the mouth
<06310>

of all these thy prophets
<05030>_,

and the LORD
<03068>

hath spoken
<01696> (8765)

evil
<07451>

concerning thee.

22:24

But Zedekiah
<06667>

the son
<01121>

of Chenaanah
<03668>

went near
<05066> (8799)_,

and smote
<05221> (8686)

Micaiah
<04321>

on the cheek
<03895>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Which way
<0335>

went
<05674> (8804)

the Spirit
<07307>

of the LORD
<03068>

from me to speak
<01696> (8763)

unto thee?

22:25

And Micaiah
<04321>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Behold, thou shalt see
<07200> (8802)

in that day
<03117>_,

when thou shalt go
<0935> (8799)

into an inner
<02315>

chamber
<02315>

to hide
<02247> (8736)

thyself. {into...: or, from chamber to chamber: Heb. a chamber in a chamber}

22:26

And the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

Take
<03947> (8798)

Micaiah
<04321>_,

and carry him back
<07725> (8685)

unto Amon
<0526>

the governor
<08269>

of the city
<05892>_,

and to Joash
<03101>

the king's
<04428>

son
<01121>_;

22:27

And say
<0559> (8804)_,

Thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the king
<04428>_,

Put
<07760> (8798)

this [fellow] in the prison
<01004> <03608>_,

and feed
<0398> (8685)

him with bread
<03899>

of affliction
<03906>

and with water
<04325>

of affliction
<03906>_,

until I come
<0935> (8800)

in peace
<07965>_.

22:28

And Micaiah
<04321>

said
<0559> (8799)_,

If thou return
<07725> (8799)

at all
<07725> (8800)

in peace
<07965>_,

the LORD
<03068>

hath not spoken
<01696> (8765)

by me. And he said
<0559> (8799)_,

Hearken
<08085> (8798)_,

O people
<05971>_,

every one of you.

22:29

So the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>

and Jehoshaphat
<03092>

the king
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>

went up
<05927> (8799)

to Ramothgilead
<07433> <01568>_.

22:30

And the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Jehoshaphat
<03092>_,

I will disguise
<02664> (8692)

myself, and enter
<0935> (8800)

into the battle
<04421>_;

but put thou on
<03847> (8798)

thy robes
<0899>_.

And the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>

disguised
<02664> (8691)

himself, and went
<0935> (8799)

into the battle
<04421>_.

{I will...: or, when he was to disguise himself, and enter into the battle}

22:31

But the king
<04428>

of Syria
<0758>

commanded
<06680> (8765)

his thirty
<07970>

and two
<08147>

captains
<08269>

that had rule over his chariots
<07393>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Fight
<03898> (8735)

neither with small
<06996>

nor great
<01419>_,

save only with the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>_.

22:32

And it came to pass, when the captains
<08269>

of the chariots
<07393>

saw
<07200> (8800)

Jehoshaphat
<03092>_,

that they said
<0559> (8804)_,

Surely it [is] the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>_.

And they turned aside
<05493> (8799)

to fight
<03898> (8736)

against him: and Jehoshaphat
<03092>

cried out
<02199> (8799)_.

22:33

And it came to pass, when the captains
<08269>

of the chariots
<07393>

perceived
<07200> (8800)

that it [was] not the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>_,

that they turned back
<07725> (8799)

from pursuing
<0310>

him.

22:34

And a [certain] man
<0376>

drew
<04900> (8804)

a bow
<07198>

at a venture
<08537>_,

and smote
<05221> (8686)

the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>

between the joints
<01694>

of the harness
<08302>_:

wherefore he said
<0559> (8799)

unto the driver of his chariot
<07395>_,

Turn
<02015> (8798)

thine hand
<03027>_,

and carry me out
<03318> (8685)

of the host
<04264>_;

for I am wounded
<02470> (8717)_.

{at a...: Heb. in his simplicity} {joints...: Heb. joints and the breastplate} {wounded: Heb. made sick}

22:35

And the battle
<04421>

increased
<05927> (8799)

that day
<03117>_:

and the king
<04428>

was stayed up
<05975> (8716)

in his chariot
<04818>

against
<05227>

the Syrians
<0758>_,

and died
<04191> (8799)

at even
<06153>_:

and the blood
<01818>

ran out
<03332> (8799)

of the wound
<04347>

into the midst
<02436>

of the chariot
<07393>_.

{increased: Heb. ascended} {midst: Heb. bosom}

22:36

And there went
<05674> (8799)

a proclamation
<07440>

throughout the host
<04264>

about the going down
<0935> (8800)

of the sun
<08121>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Every man
<0376>

to his city
<05892>_,

and every man
<0376>

to his own country
<0776>_.

22:37

So the king
<04428>

died
<04191> (8799)_,

and was brought
<0935> (8799)

to Samaria
<08111>_;

and they buried
<06912> (8799)

the king
<04428>

in Samaria
<08111>_.

{was brought: Heb. came}

22:38

And [one] washed
<07857> (8799)

the chariot
<07393>

in the pool
<01295>

of Samaria
<08111>_;

and the dogs
<03611>

licked up
<03952> (8799)

his blood
<01818>_;

and they washed
<07364> (8804)

his armour
<02185>_;

according unto the word
<01697>

of the LORD
<03068>

which he spake
<01696> (8765)_.

22:39

Now the rest
<03499>

of the acts
<01697>

of Ahab
<0256>_,

and all that he did
<06213> (8804)_,

and the ivory
<08127>

house
<01004>

which he made
<01129> (8804)_,

and all the cities
<05892>

that he built
<01129> (8804)_,

[are] they not written
<03789> (8803)

in the book
<05612>

of the chronicles
<01697> <03117>

of the kings
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>_?

22:40

So Ahab
<0256>

slept
<07901> (8799)

with his fathers
<01>_;

and Ahaziah
<0274>

his son
<01121>

reigned
<04427> (8799)

in his stead.

22:41

And Jehoshaphat
<03092>

the son
<01121>

of Asa
<0609>

began to reign
<04427> (8804)

over Judah
<03063>

in the fourth
<0702>

year
<08141>

of Ahab
<0256>

king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>_.

22:42

Jehoshaphat
<03092>

[was] thirty
<07970>

and five
<02568>

years
<08141>

old
<01121>

when he began to reign
<04427> (8800)_;

and he reigned
<04427> (8804)

twenty
<06242>

and five
<02568>

years
<08141>

in Jerusalem
<03389>_.

And his mother's
<0517>

name
<08034>

[was] Azubah
<05806>

the daughter
<01323>

of Shilhi
<07977>_.

22:43

And he walked
<03212> (8799)

in all the ways
<01870>

of Asa
<0609>

his father
<01>_;

he turned not aside
<05493> (8804)

from it, doing
<06213> (8800)

[that which was] right
<03477>

in the eyes
<05869>

of the LORD
<03068>_:

nevertheless the high places
<01116>

were not taken away
<05493> (8804)_;

[for] the people
<05971>

offered
<02076> (8764)

and burnt incense
<06999> (8764)

yet in the high places
<01116>_.

22:44

And Jehoshaphat
<03092>

made peace
<07999> (8686)

with the king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>_.

22:45

Now the rest
<03499>

of the acts
<01697>

of Jehoshaphat
<03092>_,

and his might
<01369>

that he shewed
<06213> (8804)_,

and how he warred
<03898> (8738)_,

[are] they not written
<03789> (8803)

in the book
<05612>

of the chronicles
<01697> <03117>

of the kings
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>_?

22:46

And the remnant
<03499>

of the sodomites
<06945>_,

which remained
<07604> (8738)

in the days
<03117>

of his father
<01>

Asa
<0609>_,

he took
<01197> (8765)

out of the land
<0776>_.

22:47

[There was] then no king
<04428>

in Edom
<0123>_:

a deputy
<05324> (8737)

[was] king
<04428>_.

22:48

Jehoshaphat
<03092>

made
<06213> (8804) (8675) <06240>

ships
<0591>

of Tharshish
<08659>

to go
<03212> (8800)

to Ophir
<0211>

for gold
<02091>_:

but they went
<01980> (8804)

not; for the ships
<0591>

were broken
<07665> (8738)

at Eziongeber
<06100>_.

{made...: or, had ten ships}

22:49

Then said
<0559> (8804)

Ahaziah
<0274>

the son
<01121>

of Ahab
<0256>

unto Jehoshaphat
<03092>_,

Let my servants
<05650>

go
<03212> (8799)

with thy servants
<05650>

in the ships
<0591>_.

But Jehoshaphat
<03092>

would
<014> (8804)

not.

22:50

And Jehoshaphat
<03092>

slept
<07901> (8799)

with his fathers
<01>_,

and was buried
<06912> (8735)

with his fathers
<01>

in the city
<05892>

of David
<01732>

his father
<01>_:

and Jehoram
<03088>

his son
<01121>

reigned
<04427> (8799)

in his stead.

22:51

Ahaziah
<0274>

the son
<01121>

of Ahab
<0256>

began to reign
<04427> (8804)

over Israel
<03478>

in Samaria
<08111>

the seventeenth
<07651> <06240>

year
<08141>

of Jehoshaphat
<03092>

king
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>_,

and reigned
<04427> (8799)

two years
<08141>

over Israel
<03478>_.

22:52

And he did
<06213> (8799)

evil
<07451>

in the sight
<05869>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and walked
<03212> (8799)

in the way
<01870>

of his father
<01>_,

and in the way
<01870>

of his mother
<0517>_,

and in the way
<01870>

of Jeroboam
<03379>

the son
<01121>

of Nebat
<05028>_,

who made Israel
<03478>

to sin
<02398> (8689)_:

22:53

For he served
<05647> (8799)

Baal
<01168>_,

and worshipped
<07812> (8691)

him, and provoked to anger
<03707> (8686)

the LORD
<03068>

God
<0430>

of Israel
<03478>_,

according to all that his father
<01>

had done
<06213> (8804)_.