Rehoboam's disgrace

and death.

the land; and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel

1 KINGS, XV. upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut B. C. 956. off" from Jeroboam him that pisseth against a c.15.29. the wall, and him that is shut up and left De.32.36. in Israel, and will take away the remnant c 2 Ch.12.2, of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.

2 Ki.14.26.

&c.

21.24.

11 Him d that dieth of Jeroboam in the d c.16.4. city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD hath spoken it.

12 Arise thou, therefore, get thee to thine own house; and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die. S

e c.10.17.

f ver.17.
1 runners.
Eze.18.14,

13 And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the 12 Ch.19.3. LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.

&c.

25 And it came to pass, in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:

26 And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

27 And king Rehoboam made in their stead brazen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king's house

28 And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard-chamber..

29 Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboarn, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?

30 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.

31 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonitess. And Abijam • his son reigned in his stead.

CHAP. XV.

NOW, in the eighteenth year of king

Jeroboam the son of Nebat, reigned Abijam over Judah.

2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was " Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom."

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3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father. 4 Nevertheless, for David's sake, did the LORD his God give him a 2 lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:

5 Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

6 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.

7 Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

Asa's excellences and defects.

1 KINGS, XVI. the eyes of the LORD, as did David his B. C. 958. father.

12 And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

Jos.21.23. e2 Ch.15,16,

c.16.15.

13 And also Maachah his mother, even a c.14.14. her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt dit by the brook Kidron.

&c.

1 cut off.
d Ex.32.20.

14 But the high places were not remov-e c.22.43. ed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.

15 And he brought in the 2 things which holy. his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedicated, into the house

of the LORD, silver, and gold, and vessels. c.14.9-16.
16 And there was war between Asa, and
Baasha king of Israel all their days.
17 And Baasha king of Israel went up
against Judah, and built Ramah, that he
might not suffer any to go out or come in
to Asa king of Judah.

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&c.

2 Ch.16.1, Jos.18.25. c.12.27.

jc.14.22.

18 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into & ver.16. the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt in Damascus, saying,

19 There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.

c.11.23,24.

m c.12.28,29.
c.14.16.

n

13.33,34.

3 Is.1.4.
3 go up.

20

c.21.21,22.

c.14.11.
y Jos.21.17.
Jos.18.26.

Baasha's wicked reign.

26 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin..

27 And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him: and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; (for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon;)

28 Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead.

29 And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:

30 Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger.

31 Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?

32 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

33 In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years.

34 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin " wherewith he made Israel to sin.

CHAP. XVI.

NHEN the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani, against Baasha, saying,

2 Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel, and thou hast walked in the way" of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;

3 Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

22 Then king Asa made a proclamation w ver.11. throughout all Judah; (none was exempt-free. ed) and they took away the stones of Ramaa, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded: and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah. 23 The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Ju-a2 Ch.16.1, not written " in the book of the Chronicles

4 Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat. 5 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they

of the kings of Israel?

6 So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah is son reigned in his stead.

7 And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu, the son of Hanani, came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his

1 KINGS, XVII. hands, in being like the house of Jero- B. C. 929. boam; and because he killed him.

8 In the twenty and sixth year of Asabc.15.27-29. king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years. 9 And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, 2 steward of his house in Tirzah.

10 And Zimri went in and smote him, 2 which was and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned g ver.19.

11 And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that ver.13. he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, nei-i ther of his kinsfolks nor of his friends. 12 Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake against Baasha 4 by the hand by Jehu the prophet;

16 And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath 2 Ki.10.18, also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.

17 And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.

21 Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people Pr.28.2. followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri.

22 But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.

23 In the thirty and first year of Asa

5 So he went, and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

6 And "the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening: and he drank of the brook. 7 And it came to pass, 2 after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.

8 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, d which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.

4 over his
house.

Ne.7.2.

i Ps.34.9,10.
Is.33.16.

Je.14.18.
La.4.9.

12 And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handfuls Izebel. of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a Ne.5.15. cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. Ge.21.16. 13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go, and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son. 14 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel,& The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the 7 giveth. earth.

15 And she went, and did according to the saying of Elijah; and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.

16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.

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17 And it came to pass, after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.

Pr.3.9,10.

Mar.9.41.
He.6.10.

cut not off

ourselves from the beasts.

8 or, a full
year.

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Elijah's interview with Obadiah. and said, O LORD, my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into 1 him again! 22 And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.

23 And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son veth!

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24 And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.

CHAP. XVIII.

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it came to after many days,

that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.

2 And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.

3 And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:

4 For it was so, when 5 Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

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5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we 6 lose not all the beasts.

6 So they divided the land between them, to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

7 And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah?

8 And he answered him, I am: go, tell 9 by the hand thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.

of.

9 And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?

10 As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there, he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee

not.

11 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.

12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that" the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.

13 Was it not told my lord what I d'd when Jezebel slew the prophets of the

19 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table. 20 So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets toge- c.22.6. ther unto mount Carmel.

fire, let him be God. And all the people 1 Ch.21.26. and the stones, and the dust, and licked up answered and said, It is well spoken.

27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry 12 aloud; for he is a god: either he 13 is talking, a 18.41.23. or he 14 is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.

28 And they cried aloud, and cut