Abijam's wicked reign.

22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they fprovoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.

23 For they also built them high places, and images hand groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.

1.

B. C. 972.

B. C. 968.

24 And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abomi- standnations of the nations which the ing imaLORD cast out before the chil-ges, or, dren of Israel.

25And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:

26 And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

sta!ues.

9.

Asa's good reign.

4 Nevertheless, f for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:

5 Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded hinall the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. 6 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the ich.14.30. days of his life. k2Ch.13. Now the rest of the acts of 2,3, 22. Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

955.

971.

leh.11.40. 2Ch.12.2. m2Ch.12. 9, 10, 11.

17.

ch. 10.

27 And king Rehoboam made in their stead brazen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king's house. 28 And it was so, when the king† Heb. went into the house of the LORD, runners. that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard-chamber.

29 Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?

30 And there was "war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.

31 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with

his fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And

Abijam his son reigned in his

stead.

CHAPTER XV. Abijam's wicked reign, 1 7 Asa succeedeth him. 9 Asa's good reign. 16 The war between Baasha and him causeth him to make a league with Ben-hadad. 23 Jehoshaphat succeedeth Asa. 25 Nadab's wicked reign. 27 Baasha conspiring against him executeth Alijah's prophecy. 31 Nadab's acts and death. 33 Baasha's wicked reign.

15.

2Ch.12.

8 And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.

9 T And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.

10 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And That is, his mother's name was Maagrandchah, the daughter of Abishamother's lom.

ver. 2.

2.

11 And Asa did that which maCh.14. was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father. 12 "And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

Cır. 951.

n ch. 14. 24. & 22.

46. 02 Ch.15.

16.

t Heb. cut off. So Ex. 32. 20.

Y ch. 11.

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22

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13 And also "Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and Pburnt it by the brook Kidron. 149 But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the

LORD all his days.

15 And he brought in the things and the things which himself which his father had dedicated,

had dedicated, into the house of the LORD, silver, and gold, and vessels.

16 T And there was war be tween Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

17 And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, "that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

18 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to *Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, say. ing,

19 There is a league between me and thee, and between my 337

20 So Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and "Dan, and b Abel-beth-maachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.

21 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.

go up.

22 Ki 15. 29. a Ju. 18.

B. C. 954.

Jehu's prophesy against Baasha of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?

ver. 16. 32°And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

953.

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14. 16.

b 2 Sa.20.

2Ch.16.

17.

a ver. 7. 2Ch.19.2. & 20. 34. b ch.14.7.

12.

914.

3-k.

33 In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years. 34 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in Pthe way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.

CHAPTER XVI.

Jehu's prophecy against Baasha, 1. 5 Elah succeedeth him. 8 Zimri con. spiring against Elah succeedeth him. 11 Zimri executeth Jehu's prophecy. 15 Omri, made king by the soldiers, forceth Zimri desperately to burn himself. 21 The kingdom being divided, Omri prevaileth against Tibni. 23 Omri buildeth Samaria. 25 His wicked reign. 27 Ahab succeedeth him. 29 Ahab's most wicked reign. 34 Joshua's curse upon Hiel the builder of Jericho,

Jos. 18. cır. 930. THEN the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, 2 bForasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel, and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins; d ver. 11. 3 Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. make thy house like "the house 4 Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.

1.

to sin.

27 Tk And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.

26 Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead.

23 And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, ac

954.

+ Heb. reigned.

ich. 12.30.

& 14. 16.

k ch. 14. 14.

1 Jos. 19. 44. & 21. 23. ch. 16. 15.

5 Now the rest of the acts of Baasua, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?

6 So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tir zah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.

7 And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the sonof Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because khe killed him.

Elijah fed by ravens.

4 And itshall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

5 So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. 6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook. 7 And it came to pass tafter a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.

8 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, 9 Arise, get thee to "Zerephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.

10 So he arose and went to Zerephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a Vessel, that I may drink.

11 And asshe was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.

12 And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have nota cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.

14 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel. The barrel of meal shall not waste,neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD tsendeth rain upon the earth.

15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.

1. KINGS.

B. C. cir. 910.

measur

ed.

† Heb. giveth

| Or, a

35.

He raiseth the widow's son. 19 And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed. 20 And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom Isojourn, by slaying her son?

21 5And he tstretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come finto him again.

22 And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he brevived.

23 And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth. 24 T And the woman said to John Elijah, Now by this il know that 2.&16.30. thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.

cir. 906. a Lu. 4.

25. Ja. 5.

17.

b De. 28.

12.

† Heb. Obadiahu. † Heb. over his house. † Heb. Izebel.

tHeb. by the hand that we ↑ Heb.

of.

son?

cut not off ourselves

CHAPTER XVIII.

In the extremity of famine Elijah, sent
to Abab, meeteth good Obadit, 1
9 Obadiah bringeth Ahab to Elijah.
17 Elijah, reproving Ahab, by fire
from heaven convinceth Baal's pro-
phets. 41 Elijah, by prayer, obtaining
rain, followeth Alab to Jezreel.

A
AND it came to pass after
A many days, that the word
of the LORD came to Elijah in
the third year, saying, Go, shew
thyself unto Ahab: and bi will
send rain upon the earth.

2 And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.

3 And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:

4 For it was so, when tJezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.

6 So they divided the land be tween them to pass throughout from the it: Ahab went one way by himbeasts. self, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

7 And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah?

18 And he answered him, I am;

Elijah is sent to Ahab.

go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.

9 And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?

10 As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.

11 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here. 12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall car-2 ry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.

13 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD's prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?

14 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here; and he shall slay me.

15 And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to-day.

16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

17 And it came to pass when

Ki. 2. 16. Ez. 3. 12. 14.

Mat. 4. 1.

" ver. 38.

24 And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God 1 Ch. 21. that "answereth by tire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spo ken.

26.

tHeb. The word is

good.

Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said deh. 21. unto him, dArt thou he that 20. troubleth Israel?

Jos.7.25,

Ac.16.20.

18 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, fin that ye f2 Ch. 15.. have forsaken the command- 2 ments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.

mount Carmel.

atten

21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long k2Ki. halt ye between two opinions? 41. Mat. if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

22 Then said Elijah unto the

6. 24.

Or, thoughts 1See Jos 24. 15

17. 34.

Col.3.17 Le 1.6, 7, 8.

25 And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of ycur gods, but put no fire under.

26 And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baai,hear us. But there was Pno voice, nor any that answered. And they. leaped upon the altar which was made.

27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry faloud: for he is a god: either he is talking, or he fis pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.

28 And they cried aloud, and 9cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, til fthe blood gushed out upon them.

29 And it came to pass, when mid-day was past, and they prophesied until the time of the foffering of the evening sacrifice, that there was "neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.

30 And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down.

31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, "Israel shall be thy name:

32 And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed. 33 And he put the wood in or der, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barreis with water, and "pourit on the burntsacrifice, and on the wood.

34 And he said, Do it the second

23 Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and

6. 20.

† Heb.

went.

cond time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time.

35 And the water tran round aver. 32, about the altar; and he filled "the trench also with water. 641

38.