Title: The Bible, King James version, Book 14: 2 Chronicles Edition: 10 Language: English This eBook was produced by David Widger with the help of Derek Andrew's text from January 1992 and the work of Bryan Taylor in November 2002. Book 14 2 Chronicles14:001:001 And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, 14:001:002 Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of 14:001:003 So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness. 14:001:004 But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to 14:001:005 Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the 14:001:006 And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the 14:001:007 In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, 14:001:008 And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto 14:001:009 Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be 14:001:010 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come 14:001:011 And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king: 14:001:012 Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like. 14:001:013 Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel. 14:001:014 And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. 14:001:015 And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the vale for abundance. 14:001:016 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price. 14:001:017 And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means. 14:002:001 And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom. 14:002:002 And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear 14:002:003 And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou 14:002:004 Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel. 14:002:005 And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods. 14:002:006 But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him? 14:002:007 Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide. 14:002:008 Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants, 14:002:009 Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great. 14:002:010 And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil. 14:002:011 Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them. 14:002:012 Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom. 14:002:013 And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's, 14:002:014 The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father. 14:002:015 Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the 14:002:016 And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt 14:002:017 And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land 14:002:018 And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers 14:003:001 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem 14:003:002 And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign. 14:003:003 Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for 14:003:004 And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length 14:003:005 And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains. 14:003:006 And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim. 14:003:007 He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls. 14:003:008 And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents. 14:003:009 And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he 14:003:010 And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image 14:003:011 And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub. 14:003:012 And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to 14:003:013 The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty 14:003:014 And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon. 14:003:015 Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five 14:003:016 And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the 14:003:017 And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz. 14:004:001 Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length 14:004:002 Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, 14:004:003 And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it 14:004:004 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. 14:004:005 And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths. 14:004:006 He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in. 14:004:007 And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, 14:004:008 He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five 14:004:009 Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great 14:004:010 And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the south. 14:004:011 And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God; 14:004:012 To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars; 14:004:013 And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars. 14:004:014 He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases; 14:004:015 One sea, and twelve oxen under it. 14:004:016 The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass. 14:004:017 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay 14:004:018 Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for 14:004:019 And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of 14:004:020 Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should 14:004:021 And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of 14:004:022 And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold. 14:005:001 Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God. 14:005:002 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. 14:005:003 Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the 14:005:004 And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the 14:005:005 And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the 14:005:006 Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that 14:005:007 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD 14:005:008 For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of 14:005:009 And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the 14:005:010 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses 14:005:011 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the 14:005:012 Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:) 14:005:013 It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD; 14:005:014 So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God. 14:006:001 Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in 14:006:002 But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place 14:006:003 And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole 14:006:004 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with 14:006:005 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel: 14:006:006 But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and 14:006:007 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house 14:006:008 But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in 14:006:009 Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son 14:006:010 The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. 14:006:011 And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the 14:006:012 And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of 14:006:013 For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven. 14:006:014 And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts: 14:006:015 Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day. 14:006:016 Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me. 14:006:017 Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David. 14:006:018 But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, 14:006:019 Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to 14:006:020 That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, 14:006:021 Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and 14:006:022 If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house; 14:006:023 Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by 14:006:024 And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, 14:006:025 Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers. 14:006:026 When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them; 14:006:027 Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance. 14:006:028 If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if 14:006:029 Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of 14:006:030 Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, 14:006:031 That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers. 14:006:032 Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house; 14:006:033 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name. 14:006:034 If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name; 14:006:035 Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. 14:006:036 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth 14:006:037 Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are 14:006:038 If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name: 14:006:039 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, 14:006:040 Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let 14:006:041 Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness. 14:006:042 O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant. 14:007:001 Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house. 14:007:002 And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD's house. 14:007:003 And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever. 14:007:004 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD. 14:007:005 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God. 14:007:006 And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with 14:007:007 Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was 14:007:008 Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and 14:007:009 And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they 14:007:010 And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he 14:007:011 Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king's 14:007:012 And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, 14:007:013 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the 14:007:014 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. 14:007:015 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place. 14:007:016 For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name 14:007:017 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy 14:007:018 Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I 14:007:019 But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my 14:007:020 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations. 14:007:021 And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house? 14:007:022 And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them. 14:008:001 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein 14:008:002 That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon 14:008:003 And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it. 14:008:004 And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store 14:008:005 Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, 14:008:006 And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and 14:008:007 As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the 14:008:008 But of their children, who were left after them in the land, 14:008:009 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for 14:008:010 And these were the chief of king Solomon's officers, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people. 14:008:011 And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come. 14:008:012 Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch, 14:008:013 Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles. 14:008:014 And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded. 14:008:015 And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto 14:008:016 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the 14:008:017 Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom. 14:008:018 And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon. 14:009:001 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. 14:009:002 And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing 14:009:003 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, 14:009:004 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her. 14:009:005 And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom: 14:009:006 Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard. 14:009:007 Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom. 14:009:008 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set 14:009:009 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, 14:009:010 And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones. 14:009:011 And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of 14:009:012 And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, 14:009:013 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold; 14:009:014 Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon. 14:009:015 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target. 14:009:016 And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. 14:009:017 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. 14:009:018 And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays: 14:009:019 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. 14:009:020 And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon. 14:009:021 For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. 14:009:022 And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches 14:009:023 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, 14:009:024 And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and 14:009:025 And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, 14:009:026 And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. 14:009:027 And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance. 14:009:028 And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands. 14:009:029 Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat? 14:009:030 And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. 14:009:031 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead. 14:010:001 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king. 14:010:002 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, whither he fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt. 14:010:003 And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake to Rehoboam, saying, 14:010:004 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee. 14:010:005 And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed. 14:010:006 And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood 14:010:007 And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this 14:010:008 But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and 14:010:009 And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return 14:010:010 And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. 14:010:011 For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put 14:010:012 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third 14:010:013 And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men, 14:010:014 And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, 14:010:015 So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was 14:010:016 And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to their tents. 14:010:017 But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. 14:010:018 Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was over the tribute; and the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. But king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. 14:010:019 And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day. 14:011:001 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam. 14:011:002 But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, 14:011:003 Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to 14:011:004 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam. 14:011:005 And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah. 14:011:006 He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, 14:011:007 And Bethzur, and Shoco, and Adullam, 14:011:008 And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph, 14:011:009 And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, 14:011:010 And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in 14:011:011 And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, 14:011:012 And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made 14:011:013 And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel 14:011:014 For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest's office unto the LORD: 14:011:015 And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made. 14:011:016 And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set 14:011:017 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam 14:011:018 And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the 14:011:019 Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham. 14:011:020 And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith. 14:011:021 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.) 14:011:022 And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king. 14:011:023 And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives. 14:012:001 And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the 14:012:002 And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam 14:012:003 With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians. 14:012:004 And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem. 14:012:005 Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak. 14:012:006 Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous. 14:012:007 And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak. 14:012:008 Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries. 14:012:009 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made. 14:012:010 Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and 14:012:011 And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the 14:012:012 And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from 14:012:013 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. 14:012:014 And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD. 14:012:015 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually. 14:012:016 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the 14:013:001 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to 14:013:002 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. 14:013:003 And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour. 14:013:004 And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel; 14:013:005 Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt? 14:013:006 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord. 14:013:007 And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of 14:013:008 And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the 14:013:009 Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods. 14:013:010 But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business: 14:013:011 And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him. |