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An angel comforteth Elijah. drink, and went in the strength of that meat fortyg days and forty nights, unto Horeb the h mount of God.

KINGS, XX.
B. C. 901.

g Ex.34.28.
De.9.9.18.
Mat.4.2.

9 T And he came thither unto a cave and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, h Ex.3.1. and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?

Mal.4.4,5.

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11 And he said, Go forth, and
stand upon the mount m before the
LORD. And, behold, the LORD pass-n Eze.1.4.
ed by, and a great and strong wind

n rent the mountains, and brake in o Zec.4.6.
pieces the rocks before the LORD;
but the LORD was not in the p Ex.3.6.
wind and after the wind an earth-
quake; but the LORD was not in the
earthquake:

Is.6.2.

q ver.9,10.

r Jer.22.9.

12 And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire and after the fire a still smalls 2Ki.8.12, 13.

voice.

13 And it was so when Elijaht 2Ki.9.1-3. heard it, that he p wrapped his face

called

Eliseus.

in his mantle, and went out, and u Luke 4.27.
stood in the entering in of the cave.
And, behold, there came a voice un-
to him, and said, What doest thou
here, Elijah?

v 2Ki.9.14.

&c. 10.6,&c. 13.3.

14 And he said, I q have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts : because the children of Israel have forsaken r thy covenant, thrown w Ho.6.5. down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword: and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

Rom. 11.4.

3 or, will

leave.

15 And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when y Ho. 13.2. thou comest, anoint Hazaels to be king over Syria:

16 And Jehut the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha u the son of Shaphat, of Abel-meholah, shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.

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4 Go, return.

Elisha followeth him.

oxen before him, and he with the twelfth and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.

20 And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then z I will follow thee. And he said unto him, 4 Go back again: for what have I done to thee?

21 And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments a of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah and ministered unto him.

CHAPTER XX.

By the direction of the prophet the
Syrians are slain.

AND Ben-hadad the king of Syrin

gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.

2 And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus a saith Ben-hadad, 3 Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.

4 And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.

5 And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee saying, thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;

6 Yet I will send my servants unto thee to-morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.

7 Then the king of Israel called Lu.9.61,62. all the elders of the land, b and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I 2 denied him not.

17 And v it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of a 2Sa.24.22. Hazael shall Jehu slav: and him that escapeth from the sword of (CHAP. 20.) Jehu shall Elisha slay.w a Is. 10.13,14.

18 Yet a 13 have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees1 desirable. which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed y him.

19 So he departed thence, and found Elisha the sonof Shaphat,who was ploughing with twelve yoke of

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The Syrians slain.

1 KINGS, XX. 10 And Ben-hadad sent unto him, | B. C. 901. and said, The gods c do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Sama- c ch.19.2. ria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that 3 follow me.

11 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Letd not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.

12 And it came to pass, when Benhadad heard this 4 message, (as he was drinking, he and the kings in the Spavilions,) that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against the city.

3 are at my
feet,
Ex.11.8.
Ju.4. 10.

d Pr.27.1.

4 word.

5 or, tents.
6 or, Place
the engines:
and they
placed en-
gines.

approached.

e ver.28.

or,servants. 9 bind, or,tie.

13 T And, behold, there 7 came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day;e and thou shalt know that I am the LORD. 14 And Ahab said, By whom? f Ju.7.7. And he said, Thus saith the LORD, g ver. 12. Even by the 8 young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou.

ch. 16.9.
Pr.23.29-
32.
Ho.4.11.

h Is.54.15.

15 Then he numberedƒ the young men of the princes of the provinces, i Ju.7.21,22. and they were two hundred and Ec.9.11. thirty-two: and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.

16 And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad was drinking g himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kingsh that helped him.

2Ki.6.12. 12Sa.11.1.

m Ps. 115.2,3.

Is. 42.8.

10was fallen.

n Ps. 10.3.

17 And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out o 1Sam.4.1. first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria.

18 And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war take them alive.

19 So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them.

29.1.
2Ki. 13.17.
11 the war
with Israel.
12 or, vic-
tualled.
p Is.37.29-36.

q ver. 13.
Job 12.16-
19.

20 And i they slew every one hisr Ps. 10.16. man and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them; and Ben-ha-t dad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen.

21 And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.

22 T And the prophet k came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.

Ps. 18.45.
Jer.48.44.
Luke 13.4.

13 a chamber

within a
chamber,
or, from
chamber to
chamber,
ch.22.25.

u Is. 16.5.

v Ge.37.34.

They are smiten again.

23 And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods m are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.

24 And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their

rooms:

25 And number thee an army like the army that 10 thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot and we will fight against them in the plain, and n surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and

did so.

26 And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians, and wen up to Aphek o to 11 fight against Israel.

27 And the children of Israel were numbered, and were 12 all present and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.

28 ¶ And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because p the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore q will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

29 And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.

30 But the rest fleds to Aphek, into the city; and theret a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into 13 an inner chamber.

31 T And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful u kings: let us, I pray thee, put v sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life. 32 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.

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Acts 8.31.

33 Now the men did diligently B. C. 900. observe whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily w 2Ki.10.15. catch it: and they said, Thy brother Ben-hadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben-hadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up w into the chariot.

34 And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities a which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then, said Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant y with him, and sent him away.

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ch.15.20. y Is.8.12.

z 2Ki.2.3,5,

&c.

a ch. 13. 17, 18.

b Jer.27.2.
Eze.4.3.

c ch.13.24.
14 smiting
and
wounding.

₫ 2Sa. 14.2.

e

2Sa.12.1,&c. ƒ 2Ki.10.24.

35 T And a certain man of the sons z of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word a of the LORD, Smite 6 me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him. 36 Then said he unto him, Be15 weigh. cause thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon 16 was not. as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he & 283.12.5-7. was departed from him, a lion ch Job 15.6. found him, and slew him.

37 Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, 14 so that in smiting he wounded him.

Mat.21.41-
43.
Lu.19.22.

i ch.22.31-37.

38 So the prophet departed, and k ch.21.4. waited for the king by the way, and d disguised himself with ashes upon his face.

39 And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, e Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: iff by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt 15 pay a talent of silver.

40 And as thy servant was busy nere and there, he 16 was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, Sog shall thy judgment be; thyself h hast decided it.

41 And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.

(CHAP. 21.)

a Isa.8.14.
1 be good in
thine eyes.
b Lev.25.23.

Nu.36.7.
Eze.46.18,

c Job 5.2.
Hab.2.9-12.

d Ne.2.2.

e Mi.2.1,2.

15.

Ahab is grieved.

AND it came to pass after these things,that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.

2 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give a me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house : and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.

3 And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that b I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.

4 And Ahab came into his house c heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.

5 T But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why d is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?

6 And he said unto her, Because 1 spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard.

7 And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern_the kingdom of Israel? Arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: Ie will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

8 Sof she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.

9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth 2 on high among the people:

10 And set two men, sons g of Beƒ 25a.11.14,lial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme h God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone i him, that he may die.

2

Es.3. 12,13.

in the top
of.

Lev.24.15,

42 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast g De. 13. 13. let go out of thy hand a man whom ħ Ex.22.28, I appointed to utter destruction, therefore i thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people. 43 And the king of Israel went to his house heavy k and displeased, and came to Samaria.

CHAPTER XXI.

11 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and 16. as it was written in the letters Mat.26.59- which she had sent unto them. 66. 12 They proclaimed a fast,k and Acts 6.11. set Naboth on high among the people.

i Lev.24.14.

Elijah denounceth judgments against |k Is.58.4.

Ahab and Jezebel.

13 And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him and the men of Belial wit

Naboth murdered.

False prophets .

| following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, a whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

1 KINGS, XXII. nessed against him, even against | B. C. 897. Naboth, in the presence of the peopie, saying, Naboth did blaspheme 1 Ex.20.16. God and the king. Then m they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

Ps.27.12.

Pr.25. 18.
Mal.3.5.

m 2Ki.9.26. Ea4.1. Ac.7.57-59. n Pr.1.10-16. 4.17.

14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead. 15 T And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel o Ps.9.12. said to Ahab, Arise, taken posses-p ch. 13.32. sion of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead.

16 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.

q

2Ch.22.9. ch.22.38. Ps.7.16. Mat.7.2. r ch.18.17.

& ver.25. 2Ki. 17. 17. Is.50.1.

52.3.

Rom.7.14.

17 And o the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, t ch.14.10. 18 Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which p is in Sama-u Ex.20.5,6. ria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it.

19 And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Ing the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.

2Ki.9.8.

ch.15.29.

27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that b he rent his clothes, and put c sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

28 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 29 Seest thou how Ahabd humbleth himself before me? Because e he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in ƒ his days; but in g his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.

CHAPTER XXII. Ahab, seduced by false prophets, is slain at Ramoth-gilead.

ND they continued three years without war between Syria and

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Israel.

2 And a it came to pass, in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the. king of Israel.

3 And the king of Israel said unto w ch. 16.3,11. his servants, Know ye that Rax2K1.9.36,37. moth b in Gilead is ours, and we be 3 or, ditch. 1 still, and take it not out of the y ver.20. hand of the king of Syria? ch. 16.30,31.4 And he said unto Jehoshaphat, c or, incited. Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Id am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.

4

z Jos.23.12,

13.

Ec.7.26.

20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Hastr thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found a Ge. 15.16. thee: because thou hast sold s thy- 2Ki.21.11. self to work evil in the sight of the b Joel.2.12, LORD.

13.

21 Behold, It will bring evil upon c Jon.3.6-10. thee, and will take away thy pos-d Ex.10.3. terity, and will u cut off from Ahab e Is.66.2. him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,

22 And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam v the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha w the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made 1srael to sin.

23 And of Jezebel z also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the 3 wall of Jezreel. 24 Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.

25 Buty there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife 4 stirred up.z

26 And he did very abominably in

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5 T And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, e I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to-day.

6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And g they said, Go up; for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king. 7 And Jehoshaphat said, Ish there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might inquire of him? 8 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, (Micaiah the son of Imlah,) by whom we may inquire of the LORD: but I hate i him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

9 Then the king of Israel called an 2 officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah.

10 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah-sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a 3 void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied

before them.

seduce Ahab.

11 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them.

1 KINGS, XXII.

B. C. 897.

Eze. 13.6-9.
Mi.3.11.

l Job 9.4.

24.13. Jer.23.28.

Acts 20.27.

Gal. 1.10.

12 And k all the prophets prophe-m Is.30.10. sied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-n Nu.22.38. gilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the king's hand. 13 And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah, spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good.m

14 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what n the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak.

o Zec. 13.7.

Mat.9.36.

p Is.6.1-3. Dan.7.9,10.

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15 So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Mi-r caiah, shall we go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go. and prosper; for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king.

16 And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD?

17 And he said. I saw all Israel o scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.

18 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?

Job 1.6.
Ps. 103.21.
Mat.25.31.
Rev.5.11.

or, deceive. Ju.9.23. Job 12.16. Eze. 14.9. 2Th.2.1012.

Ahab is slain.

24 But Zedekiah the son of Che. naanah went near, and *smote s Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee? 25 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go 5 into an inner chamber to hide thyself.

26 And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;

27 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, t and feed him with bread of affliction, u and with water of affliction, until 1 come in peace.

28 And Micaiah said, If v thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, w Hearken,O people, every one of you. 29 So the king of Israel, and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, went up to Ramoth-gilead.

30 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the Acts 23.2. king of Israel a disguised himself, and went into the battle.

s Mat.26.68.

5

or, from chamber to chamber.

6 a chamber
in a cham-

ber,
ch.20.30.

t Jer.38.6.
Acts 5.18.
Rev.2.10.

u

Deut. 16.3. Is.30.20. Nu.16.29. De.18.20, 22.

19 And he said, Hear thou there-v fore the word of the LORD: I saw p the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host q of heaven standing by w Mat. 13.9, him, on his right hand and on his left?

20 And the LORD said, Who shall 4 persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner. 21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.

43.

or, when he

31 But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.

32 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. Andy they turned aside to fight against him; and Jehoshaphat cried out.

33 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.

34 And a certain man drew a bow 8 at a venture, and smote the king was to dis-of Israel between the joints 9 of the harness: wherefore he said unto guise himthe driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am 10 wounded.

self.

≈ 2Ch.35.22.

y Pr.13.20.

8 in his sim-
plicity,
252.15.11.

breast

plate. 10 made sick.

22 And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will 9 and the go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so. 23 Now, r therefore, behold, the 12 bosom. LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil 13 came. concerning thee.

11 ascended.

z ver.17.28.

35 And the battle 11. increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the 12 midst of the chariot.

36 And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Everyz man to his city, and every man to his own country.

37 ¶ So the king died, and 13 was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria.

38 And one washed the chariot in

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