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Elijah raiseth the widow's son.

I. KINGS.

He reproveth dhah. 14 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, • The thee: and when they said, He is not there, he took an

CHRIST CHF .: barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee cir. 906

of oil fail, until the day that the Lord sendeth rainnot.
upon the earth.

11 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold,
15 And she went, and did Paccording to the saying Elijah is here.
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of Elijah : and she, and he, and 9 her house, did eat 12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone 9 Gen, 7, 1. many days.

from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry 12 Kings 2 1ổ And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did thee whither I know not; and so when I come and Acts 8, 89. | Hcb. soul, the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord, tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: Goebel, which he spake by Elijah.

but I 'thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.
17 And it came to pass, after these things, that the 13 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jeze-

son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick;} bel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid a hunJudg. 11," and his sickness was so sore, that there was no f breath dred men of the Lord's prophets by fifty in a cave, left in him.

and fed them with bread and water ? 18 And she said unto Elijab, + What have I to do 14 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, with thee, O thou'man of God? art thou come untos Elijah is here : and he shall slay me. me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son? 15 And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, u Gen. 2.

19 And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto Sam. 9, 6, he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into him to-day. change a loft where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed. 16 So Ohadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him :

20 And he cried unto the Lord, and said, O LORD and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

umy God, hast thou also brought * evil upon the wid- 17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, ? kingi 20. ow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son ? that Ahab said unto him, Árt thou he that troubleth 1.Amos ?

21 And he ? stretched himself upon the child a three} Israel ? I P's. 22, 1, times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O Lord 18 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel ; & 24, 5. my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into į but ? thou and • thy father's house, in that ye have y Acts 24,

forsaken the commandments of the Lord, and thou 22 And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah, and the hast followed Baalim. Jostiua 7,9. soul of the child came into him again, and he brevived. 19 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel Ezek. 2 &

23 And Elijah_took the child, and brought him unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four Acu 256. down out of the chamber into the house, and deliver- hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four a chap. 18

, 1271. 28, ed him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy s liandred, whiché eat at Jezebel's table. son liveth!

20 So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and b. Josb. 19, 24 And the woman said to Elijah, Now "by this gathered the 'prophets together unto mount Carmel. & Mat. 10, know that thou art a man of God, and that the word 21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, of the Lord in thy mouth is truth.

How long : halt ye between two opinions ? if the schap. 16,
CHAPTER XVIII.

Lord be God, follow him: but if' Baal, then follow
Elijah, by prayer obtaining rain, followeth Ahab to Jezreel. him. And the people answered him not a word.
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ND it came to pass, after many days, that the 22 Then said Elijah unto the people, * I, even I chap. 226.
word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal's
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& Mat. 6,24 chap. 17, year, saying, Go shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will prophets are 'four hundred and fifty men. send rain upon the earth.

23 Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and 2 And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. } let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it 2 And there was a sore famine in e Samaria.

in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under : 1 R. 1.3, 15. 3 And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the gov- and I will dress the other burluck, and lay it on wood, ernor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD and put no fire under :

21 And call ye on the name of your gods, and I 1 ver. 19, 2012 Phil. 1,20. 4 For it was so, when Jezebel "cut off the prophets will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that someone

of the Lord, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, answereth mby fire, let him be God. And all the peo-
and hid them by fifty in a cave, and ' fed them with ple answered and said, It is well spoken.
bread and water.

25 And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, 49, 24.
5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it 2.
unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: per- first; for ye are many: and call on the name of your 2 Chr. 7, 1.
adventure we may find grass to save the horses and gods, but put no fire under :
mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.

26 And they took the bullock which was given 6 So they divided the land between them, to pass them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of 1 Gen. 39, 4. throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, "and Baal, from morning even until noun, saying, O Baal, Obadiah went another way by himself.

hear lis! Eut there was no voice, nor any that an7 And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah swered. And they leaped upon the altar which was Gen. 182 met him: and m he knew him, and " fell on his face, made. and said, Art thou thatomy lord Elijah?

27 Andit came to pass at noon, that Elijah mock- Eccl. 11, 9. 8 And he answered him, I am : go, tell thy lord, ed them, and said, Cry aloud; for he is a god : either p John 1,3cm P Behold, Elijah is here.

he is talking, o” he is pursuing, or be is in a journey, 9 And he said, "What have I sinneil, that thou or peradventure he ? sleepeth, and must be awaked. Lev. 19, wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, 28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves, after Deut. 14, 1. to slay me?

their manner, with knives and lancets, till the blood - Ezek. 16 10" As the Lord thy Godlivcth, there is no nation gushed out upon them. or kingdom whither my lord hath not sent to seck 29 And it came to pass, when mid-day was past,

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Baal's prophets slain.

CHAPTER XIX.

Elijah comforted by an ungel. Before and they prophesied until the time of the offering of 2 Then Jezebel · sent a messenger unto Elijah, CHROT the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor saying, “So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I CHRIST any to answer, nor any that s regarded.

make not thy life as the life of one of them by é to30 And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near morrow about this time.

And all the people came near unto him.}. 3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for And he repaired the altar of the Lord that was broken ( his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongeth to 12

. down.

Judah, and left his servant there. 31 And Elijah took ' twelve stones, according to 4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wil- Rom. 3, is.

the "number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto a derness, and came and sat down under a juniper-tree: 4 Ezral, ja whom the word of the Lord came, saying, * Israel and he requested for himself that he might die; and Eph. 4, 3. shall be thy name:

said, It is enough ; now, O Lord, take away my 32 And with the stones he built an altar y in the life ; for I am not better than my fathers.

name of the Lord: and he made a trench about the 5 And as he lay and "slept under a juniper-tree, Johallis 3. Cor. 10, altar, t as great as would contain two measures of seed. {behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto Phil. 1, 23.

33 And he put the wood ? in order, and cut the bul-him, Arise, and eat.

lock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, 6 And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake to the nowe Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt-baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. de les sacrifice, and on the wood.

And he did eat and drink, and † laid him down again. of wed: 31 And he said, Do it the second time: and they 7 And the angel of the LORD came again the deband did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and again and

laid himself Lev. 1, 6, 7 time: and they did it the third time.

eat; because the journey is k too great for thee. 35 And the water ran round about the altar; and And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went & Phil. 4,13. he filled the trench also with water.

'in the strength of that meat " forty days and forty

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36 And it came to pass, at the time of the offering nights, unto "Horeb the mount of God.

of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came 9 And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged & Gen. 28, near, and said, Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and there; and, behold, the word of the Lord came to him,

of Israel, 'let it be known this day that thou art God and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?

in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have 10 And he said, I have been very P jealous for the la * 18. done all these things at thy word.

LORD God of hosts : for the children of Israel have 37 Hear me, O LORD, hear me; that this people forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and 1. (Jer

. 10, 23. may know that thou art the LORD God, and thai thou slain thy prophets with the sword : and ' !,even I . Exod. 29. 1 Thes, 1,9 hast turned their heart back again.

only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. 21, 22. 38 Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed 11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount p Nam. 25, 2 Chr. 2, s. the burnt-sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, Ps.6:9,9

the dust, and licked up the water that wus in the trench. and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and

39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on brake in pieces the rocks, before the LORD; but the 2 chap. 14 restaurant their faces: and they said, " The Lord, he is the God; LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an , chap. In John 5,35. the Lord, he is the God.

earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: 22 40 And Elijah said unto them, 'Take the prophets 12 And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD of Baal; klet not one of them escape. And they was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

took them: and'Elijah brought them down to the 13 And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he 3. 4 18 , 20. brook TM Kishon, and • slew them therc.*

swrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and 4 33 2. 41. And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, and driuk; for there is a sound of abundance of rain. there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest

42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And thou here, Elijah ?

Elijah went up to the top Pof Carinel; and he cast 14 And he said, I have been very jealous for the 13.
sait. 21, himself down upon the earth, and put his face be- LORD God of hosts; because the children of Israel 2 Kings
tween his knees,

have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars,
43 And said to his scrvant, 'Go up now; look to- and slain thy prophets with the sword: and I, even
And he went up, and looked, and said, I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. y Luke 1,2

. There is nothing. And he said, Goagain seven times. 15 And the Lord said unto him, Go, return on thy

44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou e 12,1. he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the comest, anoint " Hazael to be king over Syria.

sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say 16 And * Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint
unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Sha- ! 2 Kings &
that the rain stop thee not.

phat, of? Abel-meholah, shalt thou anoint to be proph-
45 And it caine to pass in the mean while, that the et in thy room.
heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there 17 And it shall come to pass that him that escapeth Anos 3 14
was' a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went " to {the sword of * Hazael shall • Jehu slay; and him chat severse 19.

escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall · Elisha slay. 46 And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah: and 18 Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, " he * girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the all the knees which have not bowed upto Baal, and Gen. 41, i entrance of y Jezreel.

every mouth which hath not kissed him. CHAPTER XIX.

19 So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son Elisha, taking leave of his friends, followeth Elijah. of Shaphat, who was s ploughing with twelve yoke of 1.

and withal, how he had slain "all the prophets passed by him, and cast his “mantle upon him. with the sword.

20 And he'left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and i Mat, t, an

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Ben-hadud besiegeth Samaria.

I. KINGS.

The Syrians overthrown. Perforer said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and ... ,

" mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him. CHRIST him, Go back again : fork what have I done to thee? 17 And the young men of the princes of the prov

21 And he returned back from him, and took a inces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and frov.31, 4,

yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh they told him, saying, There are men come out of 5. ILuke 5, 29. with the instrunents of the oxen, and gave unto the Samaria.

people, and they did eat; then he arose, and went 18 And he said, Whether they be come out for
after Elijah, and ministered unto him.

peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out
CHAPTER XX.

for war, " take them alive.

u
By the direction of the prophet the Syrians are slain. 19 So these young men of the princes of the prov-
AND: Ben-hadad the king of Syrian gathered all inces came out of the city, and the army which fol-

his host together: there were thirty . " Gen. 14,1. kings with him, and horses and chariots : and he went 20 And they slew || every one his man: and the the number

up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it. Syrians * fled; and Israel pursued them: and Ben- eTeis.

2 And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with the into the city,and said unto him, Thus saith Ben-hadad, horsemen.

34 Thy silver and thy gold is mine: thy wives also 21 And Y the king of Israel went out, and smote and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine. the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a

4 And the king of Israel answered and said, My great slaughter. s udg. 1, lord, O king, according to thy saying, € I am thine, 22 And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and 8, 9. and all that I have.

? said unto him, Go, a strengthen thyself, and mark a Ps. 27, 1: 5 And the messengers came again, and said, Thus and see what thou doest: for at the return of the fom. , si. speaketh Ben-hadad, saying, Although I have sent year the king of Syria will come up against thee. unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, 23 And the servants of the king of Syria said unto 1.Chr. 21, 1and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children ; him, Their gods are gods of the hills, therefore they 2.Chr

. 26. 6 Yet I will send my servants unto thee to-morrow were stronger than we: but let us fight against them Isa. 26, II. about this time, and they shall search thine house, and in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. ch. 14,24 the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that what- 24 And do this thing: "Take the kings away, every

soever is † pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms: 4 Job 5, 19, desirebletheir hand, and take it away.

25 And number thee an army like the army that Prov.21,50 7 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: (lev. 4,15. the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely prov: 1., s. this man seeketh 5 mischief: for he sent unto me for we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened Pr

. 1, 19. my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and unto their voice, and did so. i Tim. 6,10. for my gold, and tI denied him not.

26 And it came to pass, at the return of the year, 8 And all the elders and all the people said unto that Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up Josh. 13,6 here the from him, Hearken not unto him, "nor consent.

e to Aphek, to fight against Israel. 9 Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Ben- 27 And the children of Israel were numbered, and verse să verse & hadad, Tell my lord the king, all that thou didst send were all present, and went against them: and the

for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing children of Israel pitched before them like two little Jer. 17, š.
I may not do. And the messengers departed, and flocks of kids; but the Syrians' filled the country.
brought him word again.

28 And there came 8 a man of God, and spake unto
10 And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, 'The the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, "Be- seest

, k 154.36,12 gods do so unto me, and more also, if the k dust of cause the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the &42&

Samaria shall syftice for handfuls for all the people hills, but he is not God of the valleys; therefore will my fect, that + follow me.

I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and 11 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell ye shall know that I am the LORD. 1 1 Sam. 14, him, 'Lct not him that girdeth on his harness boast 29 And they pitched cne over against the other himself, as he that putteth it off.

seven days; and so it was, that in the seventh day i Josh. 6, 14 12 And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew k verse 20 this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings of the Syrianska hundred thousand footmen in one is. 25, 11. in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set} day.

yourselves in array: and they set themselves in array 30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and • Ps. 46, 1. against the city.

there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of 13 And, behold, there " came a prophet unto Ahab the men that were left. And Ben-hadad fied, and king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast came into the city, t into an inner chamber.

31 And his servants said unto him, Beholl now, we within de IM. 3, 910. , jo thou seen all this great multitude ? behold, I will de

liver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt' know have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are chamber; that I am the LORD.

merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, 'put sackcloth on Dan. 1,37. 14 And Ahab said, By whom ? And he said, Thus our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the 1 Gen. 37, Cor. 1, 37, saith the Lord, Even by the young men of the prin-king of Israel; peradventure he will save thy life.

ces of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order 32 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put r 2 Sam. 17, the battle? And he answered, Thou.

ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, 15 Then he numbered the young men of the princes and said, " Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I pray thee, P: 132 of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thir-let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my ty-two: and after them he numbered all the people, brother. ceen all the children of Israel, being seven thousand. 39 Now the men did diligently observe whether 16 And they went out at noon : but Ben-hadad { any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch

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Ahub's foolish pity reproved.

CHAPTER XXI.

Naboth unjustly itoned. Before it : and they said, Thy brother Ben-hadad. Then give thee another vineyard for it: and he answered, Before

he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben-hadad came I will not give thee my vineyard.
forth to him and he caused him to come up into the 7 And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou
chariot.

now govern the kingdom of Israel? Arise, and eat 5,14. 34 And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities which bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee h Rev. 17, 3. orh. 15, 20. my father took from "thy father I will restore; and the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.

thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my 8 So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed
father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders
send thee away with this covenant. So he made a and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Judg. 8, 14.
covenant with him, and sent him away.

Nabot.
35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets 9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim Nun: 25,7

said unto his neighbour in the word of the Lord,' a fast, and set Naboth on bigh among the people; bla. 2. Isa. 2, 1& Smite me, I pray thee.' ' And the man p refused to 10 And set two men, sons of Belial, before him. p. Prov. 1,5 smite him.

to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst f blas- 2. Dew:: 13, 36 Then said he unto him, Because thou bast not pheme God and the king: and then carry him out, n Deut. 13, A Smilinge obeyed the voice of the Lord, behold, as soon as and P stone him, that he may die. billing, y thou art departed from me, 'a lion shall slay thee. 11 And the men of his city, even the elders and the Heh bless,

And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion nobles, who were the inhabitants in his city, a did as Job 2 9 Prov., 13. found him, and slew him.

Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in oshna 7, 37 Then he found another man, and said, Smite} the letters which she had sent unto them: me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that 12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on pler. 24, in smiting he wounded him.

high among the people. 38 So the prophet departed, and waited for the 13 And there came in two men, children of Belial, 192,5king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes and sat before him : and the men of Belial witnessed Sam. 23, upon his face.

against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of Prov. 29,12 39 And as the king passed by, he cried unto the the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and ! 2 Samuel king : and he said, Thy servant went out into the the king. Then they carried him forth out of the 11, 1, 2

midst of the battle ; and, behold, a man turned aside, city, and stoned him with stones, that he dicd.
and bronght a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: 14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is Deus

if by any means he be missing, then shall thy #life bestoned, and is dead.
Ex. 21,2. for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver. 15 And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that

40 And as thy servant was busy here and there, he Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Juzebel said

was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, to Ahab, Arise, 'take possession of the vineyard of over. ? 14 La So shall thy judgment be ; thyself hast decided it.' Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee

41 And he hasted, and took the ashes away from for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead.
his face; and the king of Israel discerned hiin that 16 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that
he was of the prophets.

Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to 42 And he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take pos4 Heb. the Berause thou hast let go out of thy hand ta mau session of it. maeneo men whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore *thy 17 And the word of the Lord came to "Elijah 2. Deut. 7, 2° life shall go tor bis life, and thy people for his people. {the T'ishbite, saying,

43 And the king of Israel went to his house heavy 18 Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, y ch. 23 & and displeased, and came to Samaria.

which is in Samaria : behold, he is in the vineyard CHAPTER XXI.

of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it. Elijah denounceth judgments against Ahab and Jezebel. 19 And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus A samen

both the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in possession ? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, in a 13 b Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahabking of Samaria. Thus saith the Lord, In the place where dogs licked 2 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me the blood of Nabcth, shall dogs lick thy blood, even me 24.

y thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, thine. because it is near unto my house; and I will give thee 20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, for it a better vineyard than it: or, if it seem good to o’mine enemy? And he answered, I have found Amos 5, 10 thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money. thee; because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in

3 And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid the sight of the LORD. Nam sa, ?. it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers 21 Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will unto thee.

take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab 2 Kings, 2 e ch. 21), 43.

4 And Ahab came into his honse heavy and dis-him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is pleased, because of the word which Naboth the Jez-"shut up and left in Israel. reelite had spoken to him ; for he had said, I will not 22 And will make thine house like the house of give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laids Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of 36.

e him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, Baasha the son of Ahijal, for the provocation where-eck. 15, 29. and would eat no bread.

with thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel (Gen. 3, 6. 5 But Jezebei' his wife came to him, and said to sin. Ecd 7,2. unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest 23 And of Jezebel also spake the Lord, saying, no bread?

The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel. 6 And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Na- 24. Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs : ch 14, 51 both the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will fowls of the air cat.

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Ahab seduced by false prophets.

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Micaiah's piophecy. 25 But there was none like unto Ahab, which 15 So he came to the king. And the king said Before bo

} CHRIST did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramoth

the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife ' stirred up. gilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he an

26 And he did very abominably in following idols, swered him, ' Go, and prosper : for the LORD shall y ch. 13,30

according to all things as did the * Amorites, whom deliver it into the land of the king. i ch.11, c. the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

16 And the king said unto him, How many times 27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that

words, that he rent his clothes, and put 'sackcloth which is true in the name of the LORD? Gen. 37, upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and 17 And he said, a I saw all Israel scattered upon z Ezek. 1,4 went softly.

the hills, 'as sheep that have not a shepherd ; and the Acıs 10, 11. 28 And the word of the LORD came "to Elijah the LORD said, These have no master; let them return Zech is Tishbite, saying,

every man to his house in peace. 29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before 18 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, o Pralm 78, me ? Because he humbleth himself before me, I will Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good

not bring the evil in his days; but in his son's days concerning me, but evil ? 82 Kings will I bring the evil upon his house.

19 And he said, Hear thou, therefore, the word of CHAPTER XXII.

the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, Ban..,9. Ahab, seduced by false prophets, is slain at Ramoth-gilead. and all the host of heaven standing by him, on his A they continued three years without war right hand and on his left.

20 And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab « Dan. 7,10 2 And it came to pass, in the third year, that that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead ? And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king one said on this manner, and another said on that of Israel

manner. 3 And the king of Israel said unto his servants, 21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood be- renca 3!eut . *, Know ye that “Ramoth in Gilead is "ours, and we fore the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.

be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of 22 And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith ? And 9, 11. Syria

he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in Sol.n. 2, +4.

r 4 And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, “Thou ke 12 Kings with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? And Jehosha- shalt persuade him, and prevail also: "go forth, and Obr

. 8, 3, phat said to the king of Israel, 'I am as thou art, my do so. 1::9;22. people as thy people, my horses as thy horses. 23 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a .

5 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, } lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and Sar” 25.2. Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the Lord to-day. the LORD liath spoken evil concerning thee.

6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets 24 But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, 'Which

Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak i Ezek. 13,7. forbear? And they said, Go up; for 'the Lord shall unto thee ? deliver it into the hand of the king.

25 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shaltsee in 7 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a proph-} that day, when thou shalt go " into an inner chamber 23 et of the Lord besides, that we might inquire of} to hide thyself. him?

26 And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah and 23 8 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, { carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, n ch. 20, 32 * ch. 18, 4. There is * yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by and to Joash the king's son ;

whom 'we may inquire of the Lord: but " I hate. 27 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow Rev. 2, 10. him; for he doth not prophesy "good concerning me, in the prison, and feed him with bread of afflic- . 12:27, 12 116.42,5, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the kingtion, and with water of affliction, until I come in

say so.

9 Then the king of Israel called an officer, and 28 Aud Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, Gal 4, 16. said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah. the Lord hath not spoken by me.

And he said, a. 10 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the Hearken, 0 people, every one of you. Elica 2, 11. king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on 29 So the king of Israel, and . Jehoshaphat the o Isn. 53, 1. P their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the king of Judah, went up to Ramoth-gilead. & Acts 12, gate of Sainaria : and all the prophets 4 prophesied 30 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, before them.

I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but 9,se. 11 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made { put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel dis- ver. 27, 28. r Jer. 29,21 him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the guised himself, and went into the battle. • Jer. 27, 2. Lord, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until 31 But the king of Syria commanded his thirty thou have consumed them.

and two captains that had rule over his chariots, say12 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Going, Fight neither with small nor great, save only u Jer. 16, 6. vereht up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper: for the LORD with the king of Israel. shall deliver u into the king's hand.

32 And it came to pass, when the captains of the 13 And the messenger that was gone to call Mi- chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is caiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words the king of Israel. And they * turned aside to fight in

9 " 110s 7, 8. of the prophets declare good unto the king with one against him: and Jehoshaphat'cried out.

mouth : let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of 33 And it came to pass, when the captains of the si. one of them, and speak that which is good.

chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, z 2 Samue' 14 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what that they turned back from pursuing him. the LORD saith unto me, *that will I speak.

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