The prayer * Kings 8.12, &c. * Lev 16.2. Exod. 20-21 of Solomon. there: to hearken unto the prayer, which thy II. Chron. 3 And the king turned his face, and bleffed 4 And he faid, Bleffed be the LORD God of Ifrael, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he fpake with his mouth to my father David, faying, 5 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt, I chofe no city among all the tribesof Ifrael to build an house in, that my name might be there,neither chofe I any 2 Sam man to be a ruler over my people Ifrael: 6 But I have chofen Jerufalem, that my name might be there, and have chofen David to be over my people Ifrael. 6.21 ■ Chron. 28.4. 2 Sam. 7.2. I Chron. 28.2. 4 Heb. &c. + Heb. 7 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an houfe for the Name of the LORD God of Ifrael. 8 But the LORD faid to David my father, Forafmuch as it was in thine heart to build an houfe for my Name,thou didst well in that it was in thine heart: 9 Notwithstanding, thou shalt not build the houfe, but thy fon which fhall come forth out of thy loins, he fhall build the houfe for my Name. To The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am rifen up in the room of David my father, and am fet on the throne of Ifrael, as the LORD promifed, and have built the houfe for the Name of the LORD God of Ifrael. And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the Covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Ifrael. 12 And he ftood before the altar of the LORD, in the prefence of all the congregation of Ifrael, and (pread forth his hands; 13 (For Solomon had made a brazen fcaffold,of five cubits tlong, and and five cubits broad,and the length three cubits high, and had fet it in the midft of thereof, the court,& upon it he ftood,and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of the auxiliIfrael,& fpread forth his hands towards heaven) atory, or, 14 And faid, O LORD God of Ifrael, there Place of help. is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the Exod. earth; which keepeft covenant, and hevpeft mercy unto thy fervants, that walk before thee with all their heart. 25.11. Deut. 3.24. 2 51m. 7-12 z Kings 2.4. and 6.12. + Heb. there fall not a man be cut off, Pfal. 132.12. 15 Thou which haft kept with thy fervant Da- Or, in 21 Hearken therefore unto the fupplications this place. of thy fervant, and of thy people Ifrael, which + Heb. they fhall make towards this place: hear thou pray. from thy dwelling-place, even from heaven, and when thou hearett forgive. Or, be favour 22 If a man fin againft his neigbour, tandable. an oath be laid upon him,to make him fwear,and So Gr. the oath come before thine altar in this houfe: Heb. quire an 23 Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and and he rejudge thy fervants by requiting the wicked, by oath of recompenfing his way upon his own head, and him. by juftifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteoufnels. 24 And if thy people Ifrael be put to the ! Or, be worfe before the enemy, because they have fin- fmittca. ned against thee, and fhall return and confefs thy Name, and pray, and make fupplication before thee in this houfe: 25. Then hear thou from the heavens, and owards. forgive the fin of thy people Ifrael, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them, and to their fathers. 26 When the heaven is fhut up, and there* Kinga is no rain, because they have finned againf 17·1, thee; yet if they pray towards this place, and confefs thy name, and turn from their fin when thou doft affict them: 27 Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the fan of thy fervants, and of thy people Ifrael, when thou haft taught them the good way wherein they should walk; and fend rain upon thy land which thou haft given unto thy people for an inheritance. Chap 20.9. 28 If there be dearth in the land, if there be peftilence, if there be blafting, or mildew, locufts, or caterpillers, if their enemies befiege them† in the cities of their land: whatfoever Heb. fore, or whatfoever fickness there be: in the land of 29 Then what prayer, or what fupplication fo- their ever fhall be made of any man, or of all thy gates. people Ifrael, when every one fhall know his own fore, and his own grief, and fhall fpread || Or, toforth his hands in this houfe: ward this 30 Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling-houfe place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whofe heart thou knoweft: (for thou onely* knowest the hearts of the children of men) *(Chron 28.9. 31 That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, fo long as they live in the land which Heb. thou gaveft unto our fathers. all the days the land. Joha 32. Moreover, concerning the ftranger, which fulfil-which is not of thy people Ifrael, but is + Heb. come from a far countrey for thy great Nanies upon the fake, and thy mighty hand, and thy ftretched out face of arm; if they come and pray in this houfe: 33 Then hear thou from the heavens,even from 12.20. thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that At 8.27. the ftranger calleth to thee for; that all peo- + Heb. ple of the earth may know thy Name, and fear is called thee, as doth thy people Ifrael, and may know upon this that this houfe which I have built, is called by houfe. thy name. 16 Now therefore, O LORD God of Ifrael, keep with thy fervant David my father, that which thou haft promifed him faying, There fhall not fail thee a man in my fight to fit upon the throne of Ifrael; * yet fo, that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou haft walked before me. 17 Now then, O LORD God of Ifrael, let thy word be verified which thou haft spoken unto thy fervant David. 18 (But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven, and the Chap heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much lefs this houfe which I have built?) Solomons facrifice: Heb. bring back to their heart. ΠΟΥ right. f Heb. to the Prayer of this place. * Pfal. 132.8. Chap.vii.viii. 37 Yet, if they bethink themfelves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, laying, We have finned, we have done amifs, and have dealt wickedly 38 If they return to thee with all their heart, and with all their foul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land which thou gaveft unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou haft chofen, and toward the houfe which I have built for thy name: His buildings. goodness that the LORD had fhewed unto Da 11 Thus Solomon finished the houfe of the Rings 12 And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and faid unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chofen this place to my felf for an houfe of facrifice. 13 If I fhut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locufts to devour the land, or if I fend peftilence among my people: Deut 12.9.. Heb. 14 If my people + which are called by my upon name, fhall humble themfelves and pray, and whom my feck my face, and turn from their wicked ways: nane i then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive called. their fin, and will heal their land. 39 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling-place, their prayer and their fupplications,and maintain their caufe,and forgive thy people which have finned against thee. 40 Now,my God,let(I beseech thee) thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent† unto the prayer that is made in this place. 41 Now therefore arile,O LORDGod,into thy refting-place, thou and the ark of thy ftrength let thy priefts, O LORD God, be clothed with falvation, and let thy faints rejoyce in goodness. 42 O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of Da-petually. vid thy fervant. СНАР. VI * Deut 15 Now* mine eys fhall be open,and mine ears 29.22. attenttunto the prayer that ismade in this place. * Chap. 16 For now have I chofen, and fanctified + Heb. this houfe, that my name may be there for ever: to the and mine eyes and mine heart fhall be there per- prayer of this place. 6.6. 17 And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before Chap. 1 God baving given teftimony to Solomons prayer Ow when Solomon had made an end of 8. Npraying, the fire came down from heaven, 8.51 * Lev. 9.24. and confumed the burnt-offering, and the facrifices;and the glory of the LORD filled the houfe. a And the priests could not enter into the houfe of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORDS house. 3 And when all the children of Ifrael faw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the houfe, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praifed the LORD,faying, For be is good, for his mercy endureth for ever.. 4 Then the king and all the people offered facrifices before the LORD. 5 Andking Solomon offered a facrifice of twenty and two thou land oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand fheep: fo the king and all the people dedicated the houfe of God. Chron. 6 And the priefts waited on their offices, 15.16. the Levites alfo with inftruments of mufick* of *IChron. 16.42. the LORD, which David the king had made to praife the LORD, becaufe his mercy endureth for ever; when David praised by their miniftery: and the priests founded trumpets before them, and all Ifrael flood. + Heb. by their band. *Jofa. 13.3. ↑ Heb. fsraigt 7 Moreover, Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt-offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar which Solomon had made, was not able to receive the burnt-offerings, and the meat-offerings, and the fat. 8 Alfo at the fame time Solomon kept the feaft leven days, and all Ifrael with him, a very great congregation, from the entring in of Hamath, unto the river of Egypt. 9 And in the eighth day they made ta folemn affembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar feven days, and the feaft feven days. 10 And on the three and twentieth day of the feventh moneth he fent the people away unto their tents, glad and merry in heart for the 20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out 26.14. of my land which I have given them; and this Deut. houfe which I have fanctified for my name, will 28.15. I caft out of my fight, and will make it to be a proverb, and a by-word among all nations. 21 And this houfe which is high, fhall be an aftonishment to every one that pafleth by it; fo that he fhall fay, Why hath the LORD done* Deat thus unto this land, and unto this house? 1 Solomons buildings, 7 The Gentiles rebich were Left, Solomon made tributaries, but the If raelites rulers. 11 Pharaohs daughter removet b to ber boufe. 12 Solomons yearly folemn facrifices. 14 He appointerb the priests and Levites to their places. 17 The navie fetcheth gold from Ophir Ad it came to pafs (at the end of twenty Kings years, wherein Solomon had built the house 9.10& of the LORD, and his own house) 2 That the cities which Huram had reftored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caufed the children of Ifrael to dwell there. 3 And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah, and prevailed againft it. 4 And he built Tadmor in the wildernefs,and all the flore-cities which he built in Hamath. Alfo he built Beth-horon the upper, and Beth-horon the nether, fenced cities,with walls, gates, and bars: The queen of Sheba. * Exad. 29.38. *Exod. 23.14. Deut. 16.16. Chr. Chr. 917. Hebo to was II Chron. throughout all the land of his dominion. 7As for all the people that were left of the Hititte, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Iebufite, which were not of Ifrael, 8 But of their children who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Ifrael confumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute unto this day. 9 But of the children of Ifrael did Solomon make no fervants for his work: but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horfemen. 10 And thefe were the chief of king Solomons officers, even two hundred and fifty that bare rule over the people. And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David, unto the houfe that he had built for her: for helaid, My wife fhall not dwell in the houfe of David king of Ifrael,because the places are tholy,whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come. 12 Then Solomon offered burnt-offerings unto the LORD, on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch: * 13 Even after a certain rate every day-offering according to the commandment of Mofes, on the fabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the folemn feafts, three times in the year, even in the feaft of unleavened bread, and in the feaft of weeks, and in the feaft of tabernacles. 14 And he appointed according to the order of David his father, the courfes of the priests to their fervice, and the Levites to their charges, to praife and minifter before the priests, as the com- the duty of every day required: the porters dmen alfo by their courfes at every gate: for f fo had of David David the man of God commanded: the man of God. Elath. 15 And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites, concerning any matter, or concerning the treafures. 16 Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the houfe of the LORD, and until it was finished: fo the houfe of God was perfected. 17 Then went Solomon to Ezion-geber, & to Eloth, at the fea-fide in the land of Edom. 18 And Huram fent him by the hands of his Out.2.8. fervants, fhips and fervants that had knowledge of the fea, and they went with the fervants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon. Matth. 12.42Like СНАР. ІХ. The queen of Sheba admireth the wisdom of 90mon. 13 Solomons gold. 15 His targets. 17 The throne of ivory. 20 His vefels. 23 His prefents. 25 His chariots and horse. 26 His tributes. 29 His reign and death. Alame of Solomon, The came to prove SoloNd when the queen of Sheba heard of the mon with hard questions at Jerufalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare fpices, and gold in abundance,and precious ftones: 14.344 and when he was come to Solomon, fhe communed with him of all that was in her heart. 2 And Solomon told her all her queftions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not. And when the queen of Sheba had feen the wildom of Solomon, and the houfe that he had Solomons prefents. went up into the houfe of the LORD, there was no more fpirit in her. 5 And the faid to the king, It was a true tre- Habs port which I heard in mine own land, of thine word. acts, and of thy wisdom: OT, : 6 Howbeit, I believed not their words,until I came, and mine eyes had feen it and behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedeft the fame that I heard. 7 Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy fervants, which itand continually before thee, and hear thy wildom. 8 Bleffed be the LORD thy God which de lighted in thee to fet thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Ifrael, to eftablish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgement and juftice. 9 And the gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of fpices great a bundance,and precious ftones: neither was there any fuch fpice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon. 10 And the fervants alfo of Huram, and the fervants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum-trees, and precious ftones. 11 And the king made of the algum-trees fayjago terrifes to the houfe of the LORD, and to the or, kings palace, and harps and pfalteries for fin-yes. gers: and there were none fuch feen before in He the land of Judah. high Gr. af cent 12 And king Solomon gave to the queen of wai Sheba, all her defire, whatloever the asked, befides that which the had brought unto the king: to the turned, and went away to her own land, fhe and her fervants. 13 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year, was fix hundred and threefcore and fix talents of gold; 14 Befides that which chapmen and merchants brought: and all the kings of Arabia, and gor vernours of the countrey, brought gold and fil-captains ver to Solomon. 15 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: fix hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target. 16 And three hundred fhields made be of bea ten gold: three hundred hekels of gold went to one Thield: and the king put them in the houfe of the foreft of Lebanon. 17 Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. 18 And there were fix fteps to the throne with a foot-ftool of gold, which were faftened to the throne, and † fayes on each fide of the fitting-Heb. place, and two lions ftanding by the ftayes. 19 And twelve lions ftood there, on the one fide and on the other, upon the fix fteps. There was not the like made in any kingdom. bands 20 And all the drinking veffels of king Solomon were of gold, and all the veffels of the Heb. houfe of the foreft of Lebanon were of † pure mat up. gold: none were of filver; it was not any Or, thing accounted of in the dayes of Solomon. there was 21 For the kings fhips went to Tarfhifh with Do filver in them. the fervants of Huram: every three yeares once came the fhips of Tarfhifh bringing gold and filver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. 22 And king Solomon paffed all the kings of the earth in riches, and wifdom. 23 And all the kings of the earth fought the + prefence of Solomon, to hear his wifdum, that Heb. God had put in his heart. 24 And they brought every man his present, veffels of filver,and veffels of gold, and raiment, barnefs face. Old mens counsel refufed. F1 Kin. .16. Gen. 5.18. That s, Euphrates. Heb. gave. Chap x.xi. harnefs, and fpices, horfes, and mules, a rate year by year. 25 And Solomon had four thousand ftalls for horfes and chariots, and twelve thousand horfemen, whom he beftowed in the chariot-cities, and with the king at Jerufalem. 26 And he reigned over all the kings, from the river, even unto the land of the Philiftines, and to the border of Egypt. Fudah ftrengthned. 13 And the king antwered them roughly, and king Rehoboam forfook the counfel of the old men: 14 And anfwered them after the advice of the young men, faying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will adde thereto my father cha ftifed you with whips,but I will chastise you with fcorpions. 15 So the king hearkened not unto the peo 27 And the king + made filver in Jerufalem ple, for the caufe was of God, that the LORD as ftones, and cedar-trees made he as the the fy-might perform his word which he fpake by the comore-trees, that are in the low plains, in a Kingbundance. 0.28. Chap. I. 6. - 1 Kin. 1.41• Hib. Words. Chap. 12.15. * Kin. 28 And they brought unto Solomon horfes out of Egypt, and out of all lands. 29 Now the reft of the acts of Solomon firft and laft, are they not written in the + book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecie of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the vifions of * Iddo the feer,against Jeroboam the fon of Nebat? 30 And Solomon reigned in Jerufalem over all Ifrael forty years. 31 And Solomon flept with his fathers; and he was buried in the city of David his father, and Rehoboam his fun reigned in his ftead. СНАР. X. The Ifraelites allembled at Shechem to crown Reboboam, by Jeroboam make a fuit of relaxa tion unto bim. 6 Reboboam refusing the old mens counsel, by the advice of young men, anfwereth them roughly. 16 Ten tribes revolting, kill Hadoram and make Reboboam to flee. Nd Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to 12-1, Ashechem were all lital come to make him Heb. laded. king. 2 And it came to pafs when Jeroboam the fon of Nebat (who was in Egypt,whither he had fled From the prefence of Solomon the king) heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt; hand of Ahijah the Shilonite, to Jeroboam the Kin. fon of Nebat. 16 And when all Ifrael Jaw that the king would not hearken unto them, the people an fwered the king, faying, What portion have we in David? and we have none inheritance in the fon of Jeffe: every man to your tents, O Ifrael: and now David, fee to thine own houfe. So all Ifrael went to their tents. 17 But as for the children of Ifrael that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. 11.29. 18 Then king Rehoboam fent Hadoram that was over the tribute, and the children of Ifrael ftoned him with ftones, that he died: but king Rehoboam † made fpeed to get him up to bisHA. chariot, to flee to Jerufalem. 19 And Ifrael rebelled against the houfe of David unto this day. CHAP. XI. 1 Reboboam raising an army to fubdue Ifrael, is forbidden by Shemajab. 5 He ftrengt beneth bis kingdom with forts and provifion. 13 The priests and Levites, and fuch as feared God, for faken by Jeroboam, ftrengthen the kingdom of Fudab. 18 The wives and children of Reboboam. AN & rengthened binafsif Nd when Rehoboam was come to Jerufa-* King. lem, he gathered of the houfe of Judah and 12-23,0 Benjamin an hundred and fourfcore thoufand chofen men, which were warriours, to fight a gainst Ifrael, that he might bring the kingdom fer-again to Rehoboam. 3 And they fent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Ifrael came,& fpake to Rehoboam, faying, 4 Thy father made our yoke grievous, now therefore eafe thou fomewhat the grievous vitude of thy father, and his heavie yoke that he put upon us, and we will ferve thee. 5 And he faid unto them, Come again unto me after three daies. And the people departed. 6 And king Rehoboam took couniel with the old men that had ftood before Solomon his father, while he yet lived, faying, What counfel give ye me, to return anfwer to this people? 7 And they fpake unto him, faying, If thou be kinde to this people, and please them, and fpeak good words to them, they will be thy fervants for ever. 8 But he forfook the counfel which the old men gave him, and took counfel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him. 9 And he faid unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people, which have fpoken to me, faying, Eafe fomewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us? 10 And the young men that were brought up with him, fpake unto him, faying, Thus fhalt thou anfwer the people that fpake unto thee, faying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it fomewhat lighter for us: thus fhalt thou fay unto them, My little finger fhall be thicker then my fathers loins. 11 For whereas my father † put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my father chaftiled you with whips, but I will chaftife you with fcorpions. 12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king bade, Gying, Come again to me on the third day. 2 But the word of the LORD came to Shemajah the man of God, faying, 3 Speak unto Rehoboam the fon of Solomon king of Judah, and to all Ifrael in Judah and Benjamin, faying, 4 Thus faith the LORD, Ye fhall not go up, nor fight against your brethren return every man to his houfe, for this thing, is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam. 51 And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerufalem, and built cities for defence in Judah. 6 He built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, 7 And Beth-zur, and Shoco,and Adullam, 8 And Gath, and Marefha, and Ziph, 9 And Adoraim, and Lachifh, and Azekah, To And Zorah,and Ajalon,and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fenced cities. II And he fortified the ftrong holds, and put captains in them, and flore of victual, and of pyl, and wine. 12 And in every feveral city be put fhields, and fpears, and made them exceeding ftrong, having Iudah and Benjamin on his fide. 13 And the priefts & the Levites that were in all Ifrael,treforted to him out of all their coafts. Hebpretented 14 (For the Levites left their fuburbs,and their themfelve poffeflion,and came to Iudah and Ierufalem: for to him. Ieroboam and his fons had caft them off from Chap. executing the priefts office unto the LORD. 15 And he ordained him priefts for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made.) T3 16 And 13.9. Rehoboam repenteth. Kia. 15.2. II. Chron. 16 And after them out of all the tribes of I rael, fuch as fet their heart to feek the LORD God of Ifrael, came to Jerufalem, to facrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers. 17 So they ftrengthened the kingdom of Judah, and niade Rehoboam the fon of Solomon frong three years: for three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon. 18 And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of ferimoth the fon of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the fon of Jeffe: 19 Which bare him children; Ieush, and Shamariah, and Zaham. 10 And after her, he took Maachah the daughter of Abfalom, which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith. 21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Abfalom, above all his wives and his concubines (for he took eighteen wives, and threefcere concubines, and begat twenty and eight fons, and threefcore daughters.) 22 And Rehoboam made Abijah the fon of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for be thought to make him king. 13 And he dealt wifely, and difperfed of all his children throughout all the countreys of ludah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave then victuals in abundance: and defired Heb. many wives. a multitude of Wives. * Chap. 11.3. and CHAP. XII 1 Reboboam for faking the Lord, is punished by preaching of Shana jab, preces repenting at the of Shemajab, are delivered from deAtruction, but not from Spoil. 13 The reign and death of Reboboam. Ndit came to pals when Rehoboam had His death. Abljab Jucceeding, maketh war against Feroboam. 4 He declareth the right of bis caufe 13 Truftingin Gods be overccometh Jeroboam. 21 The wives and children of Abijab. A eftablished the kingdome, and had ftreng- Abijah and Jeroboam. thened himself, he forfook the law of the 2 And it came to pafs, that in the fifth year 21..and of king Rehoboam, Shifhak king of Egypt came 3 Kin. up against Jerufalem ( because they had tranf424,25 greffed against the LORD) 28. 19. a little while. Chap. 3:15. 3 With twelve hundred chariots, and threefcore thoufand horfemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt, the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians. 4 And he took the fenced cities which pertains ed to Iudah, and came to lerufalem. 5Then came Shemajah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Iudah, that were gathered together to Ierufalem becaufe of Shihak, and faid unto them, Thus faith the LORD, Ye have forfaken me, and therefore have I alfo left you in the hand of Shifhak. 6 Whereupon the princes of Ifrael, and the king humbled themfelves, and they faid, The LORD is righteous. 7 And when the LORD faw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemajah, faying, They have humbled themfelves, therefore I will not deftroy them, but I will grant them!! fome deliverance, and my wrath fhall not be poured out upon Ierufalem by the hand of Shifhak. 8 Nevertheless, they fhall be his fervants; that they may know my fervice, and the fervice of the kingdomes of the countreys. 9 So Shifhak king of Egypt came up against Ierufalem, and took away the treafures of the houfe of the LORD, and the treasures of the kings houfe, he took all he carried away alfo the Thields of gold which, Solomon had made. 10 In ftead of which, king, Rehoboam made fhields of brafs, and committed them to the Noboam the gheenth year of king, Jr. Ric roboam,began Abijah to reign over Judah. 15-1 & 2 He reigned three years in Jerufalem: (his mothers name al fo was Micajah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah) and there was war between 3 And Abijah † fet the battel in aray, with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred bound thousand chofen men: Jeroboam alfo fet the together. battel in aray against him with eight hundred thousand chofen men, being mighty men of va lour. 4 And Abijah ftood up upon mount Zemaraim,which is in mount Ephraim, and faid, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Ifrael: 5 Ought ye not to know,that the LORD God of Ifrael gave the kingdom over Ifrael to David for ever, even to him and to his fons by a cove nant of falt? 6 Yet Jeroboam the fon of Nebat, the fervant of Solomon the fon of David,is rifen up,and hath rebelled against his lord. tHeb. * 1 King. 7 And there are gathered unto him vain men 11.26. the children of Belial, and have ftrengthened themselves against Rehoboam the fon of Solo mon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them. 1 King. 8 And now ye think to withstand the king.. dom of the LORD,in the hand of the fons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are 12.28. with you golden calves, which Jeroboam * made you for gods. to fill his 9 Have ye not caft out the priests of the Chip. LORD, the fons of Aaron, and the Levites, and 11-14 have made you priefts after the manner of thet Heb. nations of other lands? fo that whofoever com- hand. eth fto confecrate himself with a young bullock and feven rams, the fame may be a prieft of them that are no gods. 10 But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forfaken him, and the priests which minifter unto the LORD, are the fons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their bufinefs. 11 And they burn unto the LORD every Chap morning,and every evening,burnt facrifices and fweet 2.4. |