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Kings 22
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¶And they continued three years without war between Syria and
Israel.
2 And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king
of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
3 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?
4 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.
5 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray
thee, at the word of the LORD to day.
6 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.
7 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD
besides, that we might enquire of him?
8 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.
9 Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither
Micaiah the son of Imlah.
10 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 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.
12 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramothgilead,
and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the king's hand.
13 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.
14 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto
me, that will I speak.
15 ¶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.
16 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?
17 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.
18 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell
thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?
19 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.
20 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.
21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and
said, I will persuade him.
22 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 persuade him, and prevail also: go forth,
and do so.
23 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.
24 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?
25 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou
shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
26 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;
27 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.
28 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.
29 ¶So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah
went up to Ramothgilead.
30 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise
myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And
the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.
31 But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that
had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor
great, save only with the king of Israel.
32 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat,
that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And they turned
aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.
33 And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived
that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing
him.
34 And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king
of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto
the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of
the host; for I am wounded.
35 And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up
in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood
ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot.
36 And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going
down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to
his own country.
37 So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried
the king in Samaria.
38 And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs
licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto
the word of the LORD which he spake.
39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the
ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
40 So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in
his stead.
41 ¶And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah
in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.
42 Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign;
and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's
name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
43 And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not
aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD:
nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people
offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.
44 And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
45 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he
shewed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Judah?
46 And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days
of his father Asa, he took out of the land.
47 There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold:
but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber.
49 Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants
go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.
50 And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his
fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned
in his stead.
51 Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria
the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two
years over Israel.
52 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way
of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam
the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin:
53 For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger
the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.
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Jeremiah
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1 ¶Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel
no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad,
and his people dwell in his cities?
2 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will
cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and
it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with
fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith
the LORD.
3 Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah,
gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges;
for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his
princes together.
4 Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O
backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who
shall come unto me?
5 Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts,
from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be driven out every
man right forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth.
6 And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children
of Ammon, saith the LORD.
7 ¶Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom
no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their
wisdom vanished?
8 Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I
will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit
him.
9 If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning
grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.
10 But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places,
and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and
his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not.
11 Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and
let thy widows trust in me.
12 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not
to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that
shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but
thou shalt surely drink of it.
13 For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall
become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the
cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.
14 I have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent
unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her,
and rise up to the battle.
15 For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised
among men.
16 Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart,
O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the
height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high
as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.
17 Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall
be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.
18 As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities
thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall
a son of man dwell in it.
19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan
against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him
run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over
her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who
is that shepherd that will stand before me?
20 Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against
Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants
of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely
he shall make their habitations desolate with them.
21 The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the
noise thereof was heard in the Red sea.
22 Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his
wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty
men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
23 ¶Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for
they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow
on the sea; it cannot be quiet.
24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear
hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman
in travail.
25 How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
26 Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the
men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
27 And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall
consume the palaces of Benhadad.
28 ¶Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor,
which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the
LORD; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east.
29 Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall
take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their
camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.
30 Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor,
saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel
against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you.
31 Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without
care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell
alone.
32 And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their
cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are
in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all
sides thereof, saith the LORD.
33 And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for
ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in
it.
34 ¶The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet
against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah,
saying,
35 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of
Elam, the chief of their might.
36 And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters
of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there
shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.
37 For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and
before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them,
even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword
after them, till I have consumed them:
38 And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence
the king and the princes, saith the LORD.
39 But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring
again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD.
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Corinthians 8
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1 ¶Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that
we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
2 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing
yet as he ought to know.
3 But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
4 ¶As concerning therefore the eating of those things that
are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing
in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
5 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or
in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)
6 But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things,
and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things,
and we by him.
7 ¶Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some
with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered
unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.
8 But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are
we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a
stumblingblock to them that are weak.
10 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the
idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be
emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;
11 And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for
whom Christ died?
12 But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak
conscience, ye sin against Christ.
13 Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh
while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
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Corinthians 9
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1 ¶Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus
Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?
2 If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you:
for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.
3 ¶Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,
4 Have we not power to eat and to drink?
5 Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other
apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
6 Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?
7 Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth
a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth
a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
8 Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?
9 For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the
mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for
oxen?
10 Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt,
this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that
he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.
11 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing
if we shall reap your carnal things?
12 If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather?
Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things,
lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.
13 Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live
of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are
partakers with the altar?
14 Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel
should live of the gospel.
15 ¶But I have used none of these things: neither have I written
these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better
for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.
16 For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for
necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not
the gospel!
17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against
my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.
18 What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel,
I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not
my power in the gospel.
19 ¶For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself
servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews;
to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain
them that are under the law;
21 To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without
law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them
that are without law.
22 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am
made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
23 And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker
thereof with you.
24 ¶Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but
one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all
things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an
incorruptible.
26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one
that beateth the air:
27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest
that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should
be a castaway.
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