2 Chronicles 11 Cross References - LITV

¹ And Rehoboam came to Jerusalem and called up the house of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen warriors, to fight with Israel, to bring back the kingdom to Rehoboam. ² And the word of Jehovah came to Shemaiah, a man of God, saying, ³ Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon the king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying, ⁴ So says Jehovah, You shall not go up, nor fight with your brothers. Each return to his house, for this thing has come from Me. And they heard the words of Jehovah, and turned back from going against Jeroboam. ⁵ And Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah. ⁶ And he built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, ⁷ and Beth-zur, and Shoco, and Adullam, ⁸ and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph, ⁹ and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, ¹⁰ and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron. These were in Judah and in Benjamin as cities of defense. ¹¹ And he made the strongholds stronger, and put commanders in them, and treasures of food and oil and wine. ¹² And he put in every city shields and spears, and made them exceedingly strong. And Judah and Benjamin were his. ¹³ And the priests and the Levites in all Israel stationed themselves by him, out of all their territory. ¹⁴ For the Levites had abandoned their pasture land and their property. And they came to Judah and to Jerusalem; for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them out from acting as priests to Jehovah. ¹⁵ And he made stand priests for himself for the high places, and for goats, and for the calves that he made. ¹⁶ And after them, out of all the tribes of Israel, those who gave their heart to seek Jehovah the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to sacrifice to Jehovah, the God of their fathers. ¹⁷ And they made the kingdom of Judah stronger, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon stronger, for three years, because they walked in the way of David and Solomon for three years. ¹⁸ And Rehoboam took a wife for himself, Mahalath, the daughter of Jerimoth, the son of David; Abihail the daughter of Eliab, the son of Jesse. ¹⁹ And she bore to him sons: Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham. ²⁰ And after her, he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith. ²¹ And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines (for he had taken eighteen wives, and sixty concubines; and he fathered twenty eight sons and sixty daughters). ²² And Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maachah the head, as ruler among his brothers, in order to cause him to reign. ²³ And he had understanding, and spread out all his sons to all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to all the cities of defense, and gave them provision in abundance. And he demanded a multitude of wives.

²¹ And Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, and gathered all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen makers of war to fight with the house of Israel, to bring back the kingdom to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, ²² then the word of God came to Shemaiah a man of God, saying, ²³ Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon the king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah, and Benjamin, and the rest of the people, saying, ²⁴ So says Jehovah, You shall not go up nor fight with your brothers the sons of Israel. Each turn back to his house, for this thing has been from Me. And they heard the word of Jehovah, and turned to go back, according to the word of Jehovah.

¹⁰ Jehovah brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; He frustrates the plans of the peoples.

¹⁶ The king is not saved by great force; a mighty man is not saved by great strength.

³⁰ There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel before Jehovah. ³¹ The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but to Jehovah belongs deliverance.

¹ And this is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the sons of Israel before his death.

²⁷ And a man of God came to Eli, and said to him, So says Jehovah: Did I reveal Myself plainly to the house of your father when they were in Egypt, at the house of Pharaoh,

¹⁴ And according to the decree of his father David, he made stand the divisions of the priests over their service, and of the Levites over their charges, to praise and to minister before the priests, according to the duty of every day, and the gatekeepers in their courses at every gate, for so was the command of David the man of God.

⁵ And Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who had gathered to Jerusalem from the face of Shishak. And he said to them, So says Jehovah, You have forsaken Me; and I also have forsaken you in the hand of Shishak. ⁶ And the leaders of Israel and the king were humbled. And they said, Jehovah is righteous. ⁷ And when Jehovah saw that they were humbled, the word of Jehovah came to Shemaiah, saying, They have been humbled. I will not destroy them, and I will give to them a little deliverance. And I will not pour out My fury on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.

¹⁵ And the acts of Rehoboam, the first and the last, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer as to genealogy? And the wars of Rehoboam and Jeroboam lasted all their days.

¹¹ But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, and meekness.

²⁸ All these were the tribes of Israel, two and ten. And this is what their father spoke to them. And he blessed them, each one with what was according to his blessing, he blessed them.

⁴ And Moses wrote all the words of Jehovah. And he rose early in the morning and built an altar below the mountain, and twelve memorial pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

³⁴ To this day they do according to the former custom; they do not fear Jehovah, and do not do according to their statutes, and according to their ordinances, and according to the law, and according to the commandment that Jehovah commanded the sons of Jacob, on whom He set His name, Israel.

⁵ in circumcision, the eighth day, of the race of Israel, the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; according to Law, a Pharisee;

⁴ And I heard the number of those having been sealed: one hundred forty four thousands, having been sealed out of every tribe of the sons of Israel: ⁵ Out of the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand having been sealed. Out of the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand having been sealed. Out of the tribe of Gad, twelve thousand having been sealed. ⁶ Out of the tribe of Asher, twelve thousand having been sealed. Out of the tribe of Naphtali, twelve thousand having been sealed. Out of the tribe of Manasseh, twelve thousand having been sealed. ⁷ Out of the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand having been sealed. Out of the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand having been sealed. Out of the tribe of Issachar, twelve thousand having been sealed. ⁸ Out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand having been sealed. Out of the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand having been sealed. Out of the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand having been sealed.

⁸ And Abram said to Lot, Please let there be no strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are men, brothers.

²⁰ And you, you intended evil against me, but God meant it for good, in order to make it as it is this day, to keep a great many people alive.

²⁶ And Abner called to Joab, and said, Does the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitter in the end? And until when will you say to the people to turn back from after their brothers?

²⁹ And at that time it happened that Jeroboam had gone out from Jerusalem, and Ahijah the Shilonite, the prophet, found him in the way. And he covered himself with a new garment, and both of them were by themselves in a field. ³⁰ And Ahijah laid hold on the new garment on him and tore it into twelve pieces. ³¹ And he said to Jeroboam, Take ten pieces for yourself. For so says Jehovah, God of Israel, Behold, I am tearing the kingdom from the hand of Solomon and giving to you the ten tribes. ³² And he shall have the one tribe for my servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel. ³³ Because they have forsaken Me, and bow themselves to Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, to Chemosh the god of Moab, to Milcom the god of the sons of Ammon; and have not walked in My ways, to do the right in My eyes, and My statutes and My judgments, as his father David did. ³⁴ But I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand, but I will make him ruler all the days of his life, for My servant David's sake, whom I chose, because he kept My commands and My statutes. ³⁵ But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it to you, ten tribes. ³⁶ And I will give one tribe to his son, that there may be a lamp to My servant David before Me all the days in Jerusalem the city that I have chosen to Myself, to put My name there. ³⁷ And I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and shall be king over Israel. ³⁸ And it shall be, if you shall hear all that I command you, and shall walk in My ways, and do that which is right in My eyes, to keep My statutes and My commands, as My servant David did, then I shall be with you and shall build a sure house for you, as I built for David, and shall give Israel to you.

³⁶ And the cry passed through the camp when the sun went, saying, Each to his city, and each to his land.

¹⁵ And the king did not listen to the people, for the revolution was from God, so that Jehovah might establish His word that He spoke by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. ¹⁶ And all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, and the people sent back to the king, saying, What part do we have in David? Yea, there is no inheritance in the son of Jesse. Each to your tents, O Israel! Now see to your house, David! And all Israel went to their tents.

⁷ But a man of God came to him, saying, O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you; for Jehovah is not with Israel, with all the sons of Ephraim; ⁸ but if you will go, do it; be strong for battle; God shall make you fall before the enemy, for God has power to help, and to cause to stumble. ⁹ And Amaziah said to the man of God, And what shall I do for the hundred talents that I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God said, Jehovah has more than this to give to you. ¹⁰ And Amaziah separated them, the army that had come into him from Ephraim to go to their own place; and their anger burned mightily against Judah, and they returned to their place in the heat of anger.

⁸ And the sons of Israel captured two hundred thousand of their brothers, wives, sons and daughters, and also they seized from them much spoil, and they brought the spoil to Samaria. ⁹ And a prophet of Jehovah was there, Oded his name; and he went out before the army that had come in to Samaria, and said to them, Behold, in the fury of Jehovah, the God of your fathers, against Judah, He has given them into your hand, and you have slain among them in rage. It has touched to the heavens. ¹⁰ And now you are planning to tread down the sons of Judah and Jerusalem for male slaves, and for girl slaves to yourselves; but are not with you causes of guilt, solely yours, before Jehovah your God? ¹¹ And now, hear me, and return the captives you have seized from your brothers, for the heat of the anger of Jehovah is on you. ¹² And men of the leaders of the Ephraimites: Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah, Meshillemoth's son, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, rose up against those coming in from the army. ¹³ And they said to them, You shall not bring the captives here, for guilt against Jehovah is on us; you are planning to add to our sin and to our guilt, for plenty of guilt is ours, and the glow of anger on Israel. ¹⁴ And the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the leaders and all the congregation. ¹⁵ And the men who had been called by name rose and took the captives, and they clothed all the naked ones from the spoil; yea, they clothed them and shod them, and made them eat and drink, and anointed them, and led them out on asses, even every feeble one, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palms, near their brothers, and returned to Samaria.

¹¹ Jehovah's counsel stands forever, the thoughts of His heart to all generations.

⁴ They have set up kings, but not by Me. They have made rulers, but I did not know. They made idols for themselves with their silver and their gold, so that they may be cut off.

²⁶ And on the following day he appeared to them while fighting. And he urged them to peace, saying, Men, you are brothers. Why do you wrong one another?

⁵ For I speak shame to you. So, is there not a wise one among you, not even one who will be able to give judgment on his brother in your midst? ⁶ But brother is judged with brother, and this before unbelievers! ⁷ Indeed, then, there is already a failure with you all, that you have lawsuits with yourselves. Why not instead be wronged? Why not instead be defrauded? ⁸ But you do wrong, and defraud, and these things to brothers!

¹ Let brotherly love continue.

⁸ And, finally, be all of one mind, sympathetic, loving the brothers, tenderhearted, friendly,

¹¹ Because this is the message which you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another, ¹² not as Cain was of the evil one, and killed his brother. And for what did he kill him? Because his works were evil, but the things of his brother were righteous. ¹³ Do not marvel, my brothers, if the world hates you.

² As to the cities that Hiram had given to Solomon, Solomon had built them, and he caused the sons of Israel to live there. ³ And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and prevailed over it. ⁴ And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities that he built in Hamath. ⁵ And he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the lower, as fortified cities, with walls, two leaved doors, and bars; ⁶ and Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all the desire of Solomon that he wanted to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

²³ And he had understanding, and spread out all his sons to all the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to all the cities of defense, and gave them provision in abundance. And he demanded a multitude of wives.

⁶ And he built fenced cities in Judah, for the land had quiet. And there was no war with him in these years, because Jehovah had given him rest. ⁷ And he said to Judah, Let us build these cities, and walls around them, and towers, two leaved gates, and bars, while the land is before us, because we have sought Jehovah our God. We have sought, and He has given rest to us all around. And they built and prospered.

⁶ And Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and its wood, with which Baasha had built. And he built Geba and Mizpah with them.

¹² And Jehoshaphat went on to be greater, exceedingly. And he built fortresses and store cities in Judah.

⁶ And he went out and fought with the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities around Ashdod, and among the Philistines.

⁴ and he built cities in the hills of Judah, and in the forests he built palaces and towers.

⁸ And he removed Judah's covering; and you looked in that day to the armor of the house of the forest. ⁹ You have also seen the breaks in the city of David, that they are many; and you gathered the waters of the lower pool. ¹⁰ And you have counted the houses of Jerusalem; and you broke down the houses to fortify the wall. ¹¹ And you made a reservoir between the walls, for the water of the old pool. But you have not looked to its Maker, nor did you see its Former from long ago.

¹⁹ And Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath, it is Bethlehem.

⁸ And he struck them hip on thigh, a great slaughter, and went down and lived in the cleft of the rock Etam.

¹² And David was the son of an Ephrathite of Bethlehem-Judah named Jesse. And to him were eight sons. And the man was old among men in the days of Saul.

² And Joab sent to Tekoah and took a wise woman from there, and said to her, Pretend yourself to be a mourner now, and please put on garments of mourning. And do not anoint yourself with oil, and you shall be a woman mourning for the dead these many days.

³² And their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities.

²⁰ And they rose early in the morning and went out to the wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. Believe in Jehovah your God, and be steadfast; believe in His prophets and prosper.

⁵ And next to them the Tekoites repaired. But their nobles did not put their necks to the work of their Lord.

²⁷ After him the Tekoites repaired another piece, opposite the great tower that sticks out, even to the wall of Ophel.

¹ O sons of Benjamin take refuge to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem. And blow the ram's horn in Tekoa; and set up a signal over Beth-haccerem. For evil appears out of the north, and great destruction.

¹ The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam, the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

⁵ And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it has been written by the prophet, ⁶ "And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judea, in no way are you least among the governors of Judah, for out of you shall come a Governor who shall shepherd My people Israel." Mic. 5:2

¹⁵ the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;

³⁵ Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,

⁵⁸ Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor,

¹ And David left there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. And his brothers heard, and all his father's house, and they went down to him there.

¹³ And three of the thirty commanders went down and came to the harvest, to David, to the cave of Adullam. And the company of the Philistines was camping in the Valley of the Giants.

¹⁵ I will bring an heir to you again, O dweller of Mareshah. The glory of Israel shall come to Adullam.

²⁴ Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,

⁴⁴ and Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities and their villages

¹⁴ And David stayed in the wilderness, in the strongholds. And he stayed in the hill, in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him all his days. And God did not give him into his hand.

¹⁹ And the men of Ziph went to Saul, to Gibeah, saying, Is not David hiding himself with us in strongholds, in the forest, in the hill of Hachilah, which is south of the wilderness?

¹ And it happened, after this, that David struck the Philistines, and humbled them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand of the Philistines.

¹ To the Chief Musician on Neginoth. A Contemplation; A Psalm of David, when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, Does not David hide himself among us? Save me, O God, by Your name; and judge me by Your strength.

⁵ And the five kings of the Amorites assembled, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, they and all their camps. And they camped against Gibeon, and fought against it.

¹¹ And it happened, as they fled from the face of Israel, they were in the descent of Bethhoron, even Jehovah cast great stones on them out of the heavens, to Azekah; and they died. The many who died by the hailstones were more than the sons of Israel had killed by the sword.

³⁹ Lachish and Bozkath, and Eglon,

⁹ After this Sennacherib the king of Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem, (and he was by Lachish, and all his power with him) against Hezekiah the king of Judah, and against all Judah in Jerusalem, saying,

² And Sarah died in Kirjatharba, it is Hebron, in the land of Canaan. And Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.

²² And they went up into the Negeb, and came to Hebron. And Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the sons of Anak, were there. And Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.

¹⁴ Therefore, Hebron has belonged to Caleb the son of Jephunneh, the Kenizzite, for an inheritance to this day, because he fully followed after Jehovah the God of Israel.

³³ In the Lowlands were : Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,

⁴¹ And the border of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and I-rshemesh, ⁴² and Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,

⁷ And they set apart Kadesh in Galilee, in the hills of Naphtali; and Shechem in the hills of Ephraim; and Kirjath-arba; (it is Hebron) in the hills of Judah.

¹¹ And it happened, the number of the days that David was king in Hebron, over the house of Judah, was seven years and six months.

¹⁹ These waited on the king, besides those whom the king put in the fortified cities in all Judah.

¹⁹ And Tamar put ashes on her head, and tore the long tunic on her, and put her hand on her head, and left; going on and crying out.

²² But Absalom did not speak either good or evil with Amnon, for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had humbled his sister Tamar.

¹⁴ And Uzziah prepared for them, for all the army, shields and spears and helmets, and breastplates, and bows, even to stones for the slings. ¹⁵ And he made engines in Jerusalem, the inventions of skillful men, to be on the towers and on the corners, with which to shoot arrows and great stones. And his name spread far abroad; for he was wonderfully helped until he was strong.

⁵ And he made himself strong and built all the wall that was broken, and raised on it the towers, and another at the outside of the wall, and strengthened Millo, the city of David, and made darts in abundance, and shields.

³⁰ And all the tithe of the land, of the seed of the land, of the fruit of the tree, shall be Jehovah's; it is holy to Jehovah. ³¹ And if a man really redeems any of his tithes, he shall add its fifth to it. ³² And all the tithe of the herd and of the flock, all that passes under the rod, a tenth shall be holy to Jehovah; ³³ he shall not search whether it is good or bad, nor shall he change it. And if he at all changes it, then it shall be that it and its substitute shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed. ³⁴ These are the commands which Jehovah has commanded Moses for the sons of Israel, on Mount Sinai.

²¹ And, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel to the sons of Levi for an inheritance, in return for their service which they are serving, the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. ²² And the sons of Israel shall not come near to the tabernacle of the congregation any more, lest they bear sin, and die. ²³ But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity; it shall be a never ending statute throughout your generations, that in the midst of the sons of Israel they shall have no inheritance; ²⁴ but the tithes of the sons of Israel which they shall lift up to Jehovah, a heave offering, I have given to the Levites for inheritance; therefore I have said to them, They shall have no inheritance among the sons of Israel. ²⁵ And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, ²⁶ And you shall say to the Levites; and you shall speak to them, When you take the tithe from the sons of Israel, which I have given to you from them, for your inheritance, then you shall lift from it a heave offering of Jehovah, a tithe of the tithe. ²⁷ And your heave offering shall be counted to you as grain from the threshing floor, and as fullness from the winepress. ²⁸ So you also shall lift up the heave offering of Jehovah from all your tithes which you receive from the sons of Israel. And you shall give from it the heave offering of Jehovah to Aaron the priest.

² Command the sons of Israel that they give to the Levites cities to live in, from the land of their possessions, and you shall give to the Levites open land for the cities. ³ And they shall have the cities to live in, and their open lands shall be for their livestock, and for their substance, and for all their animals. ⁴ And the open land around the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits all around. ⁵ And you shall measure outside the city for the east side two thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits, and for the west side two thousand cubits; the city being in the middle. This shall be to them the open land around the cities.

²⁰ And the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites who were left of the sons of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. ²¹ And they gave them Shechem and its open land in Mount Ephraim as a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer and its open lands, ²² And Kibzaim and its open lands, and Beth-horon and its open lands; four cities. ²³ And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh and its open lands, Gibbethon and its open lands, ²⁴ Aijalon and its open lands, Gathrimmon and its open lands; four cities. ²⁵ And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Taanach and its open lands, and Gathrimmon and its open lands; two cities. ²⁶ All the cities were ten, and their open land, for the families of the sons of Kohath that were left. ²⁷ And to the sons of Gershon, of the families of the Levites from the half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan and its open lands as a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Be-eshterah and its open lands; two cities. ²⁸ And from the tribe of Issachar they gave Kishon and its open lands, and Dabareth and its open lands, ²⁹ Jarmuth and its open lands, En-gannim and its open lands; four cities. ³⁰ And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal and its open lands, Abdon and its open lands, ³¹ Helkath and its open lands, Rehob and its open lands; four cities. ³² And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee and its open lands as a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Hammothdor and its open lands, and Kartah, and its open lands; three cities. ³³ All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities and their open land. ³⁴ And to the families of the sons of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, they gave Jokneam and its open lands, and Kartah and its open lands, ³⁵ Dimnah and its open lands, Nahalal and its open lands; four cities. ³⁶ And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer and its open lands, and Jahazah and its open lands, ³⁷ Kedemoth and its open lands, and Mephaath and its open lands; four cities. ³⁸ And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead and its open lands as a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim and its open lands, ³⁹ Heshbon and its open land, Jazer and its open lands; four cities in all. ⁴⁰ All the cities for the sons of Merari by their families, those left of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities. ⁴¹ All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the sons of Israel were forty eight cities and their open land. ⁴² These cities were every one with their open land around them. So it was to all these cities.

²⁸ And the king took counsel and made two calves of gold. And he said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Behold your gods, O Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt! ²⁹ And he set the one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan. ³⁰ And this thing became a sin, for the people went before the one, to Dan. ³¹ And he made a house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of people, who were not of the sons of Levi. ³² And Jeroboam made a feast in the eighth month, in the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast that is in Judah; and he offered on the altar, so he did in Bethel, to sacrifice to the calves which he made; and he made stand in Bethel the priests of the high places that he made. ³³ And he offered up on the altar that he made in Bethel, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, in the month that he devised out of his own heart; and he made a feast for the sons of Israel, and offered on the altar, to burn incense.

³³ After this thing Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but turned again and made from the lowest of the people priests of high places; he who desired, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.

⁶⁶ And some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim. ⁶⁷ And they gave to them for cities of refuge: Shechem in Mount Ephraim and its open lands; and Gezer and its open lands; ⁶⁸ and Jokmeam and its open lands; and Beth-horon and its open lands; ⁶⁹ and Aijalon and its open lands; and Gathrimmon and its open lands. ⁷⁰ And out of the half tribe of Manasseh: Aner and its open lands; and Bileam and its open lands for the family of the rest of the sons of Kohath. ⁷¹ To the sons of Gershom: out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan and its open lands; and Ashtaroth and its open lands. ⁷² And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh and its open lands; Daberath and its open lands; ⁷³ and Ramoth and its open lands; and Anem and its open lands. ⁷⁴ And out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal and its open lands; and Abdon and its open lands; ⁷⁵ and Hukok and its open lands; and Rehob and its open lands. ⁷⁶ And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee and its open lands; and Hammon and its open lands; and Kirjath-aim and its open lands. ⁷⁷ To the rest of the sons of Merari: out of the tribe of Zebulun Rimmon and its open lands; Tabor and its open lands. ⁷⁸ And beyond Jordan, by Jericho, on the east of the Jordan: out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness, and its open lands; and Jahzah and its open lands; ⁷⁹ and Kedemoth and its open lands; and Mephaath and its open lands. ⁸⁰ And out of the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead and its open lands; and Mahanaim and its open lands; ⁸¹ and Heshbon and its open lands; and Jazer and its open lands.

⁹ Have you not thrown out the priests of Jehovah, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made priests to yourselves like the peoples of the lands? Whoever comes to consecrate himself with a bullock, a son of the herd, and seven rams, even he becomes a priest to no gods.

⁴ And he took them from their hand and formed it with an engraving tool. And he made it a casted calf. And they said, These are your gods, O Israel, who made you go up from the land of Egypt. ⁵ And Aaron saw, and he built an altar before it. And Aaron called and said, A feast to Jehovah tomorrow. ⁶ And they rose early on the morrow, and they offered burnt offerings and brought near peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. ⁷ And Jehovah spoke to Moses, Come, go down, for your people whom you caused to go up from Egypt are corrupted; ⁸ they have quickly turned off from the way which I commanded them; they have made for themselves a casted calf and have bowed to it, and have sacrificed to it. And they have said, These are your gods, O Israel, who made you go up from the land of Egypt.

³¹ And Moses went back to Jehovah and said, Oh, this people has sinned a great sin, and they have made for themselves gods of gold.

¹⁷ They sacrificed to demons who were not God, to gods whom they did not know, new ones who came lately. Your fathers had not dreaded them.

²⁸ And the king took counsel and made two calves of gold. And he said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem. Behold your gods, O Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt!

³¹ And he made a house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

⁹ and you did evil above all who have been before you, and went and made for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me to anger; and you have cast Me behind your back

¹⁹ They made a calf in Horeb, and fell down before the casted image; ²⁰ and they changed their Glory into the image of an ox eating grass.

⁵ O Samaria, your calf has cast you off. My anger is kindled against them. Until when will they not attain purity? ⁶ For it also came from Israel: The craftsman made it, but it is not God. For the calf of Samaria shall be splinters.

² And now they sin more and more, and they have made themselves a molten image of their silver, idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen. They say to them, Let men, those who sacrifice, kiss calves.

²⁰ But the things the nations sacrifice, " they sacrifice to demons, and not to God." Deut. 32:17 But I do not want you to become sharers of demons; ²¹ you cannot drink the cup of the Lord and a cup of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord, and a table of demons.

¹ But the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, cleaving to deceiving spirits and teachings of demons,

¹⁴ For they are spirits of demons doing signs, which go forth to the kings of the earth, even of the whole habitable world to assemble them to the war of that day, the great day of God Almighty.

²¹ And the one who did not set his heart on the word of Jehovah left his slaves and his livestock in the field.

⁵ But you shall seek to the place which Jehovah your God shall choose out of all your tribes; for you shall seek His dwelling, to put His name there. And you shall go there. ⁶ And you shall bring your burnt offerings there, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offering, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock.

¹¹ And it shall be the place which Jehovah your God shall choose to cause His name to dwell there, there you shall bring all that I am commanding you, your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice freewill offerings which you vow to Jehovah.

¹³ Take heed to yourself that you not offer your burnt offerings in every place that you see; ¹⁴ but in the place which Jehovah shall choose in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I command.

⁴⁶ and said to them, Set your heart on all the words which I have testified against you today, that you command your sons to take heed to do all the words of this law.

¹⁹ And surely, if the land of your possession is unclean, you may cross over to the land of the possession of Jehovah, there where the tabernacle of Jehovah dwells, and have possession among us. But do not rebel against Jehovah, and do not rebel against us, by building for yourselves an altar besides the altar of Jehovah our God.

³ And Samuel said to all the house of Israel, saying, If you are returning to Jehovah with all your heart, put aside the alien gods from among you, and the Ashtoreths. And prepare your heart to Jehovah, and serve Him only, and He will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. ⁴ And the sons of Israel put away the Baals and the Ashtaroth, and served Jehovah only.

²⁹ Give to Jehovah the glory of His name; bring an offering and come before Him; worship Jehovah in the adornment of holiness.

¹ And David said, This is the house of Jehovah God, and this altar for burnt offering for Israel.

¹⁹ Now give your heart and your soul to seek to Jehovah your God, and rise up and build the sanctuary of Jehovah God, to bring in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and the holy vessels of God, to the house that is to be built in the name of Jehovah.

⁹ And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and out of Simeon. For they had fallen to him in abundance from Israel when they saw that Jehovah his God was with him.

¹¹ However, men from Asher, and Manasseh, and from Zebulun were humbled, and came to Jerusalem.

¹⁸ For many of the people, many from Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun had not been cleansed, but ate the passover otherwise than was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, O good Jehovah, provide atonement for ¹⁹ everyone who has prepared his heart to seek Jehovah God, the God of his fathers, yet not according to the cleansing of the sanctuary.

¹⁴ If He sets His heart on him, if He gathers his spirit and his breath to Himself,

¹⁰ Trust not in oppression, and do not be vain in robbery; if riches increase to you, do not set your heart on them.

⁵ Blessed is the man whose strength is in You; Your ways are in their hearts. ⁶ Passing through the valley of weeping, they will make it a fountain; even the early rain covers with blessings. ⁷ They go from strength to strength, being seen in Zion before God.

¹ A Song. A Psalm of David. O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing; yea, I will sing songs even with my glory.

¹⁴ Then the king, when he heard the word, was very displeased with himself, and he set his heart on Daniel, to deliver him. And he labored until the going of the sun to deliver him.

⁸ They eat up the sin of My people, and they lift their vitality to their iniquity.

⁵ And now, so says Jehovah of hosts: Set your heart on your ways!

²³ who having come, and seeing the grace of God, rejoiced. And he exhorted all with purpose of heart to abide near the Lord.

¹ And Solomon the son of David made himself strong over his kingdom, and Jehovah his God was with him, and made him exceedingly great. ² And Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the commanders of the thousands, and of the hundreds, and to judges, and to every honorable one of all Israel, heads of the fathers; ³ and they went, Solomon and all the congregation with him, to the high place that in Gibeon, for there was God's tabernacle of the congregation that Moses, the servant of Jehovah, had made in the wilderness. ⁴ But David had brought up the ark of God from Kirjath-jearim, when David made ready for it, for he had stretched out a tent for it in Jerusalem; ⁵ and the altar of bronze that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put it before the tabernacle of Jehovah; and Solomon and the congregation sought to it. ⁶ And Solomon went up there on the bronze altar before Jehovah, that was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered on it a thousand burnt offerings. ⁷ In that night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, Ask what I shall give to you. ⁸ And Solomon said to God, You have acted with great kindness with my father David, and have made me king in his place. ⁹ Now, O Jehovah God, Your word with my father David is confirmed, for You have made me to reign over a people as many as the dust of the earth. ¹⁰ Now give to me wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this Your great people? ¹¹ And God said to Solomon, Because this has been in your heart, that you have not asked riches, treasures, and honor, and the life of those who hate you, and also have not asked many days, but have asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself that you may judge My people, over whom I have made you reign; ¹² the wisdom and the knowledge are given to you, and riches, and treasures, and honor I will give to you, such as none of the kings who were before you has had, and after you it shall not be so.

¹⁷ And you, if you shall walk before Me as your father David walked, even to do according to all that I have commanded you, and shall keep My statutes and My judgments, ¹⁸ then I shall establish the throne of your kingdom, as I covenanted with your father David, saying, There shall not be cut off a man to you who rules in Israel; ¹⁹ and if you turn away, and you shall forsake My statutes and My commandments that I have placed before you, and shall go and serve other gods and shall bow yourselves to them,

¹³ even as the duty of every day required, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the appointed feasts three times in the year, in the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and in the Feast of Weeks, and in the Feast of Booths. ¹⁴ And according to the decree of his father David, he made stand the divisions of the priests over their service, and of the Levites over their charges, to praise and to minister before the priests, according to the duty of every day, and the gatekeepers in their courses at every gate, for so was the command of David the man of God. ¹⁵ And they did not turn aside from the king's command as to the priests and the Levites in regard to any matter, and to the treasures. ¹⁶ And all the work of Solomon was prepared to the day of the foundation of the house of Jehovah, and until its completion. The house of Jehovah was finished.

¹ And it happened, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was settled, and when he was strong, he forsook the law of Jehovah, and all Israel with him.

⁴ O Ephraim, what shall I do to you? O Judah, what shall I do to you? For your goodness is like a morning cloud, and it goes away like the early dew.

²⁰ And that sown on the stony places is this: the one hearing the Word, and immediately receiving it with joy, ²¹ but has no root in himself, but is temporary, and tribulation, or persecution occurring because of the Word, he is at once offended.

⁶ And it happened as they came in, that he saw Eliab, and said, Surely His anointed is before Jehovah.

¹³ And the three eldest sons of Jesse went out; they went after Saul to the battle. And the name of his three sons who went into the battle: Eliab, the firstborn; and his second, Abinadab; and the third, Shammah.

²⁸ And his eldest brother Eliab heard when he spoke to the men. And Eliab's anger burned against David. And he said, Why is it you have come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the evil of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle.

¹³ And Jesse fathered his first-born Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third,

¹⁸ Elihu, of the brothers of David, was over Judah. Omri the son of Michael was over Issachar.

¹ And in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam reigned over Judah. ² He reigned three years in Jerusalem, and his mother's name was Maachah the daughter of Abishalom.

²¹ And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines (for he had taken eighteen wives, and sixty concubines; and he fathered twenty eight sons and sixty daughters).

¹⁶ And Rehoboam lay with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David. And his son Abijah reigned in his place.

² He reigned three years in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel, from Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

⁷ and Solomon fathered Rehoboam, and Rehoboam fathered Abijah, and Abijah fathered Asa,

¹⁷ And he shall not multiply wives to himself, and his heart shall not turn aside. And he shall not greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.

³⁰ And seventy sons were born to Gideon, coming out of his loins; for he had many wives.

² And sons were born to David in Hebron. And his first-born was Amnon, of Ahinoam of Jezreel. ³ And his second was Chileab, of Abigail the former wife of Nabal of Carmel. And the third was Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai the king of Geshur. ⁴ And the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith. And the fifth was Shephatiah the son of Abital. ⁵ And the sixth was Ithream, of Eglah the wife of David. These were born to David in Hebron.

¹³ And David again took concubines and wives out of Jerusalem after he came from Hebron. And again sons and daughters were born to David.

³ And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart.

¹ And these were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: the first-born, Amnon, born to Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second, Daniel, to Abigail of Carmel; ² the third, Absalom, the son of Maachah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; ³ the fifth, Shephatiah, to Abital. The sixth, Ithream, to his wife Eglah. ⁴ These six were born to him in Hebron. And he reigned there seven years and six months. And he reigned in Jerusalem thirty three years. ⁵ And these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four to Bathsheba the daughter of Ammiel; ⁶ also Ibhar, and Elishama, and Eliphelet; ⁷ also Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia; ⁸ and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. ⁹ These were all the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.

⁸ Sixty of them are queens, and eighty concubines, and virgins without number. ⁹ But My dove, My perfect one is one alone . She is the only one to her mother; she is the choice of the one who bore her. The daughters saw her and called her blessed; the queens and the concubines saw her, and they praised her.

¹⁵ If a man has two wives, the one loved, and the other hated; and they have borne him sons, both the loved one and the hated one; and if the first-born son was of her who was hated, ¹⁶ then it shall be, in the day that he causes his son to inherit that which he has, he may not cause to inherit the son of the loved one the first-born before the son of the hated one, who is truly the first-born. ¹⁷ But he shall acknowledge the first-born, the son of the hated one, by giving him a double portion of all that he has; for he is the firstfruit of his strength, the right of the first-born is his.

¹ And the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel (for he was the first-born; but since he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel; and the genealogy is not to be counted according to the birthright; ² for Judah prevailed among his brothers, and from him was the chief ruler, but the birthright was Joseph's)

¹ And David the king said to all the congregation, My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and tender. And the work is great, for the magnificent house is not for man, but for Jehovah God.

⁶ And to the sons of the concubines who were to Abraham, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away eastward, from his son Isaac, while still alive to an eastern land.

⁵ And Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will reign. And he prepared a chariot for himself, and horsemen, and fifty men running before his face. ⁶ And his father had not troubled him all his days, saying, Why have you done so? And he also was very good of form, and one had borne him after Absalom.

⁸ But he left the counsel of the aged men who had advised him, and consulted with the young men who had grown up with him, those standing before him. ⁹ And he said to them, What do you advise that we shall answer this people that have spoken to me, saying, Lighten the yoke that your father put on us? ¹⁰ And the young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, You shall say this to the people who have spoken to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, and you lighten our yoke, this you shall say to them, My little finger is thicker than the loins of my father; ¹¹ and now, my father laid a heavy yoke on you, and I will surely add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, and I with scorpions. ¹² And Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king commanded, saying, Return to me on the third day. ¹³ And the king answered them sharply, and king Rehoboam left the counsel of the aged men, ¹⁴ and spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will surely add to it; my father chastised you with whips, and I with scorpions. ¹⁵ And the king did not listen to the people, for the revolution was from God, so that Jehovah might establish His word that He spoke by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

³ And their father gave to them many gifts of silver and gold, and of precious things, with fortified cities of Judah; but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram, for he was the firstborn.

⁸ And the lord praised the unrighteous steward, because he acted prudently. For the sons of this age are more prudent than the sons of light themselves are in their generation.