1 Kings 4 Cross References - Leeser

¹ Thus was king Solomon king over all Israel. ² And these were the princes whom he had: ‘Azaryahu the son of Zadok the priest; ³ Elichoreph and Achiyah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Achilud, the recorder; ⁴ And Benayahu the son of Yehoyada’ over the army; and Zadok and Ebyathar priests; ⁵ And Azaryahu the son of Nathan was over the superintendents; and Zabud the son of Nathan was an officer of state and the king’s friend; ⁶ And Achishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of ‘Abda was over the tribute. ⁷ And Solomon had twelve superintendents over all Israel, who provided for the king and his household: one month in the year had the particular one to procure provisions. ⁸ And these are their names: Ben-chur on the mountain of Ephraim; ⁹ Ben-deker, in Makaz, and in Sha’albim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-chanan; ¹⁰ Ben-chessed, in Arubboth; to him pertained Sochoh and all the land of Chepher; ¹¹ Ben-abinadab, in all the district of Dor; he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon for wife; ¹² Ba’ana the son of Achilud in Tha’anach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by Zarethanah beneath Yizre’el, from Beth-shean to Abel-mecholah, as far as beyond Yokme’am; ¹³ Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gil’ad; to him pertained the villages of Ya’ir the son of Menasseh, which are in Gil’ad; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and brazen bars; ¹⁴ Achinadab the son of ‘Iddo in Machanayim; ¹⁵ Achima’az in Naphtali; he also took Bahsemath the daughter of Solomon for wife; ¹⁶ Ba’anah the son of Chushai in Asher and in Be’aloth; ¹⁷ Jehoshaphat the son of Paruach, in Issachar; ¹⁸ Shim’i the son of Ela, in Benjamin; ¹⁹ Geber the son of Uri in the country of Gil’ad, the country of Sichon the king of the Emorites, and of ‘Og the king of Bashan; besides the one superintendent who was in the land. ²⁰ Judah and Israel were numerous, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude; and they ate and drank, and made merry. ^{21 (5:1)} And Solomon was ruling over all the kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and as far as the boundary of Egypt, which brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life. ^{22 (5:2)} And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty kors of fine flour, and sixty kors of meal, ^{23 (5:3)} Ten fatted oxen, and twenty pasture oxen, and a hundred sheep, besides harts, and roebucks, and fallow-deer, and fatted fowl. ^{24 (5:4)} For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Thiphsach even to Gazzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him. ^{25 (5:5)} And Judah and Israel dwelt in safety, every man under his vine and under his fig-tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba’, all the days of Solomon. ^{26 (5:6)} And Solomon had forty thousand stalls for the horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. ^{27 (5:7)} And those superintendents provided for king Solomon, and for all that came near unto king Solomon’s table, every man in his month: they let nothing be wanting. ^{28 (5:8)} The barley also and the straw for the horses and the runners did they bring unto the place where he might be, every man according to his prescription. ^{29 (5:9)} And God gave unto Solomon wisdom and understanding exceedingly much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore. ^{30 (5:10)} And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. ^{31 (5:11)} And he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrachite, and Heman, and Kalkol, and Darda’, the sons of Machol: and his name was spread among all the nations round about. ^{32 (5:12)} And he spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five. ^{33 (5:13)} And he spoke concerning the trees, from the cedar-tree that is on the Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall; he spoke also concerning the beasts, and concerning the fowl, and concerning the creeping things, and concerning the fishes. ^{34 (5:14)} And men came from all the people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.

²⁰ And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly moving creatures that have life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open expansion of the heaven. ²¹ And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly after their kind, and every winged fowl after its kind: and God saw that it was good. ²² And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the fowl multiply on the earth. ²³ And it was evening and it was morning, the fifth day. ²⁴ And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind: and it was so. ²⁵ And God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind: and God saw that it was good.

¹⁹ And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gazzah; as thou goest unto Sodom and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboyim, even unto Lesha.

¹⁶ And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth; so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.

⁵ And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward the heaven, and count the stars, if thou be able to count them; and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

¹⁸ On the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates;

¹⁷ That I will greatly bless thee, and I will exceedingly multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

⁶ But unto the sons of the concubines that Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts; and he sent them away from Isaac his son, while he was yet living, eastward, unto the east country.

² And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is a host of God; and he called the name of that place Machanayim.

¹² And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.

⁴⁹ And Joseph heaped up corn as the sand of the sea, very much; until he left off numbering, for it was without number.

²² And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side-posts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out frown the door of his house until the morning.

²¹ Moreover, thou shalt select out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating their own gain; and place these over them, as rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

³¹ And I will set thy bounds from the Red Sea unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river; for I will deliver into your hand the inhabitants of the land, and thou shalt drive them out before thee.

¹⁸ And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that have been there, and upon him that hath touched the bone, or the one slain, or the dead, or the grave:

²¹ And Israel sent messengers unto Sichon the king of the Emorites, saying, ²² Let me pass through thy land; we will not turn aside into field, or into vineyard; we will not drink the water of a well: by the king’s highway will we go along, until we have passed thy border. ²³ But Sichon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border; and Sichon assembled all his people together; and went out against Israel into the wilderness; and he came to Yahaz, and fought against Israel. ²⁴ And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and took possession of his land from Arnon unto Yabbok, even unto the children of ‘Ammon; for the border of the children of ‘Ammon was strong. ²⁵ And Israel took all these cities; and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Emorites, in Cheshbon, and in all the villages thereof. ²⁶ For Cheshbon was the city of Sichon the king of the Emorites; and he had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, up to the Arnon. ²⁷ Therefore said the poets, Come into Cheshbon, let the city of Sichon be built and established. ²⁸ For a fire is gone out of Cheshbon, a flame from the city of Sichon: it hath consumed ‘Ar-Moab, the men of the high places of the Arnon. ²⁹ Woe to thee, Moab! thou art lost, O people of Kemosh: he hath suffered his sons to become fugitives, and his daughters to go into captivity, unto the king of the Emorites, Sichon. ³⁰ We have thrown them down; lost is Cheshbon even unto Dibon, and we have laid waste all up to Nophach, which reacheth unto Medeba. ³¹ Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Emorites. ³² And Moses sent to spy out Ya’zer, and they captured the villages thereof, and drove out the Emorites that were there. ³³ And they turned and went up by the way to Bashan; and ‘Og, the king of Bashan, went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei. ³⁴ And the Lord said unto Moses, Fear him not; for into thy hand have I delivered him, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do unto him as thou hast done unto Sichon, the king of the Emorites, who dwelt at Cheshbon. ³⁵ And they smote him and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left unto him that escaped; and they took possession of his land.

⁶ As streams are they spread forth, as gardens by the river’s side, as aloe-trees, which the Lord hath planted, as cedar-trees beside the waters.

⁴¹ And Yair the son of Menasseh went and conquered the small towns thereof, and called them Chavoth-yair.

²⁶ And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sichon, the king of Cheshbon, with words of peace, saying,

⁴ And we conquered all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, sixty cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of ‘Og in Bashan.

⁸ And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Emorites the land which is on this side of the Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Chermon;

¹³ And the rest of Gil’ad, and all Bashan, the kingdom of ‘Og, I gave unto the half tribe of Menasseh: all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, this is called the land of Rephaim. ¹⁴ Yair the son of Menasseh took all the region of Argob up to the border of the Geshurites and the Ma-’achathites; and he called them the land of Bashan, after his own name, the villages of Yair, unto this day.

⁴³ Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gil’ad for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan for the Menassites.

²⁴ Every place whereon the sole of your foot may tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and the Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the Western Sea shall be your boundary.

¹⁶ Only he shall not acquire for himself many horses; so that he may not cause the people to return to Egypt, in order to acquire many horses; whereas the Lord hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth not return on that way any more.

⁴ From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your boundary.

¹⁶ That the waters which came down from above stood still and rose up as a wall, very far from the city Adam, which is beside Zarethan; and those that ran down toward the sea of the plain, the salt sea, failed, were cut off; and the people passed over opposite to Jericho.

² And to the kings that were at the north, on the mountains, and in the plains, south of Kinneroth, and in the lowlands, and in the district of Dor on the west,

¹⁷ The king of Tappuach, one; the king of Chepher, one;

²³ The king of Dor in the district of Dor, one; the king of Goyim in Gilgal, one;

⁹ From ‘Aro’er, that is upon the bank of the brook Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the brook, and all the plain of Medeba up to Dibon; ¹⁰ And all the cities of Sichon the king of the Emorites, who reigned over Cheshbon, up to the border of the children of ‘Ammon; ¹¹ And Gil’ad, and the territory of the Geshurites and Ma’achathites, and all mount Chermon, and all Bashan up to Salchah; ¹² All the kingdom of ‘Og in Bashan, who reigned in ‘Ashtaroth and in Edre’i; who had been left of the remnant of the Rephaim; and Moses smote them, and cast them out.

²⁶ And from Cheshbon unto Ramath-mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Machanayim up to the border of Debir;

³⁵ Yarmuth, and ‘Adullam, Sochoh, and ‘Azekah,

² There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Menasseh after their families; for the children of Abi’ezer, and for the children of Chelek, and for the children of Assriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Chepher, and for the children of Shemida’: these were the male children of Menasseh the son of Joseph after their families.

¹¹ And to Menasseh belonged in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and its towns, and Yible’am and its towns, together with the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of ‘En-dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Ta’anach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, namely the three districts.

²⁰ And the Jordan bounded it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by its boundaries round about, according to their families. ²¹ Now these were the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families, Jericho, and Beth-choglah, and ‘Emekkeziz, ²² And Beth-ha’arabah, and Zemarayim, and Beth-el, ²³ And Avvim, and Parah, and ‘Ophrah, ²⁴ And Kephar-ha’ammonah, and ‘Ophni, and Geba’: twelve cities with their villages. ²⁵ Gib’on, and Ramah, and Beeroth, ²⁶ And Mizpeh, and Kephirah, and Mozah, ²⁷ And Rekem, and Yirpeel, and Taralah, ²⁸ And Zela’, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gib’ath, and Kiryath: fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.

¹⁷ For Issachar came out the fourth lot, for the children of Issachar according to their families. ¹⁸ And their boundary went to Yizre’el, and Kessulloth, and Shunem, ¹⁹ And Chapharayim, and Shion, and Anacharath, ²⁰ And Rabbith, and Kishyon, and Abez, ²¹ And Remeth, and ‘En-gannim, and ‘En-chaddah, and Beth-pazazz; ²² And the boundary touched on Tabor, and Shachazimah, and Beth-shemesh; and the terminations of their boundaries were at the Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages. ²³ This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages. ²⁴ And then came out the fifth lot for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families. ²⁵ And their boundary was Chelkath, and Chali, and Beten, and Achshaph, ²⁶ And Allammelech, and ‘Am’ad, and Mishal; and it touched on Carmel at the sea, and on Shichor-libnath; ²⁷ And it turned toward the rising of the sun to Beth-dagon, and touched on Zebulun, and on the valley of Yiphthach-el at the north, on Beth-ha’emek, and Ne’iel, and went out to Cabul on the left, ²⁸ And ‘Ebron, and Rechob, and Chammon, and Kanah, up to Zidon the great city, ²⁹ And then the boundary turned back to Ramah, and to the city of Mibzar-zor; and then the boundary turned back to Chossah; and the terminations were by the sea in the district toward Achzib; ³⁰ And ‘Ummah and Aphek, and Rechob: twenty and two cities with their villages. ³¹ This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages. ³² Unto the children of Naphtali came out the sixth lot, for the children of Naphtali according to their families. ³³ And their boundary was from Cheleph, from Allon-beza-’anannim, and Adami-hanekeb, and Yabneel, as far as Lakkum; and its terminations were at the Jordan; ³⁴ And then the boundary turned westward to Aznoth-tabor, and went out from there to Chukkok, and touched on Zebulun on the south, and touched on Asher on the west, and on Judah upon the Jordan toward the rising of the sun. ³⁵ And fortified cities, Ziddim, Zer, and Chammath, Rakkath, and Kinnereth, ³⁶ And Adamah, and Ramah, and Chazor, ³⁷ And Kedesh, and Edre’i, and ‘En-chazor, ³⁸ And Yiron, and Migdal-el, Chorem, and Beth-’anath, and Beth-shemesh: nineteen cities with their villages. ³⁹ This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages.

⁴² And Sha’alabbin, and Ayalon, and Yithlah,

⁸ And on the other side of the Jordan by Jericho eastward, they appointed Bezer in the wilderness in the plain from the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gil’ad from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Menasseh.

¹⁶ And ‘Ayin with its open spaces, and Yuttah with its open spaces, and Beth-shemesh with its open spaces: nine cities from those two tribes.

^{38 (21:36)} And from the tribe of Gad, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Ramoth in Gil’ad with its open spaces, and Machanayim with its open spaces,

³³ And Elazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him on the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the mountain of Ephraim.

²⁷ Neither did Menasseh drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and its towns, nor Ta’anach and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Yible’am and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; but the Canaanites succeeded to remain in this land.

³⁵ And the Emorites succeeded to remain on mount Cheres, in Ayalon, and in Sha’albim; but when the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, they became tributary.

¹⁹ There came kings, and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan, in Ta’anach by the waters of Megiddo: gain of money they took not away.

¹² And the Midianites and the ‘Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like the locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is by the seaside for multitude.

¹ Then went Samson to Gazzah, and saw there a harlot, and went in unto her.

¹ And there was a man of the mountain of Ephraim, whose name was Michayhu.

¹ And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the lower edge of the mountain of Ephraim, who took to himself a concubine out of Beth-lechem-judah.

¹ Then went out all the children of Israel, and the congregation was assembled together as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba’, with the land of Gil’ad, unto the Lord in Mizpah.

¹² And the cows went straight forward on the way on the road to Beth-shemesh: on one highway they did go along, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them as far as the border of Beth-shemesh.

²⁰ And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before the Lord, this holy God? and to whom shall it go up away from us?

²⁷ But the worthless men said, In what can this help us? And they despised him, and brought him no present. But he acted as though he were deaf.

¹⁸ And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be a son-in-law to the king?

¹⁶ And he brought him down; and behold, they were scattered over the face of all the country, eating and drinking, and dancing for joy, because of all the great spoil which they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.

¹⁰ And they put his armor in the house of ‘Ashtaroth; and his body they fastened to the wall of Beth-shan.

¹² Then arose all the valiant men, and walked all the night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and they came to Yabesh, and burnt them there.

⁸ But Abner, the son of Ner, the captain of the army of Saul, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Machanayim;

⁵ In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.

² That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, while the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.

⁴ And David captured from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand men on foot: and David hamstringed all the chariot-teams, but reserved of them a hundred chariot-teams.

¹⁵ And David reigned over all Israel; and David did what is just and right unto all his people. ¹⁶ And Joab the son of Zeruyah was over the army; and Jehoshaphat the son of Achilud was recorder;

¹⁶ And Joab the son of Zeruyah was over the army; and Jehoshaphat the son of Achilud was recorder; ¹⁷ And Zadok the son of Achitub, and Achimelech the son of Ebyathar, were priests; and Serayah was scribe; ¹⁸ And Banayahu the son of Yehoyada’ was over both the Kerethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were officers of state.

¹⁸ And Banayahu the son of Yehoyada’ was over both the Kerethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were officers of state.

¹ And the Lord sent Nathan unto David, and he came unto him and said to him, Two men were once in one city, the one rich and the other poor. ² The rich man had flocks and herds, in great abundance. ³ But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe, which he had bought; and he nourished it, and it grew up with him and with his children together; of his bread it used to eat, and out of his cup it used to drink, and in his bosom it used to lie, and it was to him as a daughter. ⁴ And there came a traveler unto the rich man; and he felt compunction to take from his own flocks and from his own herds to dress for the wayfarer that was come to him; but he took the ewe of the poor man, and dressed it for the man that was come to him. ⁵ And the anger of David was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the Lord liveth, surely the man that hath done this deserveth to die; ⁶ And the ewe he shall pay fourfold, for punishment that he hath done this thing, and because he had no compassion. ⁷ Then said Nathan to David, Thou art the man! Thus hath said the Lord, the God of Israel, It is I who anointed thee as king over Israel, and it is I who delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; ⁸ And I gave unto thee the house of thy master, and put the wives of thy master into thy bosom, and gave unto thee the house of Israel and Judah: and if this be too little, I could bestow on thee yet many more like these things. ⁹ Wherefore hast thou despised the word of the Lord to do what is evil in his eyes? Uriyah the Hittite hast thou smitten with the sword, and his wife hast thou taken unto thee for wife; but him hast thou slain with the sword of the children of ‘Ammon. ¹⁰ And now, the sword shall not depart from thy house for ever; for the reason that thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriyah the Hittite to be thy wife. ¹¹ Thus hath said the Lord, Behold, I will raise up against thee evil out of thy own house, and I will take away thy wives before thy eyes, and I will give them unto thy neighbor; and he shall lie with thy wives before the face of this sun. ¹² For thou hast done it in secret; but I will surely do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. ¹³ Then said David unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said to David, Also the Lord hath caused thy sin to pass away: thou shalt not die. ¹⁴ Nevertheless, because thou hast given great cause to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme through this thing, the child also that hath been born unto thee shall surely die. ¹⁵ And Nathan went to his house; and the Lord struck the child that Uriyah’s wife had born unto David, that it became very sick.

²⁵ And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and called his name, Yedideyah in behalf of the Lord.

²⁷ The king said also unto Zadok the priest, If thou see the justice of this, return to the city in peace: and your two sons, Achima’az thy son, and Jonathan the son of Ebyathar, are with you.

³² And it came to pass, that, when David was come to the top, where he used to bow himself down to God, behold, Chushai the Arkite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head.

³⁷ So Chushai, David’s friend, came into the city, as Abshalom had just resolved to enter into Jerusalem.

¹⁶ And it came to pass, when Chushai the Arkite, David’s friend, was come unto Abshalom, that Chushai said unto Abshalom, Long live the king! Long live the king!

¹¹ But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba’, like the sand that is by the sea in multitude: while thou in thy own person goest into the fight.

²⁴ Then came David to Machanayim: and Abshalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

²⁷ And it came to pass, when David was come to Machanayim, that Shobi the son of Nachash of Rabbah of the children of ‘Ammon, and Machir the son of ‘Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gil’adite of Rogelim,

^{37 (19:38)} Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in my own city, by the sepulchre of my father and of my mother. But, behold, thy servant Kimham will pass over with my Lord the king; and do to him what is good in thy eyes. ^{38 (19:39)} And the king said, Kimham shall pass over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good in thy eyes: and whatsoever thou wilt desire of me, will I do for thee.

²³ Now Joab was over all the army of Israel; and Benayah the son of Yehoyada’ was over the Kerethites and over the Pelethites; ²⁴ And Adoram was over the tribute; and Jehoshaphat the son of Achilud was recorder;

²⁴ And Adoram was over the tribute; and Jehoshaphat the son of Achilud was recorder;

²⁴ And Adoram was over the tribute; and Jehoshaphat the son of Achilud was recorder; ²⁵ And Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Ebyathar were priests;

²⁵ And Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Ebyathar were priests; ²⁶ And ‘Ira also the Yairite was an officer of state unto David.

²⁶ And ‘Ira also the Yairite was an officer of state unto David.

¹⁵ And the Lord sent a pestilence in Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba’ seventy thousand men.

⁸ But Zadok the priest, and Benayahu the son of Yehoyada’, and Nathan the prophet, and Shim’i, and Re’i, and the mighty men that belonged to David, were not with Adoniyah.

¹⁰ But Nathan the prophet, and Benayahu, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he invited not. ¹¹ And Nathan spoke unto Bath-sheba’ the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adoniyah the son of Chaggith is become king, and that David our lord knoweth it not? ¹² And now come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thy own life, and the life of thy son Solomon. ¹³ Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thy hand-maid, saying, Assuredly, Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and only he shall sit upon my throne? why then is Adoniyah become king? ¹⁴ And, lo, while thou shalt be yet speaking there with the king, I myself will come in after thee, and confirm thy words. ¹⁵ And Bath-sheba’ went in unto the king into the chamber, and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite was ministering unto the king. ¹⁶ And Bath-sheba’ bowed, and prostrated herself unto the king: and the king said, What wouldst thou? ¹⁷ And she said unto him, My lord, thou thyself didst swear by the Lord thy God unto thy hand-maid, Assuredly, Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and only he shall sit upon my throne. ¹⁸ And now, behold, Adoniyah is become king; and now, my lord, O king, thou knowest it not: ¹⁹ And he hath slaughtered oxen and fatted cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath invited all the sons of the king, and Ebyathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the army; but Solomon thy servant hath he not invited. ²⁰ And as for thee, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, to tell them, who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him. ²¹ Otherwise it would come to pass, when my lord the king sleepeth with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon may be counted offenders. ²² And, lo, while she was yet speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in. ²³ And they told the king, saying, Behold, here is Nathan the prophet: and when he was come in before the king, he prostrated himself before the king with his face to the ground. ²⁴ And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou then said, Adoniyah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? ²⁵ For he is gone down this day, and hath slaughtered oxen and fatted cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath invited all the king’s sons, and the captains of the army, and Ebyathar the priest: and, behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and they say, Long live king Adoniyah. ²⁶ But as for me, me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benayahu the son of Yehoyada’, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not invited. ²⁷ Can it be that this hath been done by order of my lord the king, and thou hast not informed thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him? ²⁸ Then answered king David, and said, Call me Bath-sheba’; and she came into the king’s presence, and stood before the king. ²⁹ And the king swore and said, As the Lord liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress, ³⁰ Even as I have sworn unto thee by the Lord the God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and only he shall sit upon my throne in my stead: even so will I certainly do this day. ³¹ Then did Bath-sheba’ bow herself with her face to the earth, and prostrate herself unto the king; and she said, May my lord, the king David, live for ever! ³² And king David said, Call unto me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benayahu the son of Yehoyada’. And they came before the king. ³³ And the king said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon my own mule, and conduct him down to Gichon: ³⁴ And let Zadok the priest with Nathan the prophet anoint him there as king over Israel; and blow ye with the cornet, and say, Long live king Solomon. ³⁵ Then shall ye go up after him, and he shall come and sit upon my throne; and he shall be king in my stead: and him have I ordained to be ruler over Israel and over Judah. ³⁶ And Benayahu the son of Yehoyada’ answered the king, and said, Amen: May thus say the Eternal the God of my lord the king. ³⁷ As the Eternal hath been with my lord the king, even so may he be with Solomon, and may he make his throne greater than the throne of my lord the king David. ³⁸ Thereupon Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benayahu the son of Yehoyada’, and the Kerethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David’s mule, and conducted him to Gichon. ³⁹ And Zadok the priest took the horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew with the cornet; and all the people said, Long live king Solomon. ⁴⁰ And all the people went up after him, and the people blew on flutes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth was rent at their noise. ⁴¹ And Adoniyah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had just finished eating: and when Joab heard the sound of the cornet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city in an uproar? ⁴² And while he was yet speaking, behold, Jonathan the son of Ebyathar the priest came in: and Adoniyah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a worthy man, and must bring good tidings. ⁴³ And Jonathan answered and said to Adoniyah, Alas, no; our lord king David hath made Solomon king; ⁴⁴ And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benayahu the son of Yehoyada’, and the Kerethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king’s mule; ⁴⁵ And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him as king on the Gichon; and they are come up from there rejoicing, and the city hath been set in commotion. This is the noise that ye have heard. ⁴⁶ And Solomon hath also sat on the kingly throne. ⁴⁷ And also the king’s servants are come to bless our lord king David, saying, May God make the name of Solomon more famous than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne: and the king hath bowed himself upon the bed. ⁴⁸ And also thus hath the king said, Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, who hath given me this day one who sitteth on my throne, while my eyes see it. ⁴⁹ And all the guests that were with Adoniyah were terrified, and rose up, and went, every man, on his own way. ⁵⁰ And Adoniyah was afraid because of Solomon; and he arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. ⁵¹ And it was told unto Solomon, saying, Behold, Adoniyah feareth king Solomon; and, behold, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me today that he will not slay his servant with the sword. ⁵² And Solomon said, If he will become a worthy man, there shall not a hair of his fall to the earth; but if any wrong shall be found on him, then shall he die. ⁵³ So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar; and he came and bowed himself to king Solomon; and Solomon said unto him, Go to thy house.

²⁶ And unto Ebyathar the priest said the king, Go to ‘Anathoth, unto thy own fields; for thou art a man worthy of death; but on this day will I not put thee to death; because thou hast borne the ark of the Lord Eternal before David my father, and because thou was afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted. ²⁷ So Solomon banished Ebyathar that he should not be priest unto the Lord, to fulfill the word of the Lord, which he had spoken concerning the house of ‘Eli in Shiloh.

³⁵ And the king appointed Benayahu the son of Yehoyada’ in his place over the army; and Zadok the priest did the king appoint in the place of Ebyathar.

⁸ And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot he numbered nor counted for multitude.

¹² Behold, I have done according to thy word; lo, I have given thee a wise and a discerning heart; so that like unto thee there was none before thee, nor after thee shall any one arise like unto thee.

²⁸ And when all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had given, they feared the king; for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to exercise justice.

⁷ And Solomon had twelve superintendents over all Israel, who provided for the king and his household: one month in the year had the particular one to procure provisions.

¹¹ Ben-abinadab, in all the district of Dor; he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon for wife;

²⁰ Judah and Israel were numerous, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude; and they ate and drank, and made merry. ^{21 (5:1)} And Solomon was ruling over all the kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and as far as the boundary of Egypt, which brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.

^{24 (5:4)} For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Thiphsach even to Gazzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him.

^{4 (5:18)} But now hath the Lord my God given me rest on every side, there is neither adversary nor evil hinderance.

^{7 (5:21)} And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly; and he said, Blessed be the Lord this day, who hath given unto David a wise son over this numerous people.

^{13 (5:27)} And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men. ^{14 (5:28)} And he sent them into the Lebanon, ten thousand in each month by turns; one month they used to be in the Lebanon, two months at home: and Adoniram was over the levy.

⁴⁶ In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay-ground between Succoth and Zarethan.

¹⁵ And this is the manner of the levy which king Solomon raised, to build the house of the Lord, and his own house, and the Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Chazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

¹ And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon in connection with the name of the Lord, she came to prove him with riddles.

⁶ And she said to the king, The truth only was the word that I heard in my own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.

²³ And king Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom. ²⁴ And men of all the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. ²⁵ And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armor, and spices, horses, and mules: and so year by year. ²⁶ And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he quartered in the cities for chariots, and near the king at Jerusalem.

¹³ Still all the kingdom will I not rend away: one tribe will I give to thy son on account of David my servant, and on account of Jerusalem which I have chosen.

³⁵ But I will take the kingdom out of the hand of his son, and I will give it unto thee, even the ten tribes. ³⁶ And unto his son will I give one tribe; so that there may remain a government for David my servant at all times before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for me, to put my name there.

¹⁸ Then sent king Rehobo’am Adoram, who was over the tribute; but all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehobo’am made speed with all his might to get up into his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. ¹⁹ So did Israel rebel against the house of David unto this day. ²⁰ And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jerobo’am was returned, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, save the tribe of Judah alone.

⁴⁶ And the inspiration of the Lord came over Elijah, and he girded up his loins; and he ran before Achab up to the entrance of Yizre’el.

¹⁶ And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel; and Elisha’ the son of Shaphat of Abel-mecholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy stead.

³ And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gil’ad is ours, and we remain idle, without taking it out of the hand of the king of Syria?

¹ And Elisha’ the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this flask of oil in thy hand, and go to Ramoth-gil’ad:

¹⁴ So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept guard at Ramoth-gil’ad, he and all Israel, because of Chazael the king of Syria.

³ Against him came up Shalmanesser, the king of Assyria; and Hoshea’ became his servant, and rendered him tribute.

³¹ Hearken not to Hezekiah; for thus hath said the king of Assyria, Make a treaty of peace with me, and come out to me, and eat ye every man of his own vine, and every man of his fig-tree, and drink ye every man the waters of his cistern;

²³ By thy messengers thou hast blasphemed the Lord and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I indeed come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and I will cut down its tall cedars, the choice of its fir-trees: and I will enter into the lodgings on its summit, the forest of its fruitful soil.

²⁹ In his days went up Pharaoh-nechoh the king of Egypt against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he saw him. ³⁰ And his servants carried him dying in a chariot from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoachaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s stead.

⁶ And the sons of Zerach: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara’; all of them five.

^{8 (5:34)} And Achitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Achima’az, ^{9 (5:35)} And Achima’az begat ‘Azaryah, and ‘Azaryah begat Jochanan, ^{10 (5:36)} And Jochanan begat ‘Azaryah, he it is that officiated as priest in the house that Solomon had built in Jerusalem;

^{33 (6:18)} And these are those that so acted with their sons. Of the sons of the Kehathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,

^{68 (6:53)} And Jokme’am with its open spaces, and Beth-choron with its open spaces,

³⁸ All these men of war, that placed themselves in battle array, came with an entire heart to Hebron, to make David King over all Israel; and also all the rest of Israel were of one heart to make David king. ³⁹ And they were there with David three days eating and drinking; for their brethren had prepared for them.

¹⁷ So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel, and of his brethren, Assaph the son of Berechyahu, and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushayahu;

¹⁹ Namely, the singers, Heman, Assaph, and Ethan, to play aloud with cymbals of copper;

⁶ Then did David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus, and the Syrians became unto David servants, bringing presents. And the Lord helped David withersoever he went.

¹⁵ And Joab the son of Zeruyah was over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Achilud, recorder.

⁹ Behold, a son will be born to thee, he it is who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for Solomon [The Peaceful] shall be his name, and peace and quietness will I bestow on Israel in his days.

¹ And these are the children of Israel after their number; to wit, the chiefs of the family divisions and the captains of the thousands and the hundreds, and their officers that served the king in every matter of the divisions, that came in and went out month by month, throughout all the months of the year, every division being twenty and four thousand. ² Over the first division for the first month was Jashob’am the son of Zabdiel; and in his division were twenty and four thousand. ³ He of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the armies for the first month. ⁴ And over the division of the second month was Dodai the Achochite, and of his division was Mikloth also the ruler; and in his division were twenty and four thousand. ⁵ The third captain of the army for the third month was Benayahu the son of Jehoyada’, the priest, the chief; and in his division were twenty and four thousand. ⁶ This Benayahu was the mighty among the thirty, and set over the thirty’; and of his division was ‘Ammizabad his son. ⁷ The fourth for the fourth month was ‘Assahel the brother of Joab, with Zebadyah his son after him; and in his division were twenty and four thousand. ⁸ The fifth for the fifth month was the captain Shamhuth the Yizrachite; and in his division were twenty and four thousand. ⁹ The sixth for the sixth month was ‘Ira the son of ‘Ikkesh the Theko’ite; and in his division were twenty and four thousand. ¹⁰ The seventh for the seventh month was Chelez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim; and in his division were twenty and four thousand. ¹¹ The eighth for the eighth month was Sibbechai the Chushathite, of the Zarchites: and in his division were twenty and four thousand. ¹² The ninth for the ninth month was Abi’ezer the ‘Anthothite, of Benjamin; and in his division were twenty and four thousand. ¹³ The tenth for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zarchites; and in his division were twenty and four thousand. ¹⁴ The eleventh for the eleventh month was Benayah the Pir’athonite, of the children of Ephraim; and in his division were twenty and four thousand. ¹⁵ The twelfth for the twelfth month was Cheldai the Netophathite, of ‘Othniel; and in his division were twenty and four thousand.

¹⁷ Of the Levites, Chashabyah the son of Kamuel; of the sons of Aaron, Zadok;

³³ And Achithophel was the king’s counsellor; and Chushai the Arkite was the king’s friend;

¹⁰ Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who could otherwise judge this thy great people? ¹¹ And God said unto Solomon, Whereas this hath been in thy heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honor, nor the life of thy enemies, and hast not even asked long life; but hast asked for thyself wisdom and knowledge, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king: ¹² Therefore are the wisdom and the knowledge granted unto thee; and riches, and wealth, and honor, will I give thee, such as no kings that have been before thee have had, and the like of which after thee none shall have.

¹⁴ And Solomon brought together chariots and horsemen; and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, and he placed them in the chariot-cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

¹ And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with riddles at Jerusalem, with a very great train, and with camels bearing spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she spoke with him of all that was on her heart.

²³ And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.

²⁵ And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he quartered in the cities for chariots, and near the king at Jerusalem. ²⁶ And he was ruling over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and as far as the boundary of Egypt. ²⁷ And the king rendered silver in Jerusalem like stones, and the cedar-trees he rendered like the sycamore-trees that are in the lowlands, for abundance. ²⁸ And men were bringing out horses for Solomon from Egypt and from all lands. ²⁹ And the remainder of the acts of Solomon, the first and the last, behold, they are written in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Achiyah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Ye’do the seer concerning Jerobo’am the son of Nebat. ³⁰ And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.

³⁰ And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. ³¹ And Solomon slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David his father: and Rehobo’am his son became king in his stead.

⁵ Therefore did the Lord establish the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah gave presents to Jehoshaphat; and he had riches and honor in abundance.

²³ And many brought presents unto the Lord to Jerusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah the king of Judah: so that he was exalted before the eyes of all the nations after that time.

²⁰ And that mighty kings have been over Jerusalem, who ruled over all the countries beyond the river; and that tax, tribute, and toll was given unto them.

¹⁷ Moreover of the Jews and rulers, one hundred and fifty men, besides those that came unto us from the nations that are about us, ate at my table. ¹⁸ And that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep; also birds were prepared for me, and once in ten days all sorts of wine in abundance: yet with all this I required not the food of the governor; because the service lay heavily upon this people.

¹⁰ And he wrote in the name of king Achashverosh, and sealed it with the king’s signet-ring, and he sent letters through means of the swift messengers on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:

¹⁴ The swift messengers that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and hurried forward with the command of the king: and the law was given out at Shushan the capital.

³ And his cattle consisted of seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and he had a very great store of servants: so that this man was greater than all the sons of the east.

¹⁸ While this one was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their first-born brother:

^{7 (20:8)} Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; but we will invoke the name of the Lord our God.

^{12 (22:13)} Many steers have encompassed me: the strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

^{7 (51:9)} Cleanse me from sin with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

^{15 (68:16)} A mountain of God is the mount of Bashan; many peaks hath the mount of Bashan.

^{29 (68:30)} Because of thy temple over Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.

³ The mountains shall bear peace for the people, and the hills the same, through righteousness.

³ The mountains shall bear peace for the people, and the hills the same, through righteousness. ⁴ He shall judge the afflicted of the people, he shall give help to the children of the needy; but he shall crush the oppressor. ⁵ They shall fear thee as long as the sun shineth, and in the presence of the moon, throughout all generations. ⁶ He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass, as showers which are dropping on the earth. ⁷ In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace shall be till the moon shall be no more.

⁷ In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace shall be till the moon shall be no more. ⁸ And he shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.

⁸ And he shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth. ⁹ Before him shall bend down those that dwell in the wilderness; and his enemies shall lick the dust. ¹⁰ The kings of Tharshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. ¹¹ Yea, there shall bow down before him all kings: all nations shall serve him.

¹¹ Yea, there shall bow down before him all kings: all nations shall serve him.

^{11 (76:12)} Make vows, and pay them unto the Lord your God, all ye that are round about him: let men bring presents unto him that exciteth fear.

¹ A song or psalm of the sons of Korach, to the chief musician upon Machalath-le’annoth, a Maskil of Heman the Ezrachite. ^(88:2) O Lord the God of my salvation, by day do I cry, and at night I am before thee.

¹ A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrachite. ^(89:2) The kindnesses of the Lord will I for ever sing: from generation to generation will I make known thy faithfulness with my mouth. ^{2 (89:3)} For I have said, To eternity will kindness be built up: the heavens—yea, in these wilt thou establish thy faithfulness. ^{3 (89:4)} “I have made a covenant with my elect, I have sworn unto David my servant, ^{4 (89:5)} Unto eternity will I establish thy seed, and I will build up thy throne, from generation to generation.” Selah. ^{5 (89:6)} And the heavens praise thy wonder, O Lord: also thy faithfulness in the assembly of holy ones. ^{6 (89:7)} For who in the sky can be compared unto the Lord? who can be likened unto the Lord among the sons of the mighty? ^{7 (89:8)} God is greatly terrific in the secret council of the holy ones and fear-inspiring over all that are about him. ^{8 (89:9)} O Lord God of hosts, who is powerful, like thee, Eternal! and thy faithfulness is round about thee. ^{9 (89:10)} Thou rulest over the pride of the sea: when its waves are lifted up, thou assuagest them. ^{10 (89:11)} Thou didst crush Rahab as one that is slain: with thy strong arm didst thou scatter thy enemies. ^{11 (89:12)} Thine are the heavens, also thine is the earth: as for the world and what filleth it, thou hast founded them. ^{12 (89:13)} The north and the south—these hast thou created: Tabor and Chermon shall rejoice in thy name. ^{13 (89:14)} Thine is the powerful arm, with might: strong is thy hand, and exalted is thy right hand. ^{14 (89:15)} Righteousness and justice are the prop of thy throne: kindness and truth precede thy presence. ^{15 (89:16)} Happy is the people that know the cornet’s sound: O Lord, in the light of thy countenance will they ever walk firmly. ^{16 (89:17)} In thy name will they be glad all the day, and in thy righteousness will they be exalted. ^{17 (89:18)} For thou art the glory of their strength; and through thy favor will our horn be exalted. ^{18 (89:19)} For of the Lord is our shield; and of the Holy One of Israel is our king. ^{19 (89:20)} Then spokest thou in a vision to thy pious servant, and saidst, “I have bestowed help to one that is mighty; I have exalted a youth out of the people; ^{20 (89:21)} I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him; ^{21 (89:22)} With whom my hand shall be firmly established; also my arm shall strengthen him; ^{22 (89:23)} The enemy shall not exact from him like a lender: and the son of injustice shall not afflict him: ^{23 (89:24)} And I will beat down before his face his assailants, and those that hate him will I plague. ^{24 (89:25)} But my faithfulness and my kindness shall be with him: and through my name shall his horn be exalted. ^{25 (89:26)} And I will place on the sea his hand, and on the rivers his right hand. ^{26 (89:27)} He will call unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. ^{27 (89:28)} Also I will appoint my first-born, the highest among the kings of the earth. ^{28 (89:29)} For evermore will I keep for him my kindness, and my covenant shall stand faithfully with him. ^{29 (89:30)} And I appoint for ever his seed, and his throne as the days of heaven. ^{30 (89:31)} If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my ordinances; ^{31 (89:32)} If they profane my statutes, and keep not my commandments: ^{32 (89:33)} Then will I visit with the rod their transgressions, and with plagues their iniquity. ^{33 (89:34)} Nevertheless my kindness will I not make utterly void from him, and I will not act falsely against my faithfulness. ^{34 (89:35)} I will not profane my covenant, and what is gone out of my lips will I not alter. ^{35 (89:36)} One thing have I sworn by my holiness, that I will not lie unto David. ^{36 (89:37)} His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne shall be like the sun before me. ^{37 (89:38)} Like the moon shall it be firmly established for ever, and as this faithful witness in the sky.” Selah. ^{38 (89:39)} And yet thou hast east off and despised, thou hast become wroth with thy anointed. ^{39 (89:40)} Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned, down to the ground, his crown. ^{40 (89:41)} Thou hast broken down all his fences: thou hast brought his strong-holds to terror. ^{41 (89:42)} All that pass by the way plunder him: he is become a reproach to his neighbors. ^{42 (89:43)} Thou hast raised up the right hand of his assailants: thou hast caused all his enemies to rejoice. ^{43 (89:44)} Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not let him stand erect in the battle. ^{44 (89:45)} Thou hast made his brilliancy cease; and his throne hast thou thrown down to the ground. ^{45 (89:46)} Thou hast shortened the days of his youth: thou hast enshrouded him with shame. Selah. ^{46 (89:47)} How long, Lord, wilt thou hide thyself, continually? how long shall thy fury burn like fire? ^{47 (89:48)} Remember what I am, what my duration is here, for what nothingness thou hast created all sons of men! ^{48 (89:49)} What man is there that can live, and shall not see death? that can deliver his soul from the power of the nether word? Selah. ^{49 (89:50)} Where are thy former kindnesses, O Lord, which thou hast sworn unto David by thy truth? ^{50 (89:51)} Remember, Lord, the disgrace of thy servants; that I bear in my bosom the burden of all the many nations; ^{51 (89:52)} That thy enemies have defied, O Lord; that they have defied the footsteps of thy anointed. ^{52 (89:53)} Blessed be the Lord for evermore. Amen, and Amen.

^{12 (92:13)} The righteous shall spring up like the palm-tree: like a cedar in Lebanon shall he grow high.

³⁴ Give me understanding, that I may keep thy law, and I will observe it with all my heart.

¹ The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, the king of Israel: ² To know wisdom and instruction; to comprehend the sayings of understanding; ³ To accept the instruction of intelligence, righteousness, and justice, and equity; ⁴ To give to the simple prudence, to the youth knowledge and discretion. ⁵ The wise will hear, and will increase his information; and the man of understanding will obtain wise counsels: ⁶ To understand a proverb, and a sage sentence; the words of the wise, and their riddles. ⁷ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: wisdom and instruction fools alone despise. ⁸ Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and cast not off the teaching of thy mother; ⁹ For a wreath of grace are they unto thy head, and chains for thy throat. ¹⁰ My son, if sinners wish to entice thee, consent thou not. ¹¹ If they should say, Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us watch in concealment for the uselessly innocent; ¹² We will swallow them up like the grave alive; and the men of integrity, as those that go down into the pit; ¹³ We shall find all kinds of precious wealth, we will fill our houses with booty; ¹⁴ Thy lot must thou cast in our midst; one purse shall be for us all: ¹⁵ My son, walk not thou on the way with them; withhold thy foot from their path; ¹⁶ For their feet run after evil, and they make haste to shed blood. ¹⁷ For uselessly is the net spread out before the eyes of every winged bird: ¹⁸ While they lie in wait for their own blood; they watch in concealment for their own lives. ¹⁹ So are the paths of every one that is greedy after unlawful gain; it taketh away the life of those that own it. ²⁰ Wisdom crieth loudly without; in the public places she uttereth her voice; ²¹ At the corner of noisy streets she calleth, at the entrances of gates; in the city she sayeth her speeches: ²² How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners take their delight in scorning, and fools hate knowledge? ²³ Turn back to my admonition: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. ²⁴ Whereas I called, and ye refused; I stretched out my hand, and no man was attentive; ²⁵ And ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would not accept my admonition: ²⁶ Therefore I also will truly laugh at your calamity; I will deride you when your terror cometh; ²⁷ When your terror cometh like the tempest-cloud, and your calamity hasteneth like a whirlwind; when there come upon you distress and affliction. ²⁸ Then will they call me, but I will not answer; they will seek me earnestly, but they shall not find me; ²⁹ For the reason that they hated knowledge, and the fear of the Lord they did not choose; ³⁰ That they would not attend to my counsel: that they rejected all my admonition. ³¹ Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and from their own counsels shall they be satisfied.

⁶ For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

²⁸ In the multitude of people is the king’s glory; but in the want of a population is the downfall of the prince.

¹¹ He that loveth with a pure heart, and hath grace on his lips, will have the king as his friend.

¹² I Koheleth was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

¹⁶ I spoke with my own heart, saying, Lo, I have truly obtained greater and more wisdom than all those who have been before me over Jerusalem: yea, my heart had seen much wisdom and knowledge.

²⁴ It is not a good thing inherent in man that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy happiness for his toil. Also this have I seen, that it cometh out of the hand of God.

²⁶ For to a man who is good in his presence God giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth employment, to gather up and to bring together, that he may give it to him that is good before God. Also this is vanity and a torture of the spirit.

⁹ And in addition to this that Koheleth was wise, he continually also taught the people knowledge, and he probed, and searched out, and composed many proverbs.

¹ The song of songs, which is Solomon’s. ² Oh that he might kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; for thy caresses are more pleasant than wine. ³ To the smell are thy fragrant oils pleasant, like precious oil poured forth is thy name famous afar: therefore do maidens love thee. ⁴ Oh draw me, after thee will we run: the king hath brought me into his chambers; we will be glad and rejoice in thee; we will recall thy caresses, more pleasant than wine; without deceit all love thee.— ⁵ Black am I, yet comely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon. ⁶ Look not so at me, because I am somewhat black, because the sun hath looked fiercely at me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they appointed me to be keeper of the vineyards; but my vineyard, which is my own, have I not kept.— ⁷ Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest? where lettest thou thy flock rest at noon? for why should I appear like a veiled mourner by the flocks of thy companions?— ⁸ If thou knowest this not, O thou fairest of women, go but forth in the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids around the shepherds’ dwellings.— ⁹ Unto the horse in Pharaoh’s chariot do I compare thee, my beloved. ¹⁰ Comely are thy cheeks between strings of pearls, thy neck with rows of jewels. ¹¹ Chains of gold will we make for thee with studs of silver.— ¹² While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth its pleasant smell. ¹³ A bundle of myrrh is my friend unto me, that resteth on my bosom. ¹⁴ A copher-cluster is my friend unto me in the vineyards of ‘En-gedi.— ¹⁵ Lo, thou art beautiful, my beloved: lo, thou art beautiful: thy eyes are those of a dove.— ¹⁶ Lo, thou art beautiful, my friend, also pleasant: also our couch is made in the green wood. ¹⁷ The beams of our houses are cedars and our wainscoting of cypress-trees.

² And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be firmly established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and unto it shall flow all the nations.

^{7 (9:6)} For promoting the increase of the government, and for peace without end, upon the throne of David and upon his kingdom, to establish it and to support it through justice and righteousness, from henceforth and unto eternity: the zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

¹¹ Surely fools are the princes of Zo’an, the wise of the counsellors of Pharaoh impart silly counsel: how can ye say unto Pharaoh, I am a son of the wise, a son of the ancient kings? ¹² Where are they, these, thy wise men? that they may tell thee now, that they know what the Lord of hosts hath resolved on over Egypt.

¹³ And behold there are gladness and joy, slaying of oxen, and killing of sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: “Let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we must die.”

⁵ Then wilt thou see and be filled with light, and thy heart will dread and be enlarged; because unto thee shall be turned the abundance of the sea, the riches of nations shall come unto thee.

¹⁸ There shall not be heard any wore violence in thy land, wasting and destruction within thy boundaries; but thou shalt call, Salvation, thy walls, and thy gates, Praise.

⁶ Over thy walls, O Jerusalem, have I appointed watchmen, all the day and all the night, continually, shall they not be silent: ye that make mention of the Lord, take ye no rest.

⁵ Behold, days are coming, saith the Lord, when I will raise up unto David a righteous sprout, and he shall reign as king, and prosper, and he shall execute justice and righteousness on the earth. ⁶ In his days shall Judah be helped, and Israel shall dwell in safety: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, The Lord is our righteousness.

¹⁵ In those days, and at that time, will I cause to grow up unto David the sprout of righteousness: and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. ¹⁶ In those days shall Judah be helped, and Jerusalem shall dwell in safety: and this is what she shall be called, The Lord is our righteousness.

²² As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, and the sand of the sea not be measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.

¹¹ And thou wilt say, I will go up over the land of open towns; I will come against those that are careless, that dwell in safety, all of whom dwell without walls, and have neither bars nor gates,

²⁰ And in every matter of wise understanding, which the king required of them, he found them ten times superior above all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his kingdom.

^{7 (4:4)} Then came up the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers; and the dream did I recite before them; but its interpretation did they not make known unto me.

¹¹ There is a man in thy kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father enlightenment and intelligence and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him: and king Nebuchadnezzar thy father appointed him chief of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers:—yes, thy father, O king.— ¹² Forasmuch as a superior spirit, and knowledge, and intelligence, interpreting of dreams, and solving of riddles, and of untying knotty doubts, were found in him, in Daniel, to whom the king assigned the name of Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will tell the interpretation.

¹³ Bind the chariot to the swift horses, O inhabitress of Lachish: the beginning of sin was she to the daughter of Zion; for in thee were found the transgressions of Israel.

⁴ But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig-tree, with none to make them afraid; for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.

⁹ They all will come for violence: the front of their faces is like the east wind, and they gather captives as the sand.

¹⁰ On that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall ye call every man to his neighbor under the vine and under the fig-tree.

²³ Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, In those days it shall happen, that ten men out of all the languages of the nations shall take hold—yea, they shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, Let us go with you; for we have heard that God is with you.

¹⁵ The Lord of hosts will be a shield over them; and they shall devour the prey, and subdue the sling-stones; and they shall drink, make a noise as one drunken with wine; and they shall be filled like the offering-bowls, like the corners of the altar.

¹³ The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shim’i apart, and their wives apart;