The Bible, King James version, Book 11: 1 Kings

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11:018:045 And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was
black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And
Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.

11:018:046 And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his
loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

11:019:001 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how
he had slain all the prophets with the sword.

11:019:002 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the
gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the
life of one of them by to morrow about this time.

11:019:003 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and
came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his
servant there.

11:019:004 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and
came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for
himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O
LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.

11:019:005 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an
angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.

11:019:006 And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the
coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and
drink, and laid him down again.

11:019:007 And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and
touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is
too great for thee.

11:019:008 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength
of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount
of God.

11:019:009 And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and,
behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto
him, What doest thou here, Elijah?

11:019:010 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of
hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant,
thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the
sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to
take it away.

11:019:011 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the
LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong
wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before
the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind
an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:

11:019:012 And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the
fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

11:019:013 And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face
in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of
the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said,
What doest thou here, Elijah?

11:019:014 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of
hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy
covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets
with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my
life, to take it away.

11:019:015 And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the
wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to
be king over Syria:

11:019:016 And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over
Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt
thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.

11:019:017 And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of
Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword
of Jehu shall Elisha slay.

11:019:018 Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees
which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not
kissed him.

11:019:019 So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat,
who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he
with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his
mantle upon him.

11:019:020 And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me,
I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will
follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what
have I done to thee?

11:019:021 And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and
slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the
oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he
arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.

11:020:001 And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together:
and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and
chariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred
against it.

11:020:002 And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city,
and said unto him, Thus saith Benhadad,

11:020:003 Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy
children, even the goodliest, are mine.

11:020:004 And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king,
according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have.

11:020:005 And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh
Benhadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou
shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and
thy children;

11:020:006 Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this
time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy
servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in
thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.

11:020:007 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and
said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief:
for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for
my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.

11:020:008 And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken
not unto him, nor consent.

11:020:009 Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my
lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at
the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the
messengers departed, and brought him word again.

11:020:010 And Benhadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me,
and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for
handfuls for all the people that follow me.

11:020:011 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not
him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that
putteth it off.

11:020:012 And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he
was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said
unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set
themselves in array against the city.

11:020:013 And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel,
saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great
multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day;
and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.

11:020:014 And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Even
by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he
said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou.

11:020:015 Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the
provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after
them he numbered all the people, even all the children of
Israel, being seven thousand.

11:020:016 And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself
drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two
kings that helped him.

11:020:017 And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out
first; and Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There
are men come out of Samaria.

11:020:018 And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them
alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.

11:020:019 So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of
the city, and the army which followed them.

11:020:020 And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and
Israel pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on
an horse with the horsemen.

11:020:021 And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and
chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.

11:020:022 And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him,
Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for
at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up
against thee.

11:020:023 And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their
gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than
we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we
shall be stronger than they.

11:020:024 And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his
place, and put captains in their rooms:

11:020:025 And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost,
horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight
against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger
than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so.

11:020:026 And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad
numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against
Israel.

11:020:027 And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all
present, and went against them: and the children of Israel
pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the
Syrians filled the country.

11:020:028 And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of
Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians
have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of
the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude
into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

11:020:029 And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so
it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the
children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand
footmen in one day.

11:020:030 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall
fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left.
And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner
chamber.

11:020:031 And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that
the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I
pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our
heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will
save thy life.

11:020:032 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on
their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy
servant Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said,
Is he yet alive? he is my brother.

11:020:033 Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would
come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy
brother Benhadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then
Benhadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into
the chariot.

11:020:034 And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took
from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets
for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said
Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a
covenant with him, and sent him away.

11:020:035 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his
neighbour in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And
the man refused to smite him.

11:020:036 Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice
of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a
lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him,
a lion found him, and slew him.

11:020:037 Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee.
And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him.

11:020:038 So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way,
and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.

11:020:039 And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he
said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and,
behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and
said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall
thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of
silver.

11:020:040 And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And
the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be;
thyself hast decided it.

11:020:041 And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the
king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.

11:020:042 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast
let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter
destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy
people for his people.

11:020:043 And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased,
and came to Samaria.

11:021:001 And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the
Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the
palace of Ahab king of Samaria.

11:021:002 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that
I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto
my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than
it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of
it in money.

11:021:003 And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should
give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.

11:021:004 And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of
the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he
had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers.
And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face,
and would eat no bread.

11:021:005 But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is
thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?

11:021:006 And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the
Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money;
or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard
for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard.

11:021:007 And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the
kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart
be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the
Jezreelite.

11:021:008 So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his
seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles
that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.

11:021:009 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set
Naboth on high among the people:

11:021:010 And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness
against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king.
And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.

11:021:011 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who
were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto
them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent
unto them.

11:021:012 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the
people.

11:021:013 And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before
him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against
Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did
blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of
the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

11:021:014 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is
dead.

11:021:015 And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was
stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take
possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he
refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but
dead.

11:021:016 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead,
that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the
Jezreelite, to take possession of it.

11:021:017 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

11:021:018 Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in
Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he
is gone down to possess it.

11:021:019 And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD,
Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt
speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place
where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy
blood, even thine.

11:021:020 And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And
he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself
to work evil in the sight of the LORD.

11:021:021 Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy
posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against
the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,

11:021:022 And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son
of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for
the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and
made Israel to sin.

11:021:023 And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat
Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.

11:021:024 Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him
that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.

11:021:025 But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to
work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his
wife stirred up.

11:021:026 And he did very abominably in following idols, according to
all things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before
the children of Israel.

11:021:027 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent
his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and
lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

11:021:028 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

11:021:029 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he
humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his
days: but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his
house.

11:022:001 And they continued three years without war between Syria and
Israel.

11:022:002 And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the
king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.

11:022:003 And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that
Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out
of the hand of the king of Syria?

11:022:004 And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle
to Ramothgilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I
am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy
horses.

11:022:005 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray
thee, at the word of the LORD to day.

11:022:006 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about
four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against
Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go
up; for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king.

11:022:007 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD
besides, that we might enquire of him?

11:022:008 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one
man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the
LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning
me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

11:022:009 Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten
hither Micaiah the son of Imlah.

11:022:010 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat
each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place
in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets
prophesied before them.

11:022:011 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and
he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the
Syrians, until thou have consumed them.

11:022:012 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to
Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into
the king's hand.

11:022:013 And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto
him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare
good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee,
be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good.

11:022:014 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto
me, that will I speak.

11:022:015 So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah,
shall we go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall we
forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD
shall deliver it into the hand of the king.

11:022:016 And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee
that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name
of the LORD?

11:022:017 And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as
sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have
no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.

11:022:018 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell
thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?

11:022:019 And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw
the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven
standing by him on his right hand and on his left.

11:022:020 And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up
and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and
another said on that manner.

11:022:021 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and
said, I will persuade him.

11:022:022 And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go
forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his
prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persude him, and prevail
also: go forth, and do so.

11:022:023 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the
mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil
concerning thee.

11:022:024 But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah
on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD
from me to speak unto thee?

11:022:025 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when
thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.

11:022:026 And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back
unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's
son;

11:022:027 And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison,
and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of
affliction, until I come in peace.

11:022:028 And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD
hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every
one of you.

11:022:029 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went
up to Ramothgilead.

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