For The King

And The King of Egypt called For The midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved The men children alive?

For Heshbon was The city of Sihon The King of The Amorites, who had fought against The former King of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.

And The LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: For I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon King of The Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.

• Sihon
• Heart

But Sihon King of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: For The LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.

And The LORD said unto me, Fear him not: For I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon King of The Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.

• Iron

For only Og King of Bashan remained of The remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of The children of Ammon? nine cubits was The length thereof, and four cubits The breadth of it, after The cubit of a man.

And The King of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth The men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: For they be come to search out all The country.

And thou shalt do to Ai and her King as thou didst unto Jericho and her King: only The spoil thereof, and The cattle thereof, shall ye take For a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush For The city behind it.

And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote The King thereof with The sword: For Hazor beforetime was The head of all those kingdoms.

Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to The tent of Jael The wife of Heber The Kenite: For there was peace between Jabin The King of Hazor and The house of Heber The Kenite.

In those days there was no King in Israel: and in those days The tribe of The Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; For unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among The tribes of Israel.

And he said, This will be The manner of The King that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them For himself, For his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.

• Intercession

And all The people said unto Samuel, Pray For thy servants unto The LORD thy God, that we die not: For we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a King.

• Saul
• Backsliders
• Samuel

It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be King: For he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto The LORD all night.

• Saul
• Reprobacy
• Self-will

For rebellion is as The sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected The word of The LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being King.

And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: For thou hast rejected The word of The LORD, and The LORD hath rejected thee from being King over Israel.

• Friendship
• Samuel

And Samuel came no more to see Saul until The day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned For Saul: and The LORD repented that he had made Saul King over Israel.

• Friendship
• Government
• Samuel

And The LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn For Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse The Bethlehemite: For I have provided me a King among his sons.

And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; For our family hath a sacrifice in The city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto The King's table.

And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? For I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because The King's business required haste.

• Fugitives

And David arose, and fled that day For fear of Saul, and went to Achish The King of Gath.

And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto The King of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do For me.

Did I then begin to inquire of God For him? be it far from me: let not The King impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all The house of my father: For thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.

And he said unto him, Fear not: For The hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be King over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.

• Nabal
• Drunkenness
• Nabal

And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like The feast of a King; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, For he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until The morning light.

And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord The King? For there came one of The people in to destroy The King thy lord.

Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord The King hear The words of his servant. If The LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be The children of men, cursed be they before The LORD; For they have driven me out this day from abiding in The inheritance of The LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.

• David
• Humility

Now therefore, let not my blood fall to The earth before The face of The LORD: For The King of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in The mountains.

And The King said unto her, Be not afraid: For what sawest thou? And The woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of The earth.

Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: For your master Saul is dead, and also The house of Judah have anointed me King over them.

And Abner had communication with The elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought For David in times past to be King over you:

For all The people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of The King to slay Abner The son of Ner.

And I am this day weak, though anointed King; and these men The sons of Zeruiah be too hard For me: The LORD shall reward The doer of evil according to his wickedness.

And David perceived that The LORD had established him King over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom For his people Israel's sake.

And Nathan said to The King, Go, do all that is in thine heart; For The LORD is with thee.

Then said Ziba unto The King, According to all that my lord The King hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As For Mephibosheth, said The King, he shall eat at my table, as one of The King's sons.

So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: For he did eat continually at The King's table; and was lame on both his feet.

And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as For thee, thou shalt be as one of The fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto The King; For he will not withhold me from thee.

• Many-colored
• Dress

And she had a garment of divers colours upon her: For with such robes were The King's daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted The door after her.

And Jonadab, The son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all The young men The King's sons; For Amnon only is dead: For by The appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from The day that he forced his sister Tamar.

Now therefore let not my lord The King take The thing to his heart, to think that all The King's sons are dead: For Amnon only is dead.

But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, The son of Ammihud, King of Geshur. And David mourned For his son every day.

And The soul of King David longed to go forth unto Absalom: For he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.

And The woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against The people of God? For The King doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that The King doth not fetch home again his banished.

For The King will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of The hand of The man that would destroy me and my son together out of The inheritance of God.

• Angel

Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord The King shall now be comfortable: For as an angel of God, so is my lord The King to discern good and bad: therefore The LORD thy God will be with thee.

And The King said, Is not The hand of Joab with thee in all this? And The woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord The King, none can turn to The right hand or to The left from ought that my lord The King hath spoken: For thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in The mouth of thine handmaid:

• Hair
• Hair
• Shekel

And when he polled his head, (For it was at every year's end that he polled it: because The hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed The hair of his head at two hundred shekels after The King's weight.

Therefore Absalom sent For Joab, to have sent him to The King; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again The second time, he would not come.

And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to The King, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good For me to have been there still: now therefore let me see The King's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.

• David
• Parents

So Joab came to The King, and told him: and when he had called For Absalom, he came to The King, and bowed himself on his face to The ground before The King: and The King kissed Absalom.

And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside The way of The gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to The King For judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of The tribes of Israel.

And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to The King For judgment: so Absalom stole The hearts of The men of Israel.

Then said The King to Ittai The Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with The King: For thou art a stranger, and also an exile.

But if thou return to The city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O King; as I have been thy father's servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou For me defeat The counsel of Ahithophel.

• Fruit
• Food

And The King said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be For The King's household to ride on; and The bread and summer fruit For The young men to eat; and The wine, that such as be faint in The wilderness may drink.

• Slander

And The King said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said unto The King, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: For he said, To day shall The house of Israel restore me The kingdom of my father.

Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; For they might not be seen to come into The city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told King David.

And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of The well, and went and told King David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over The water: For thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.

• David
• Parents

And The King commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently For my sake with The young man, even with Absalom. And all The people heard when The King gave all The captains charge concerning Absalom.

And The man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against The King's son: For in our hearing The King charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch The young man Absalom.

Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: For there is no matter hid from The King, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.

• Absalom
• Ambition

Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up For himself a pillar, which is in The King's dale: For he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called The pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place.

And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord The King: For The LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee.

• David
• Bereavement
• Chambers

And The King was much moved, and went up to The chamber over The gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died For thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

And it was told Joab, Behold, The King weepeth and mourneth For Absalom.

And The victory that day was turned into mourning unto all The people: For The people heard say that day how The King was grieved For his son.

Then The King arose, and sat in The gate. And they told unto all The people, saying, Behold, The King doth sit in The gate. And all The people came before The King: For Israel had fled every man to his tent.

And all The people were at strife throughout all The tribes of Israel, saying, The King saved us out of The hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of The hand of The Philistines; and now he is fled out of The land For Absalom.

For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come The first this day of all The house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord The King.

And he answered, My lord, O King, my servant deceived me: For thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to The King; because thy servant is lame.

For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord The King: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto The King?

• Barzillai
• Citizens
• Liberality

Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided The King of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; For he was a very great man.

And The King answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that will I do For thee.

And all The men of Judah answered The men of Israel, Because The King is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry For this matter? have we eaten at all of The King's cost? or hath he given us any gift?

But The King took The two sons of Rizpah The daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and The five sons of Michal The daughter of Saul, whom she brought up For Adriel The son of Barzillai The Meholathite:

And The bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in The country of Benjamin in Zelah, in The sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that The King commanded. And after that God was intreated For The land.

• Salvation
• Tower

He is The tower of salvation For his King: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed For evermore.

For The King said to Joab The captain of The host, which was with him, Go now through all The tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number ye The people, that I may know The number of The people.

• Threshing

And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord The King take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen For burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of The oxen For wood.

And The King said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto The LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought The threshingfloor and The oxen For fifty shekels of silver.

Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought For my lord The King a young virgin: and let her stand before The King, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord The King may get heat.

So they sought For a fair damsel throughout all The coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to The King.

• Coronations
• Feasts

For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all The King's sons, and The captains of The host, and Abiathar The priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save King Adonijah.

• Prostration
• King

Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to The earth, and did reverence to The King, and said, Let my lord King David live For ever.

And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth King Solomon: For, lo, he hath caught hold on The horns of The altar, saying, Let King Solomon swear unto me to day that he will not slay his servant with The sword.

And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon The King, (For he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag The Shunammite to wife.

And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak For thee unto The King.

Bathsheba therefore went unto King Solomon, to speak unto him For Adonijah. And The King rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set For The King's mother; and she sat on his right hand.

Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And The King said unto her, Ask on, my mother: For I will not say thee nay.

And King Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag The Shunammite For Adonijah? ask For him The kingdom also; For he is mine elder brother; even For him, and For Abiathar The priest, and For Joab The son of Zeruiah.

• Punishment

And unto Abiathar The priest said The King, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; For thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest The ark of The Lord GOD before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.

And The King sent and called For Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.

And The King sent and called For Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by The LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, Know For a certain, on The day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good.

And King Solomon shall be blessed, and The throne of David shall be established before The LORD For ever.

And The King went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; For that was The great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.

• Bowels

Then spake The woman whose The living child was unto The King, For her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her The living child, and in no wise slay it. But The other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.

And all Israel heard of The judgment which The King had judged; and they feared The King: For they saw that The wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.

And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals For The King and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.

• Friendship

And Hiram King of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; For he had heard that they had anointed him King in The room of his father: For Hiram was ever a lover of David.

And The house which King Solomon built For The LORD, The length thereof was threescore cubits, and The breadth thereof twenty cubits, and The height thereof thirty cubits.

And Hiram made The lavers, and The shovels, and The basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all The work that he made King Solomon For The house of The LORD:

And The pots, and The shovels, and The basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to King Solomon For The house of The LORD, were of bright brass.

• David
• Liberality
• Solomon

So was ended all The work that King Solomon made For The house of The LORD. And Solomon brought in The things which David his father had dedicated; even The silver, and The gold, and The vessels, did he put among The treasures of The house of The LORD.

And King Solomon, and all The congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before The ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered For multitude.

• Altar

The same day did The King hallow The middle of The court that was before The house of The LORD: For there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and The fat of The peace offerings: because The brasen altar that was before The LORD was too little to receive The burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and The fat of The peace offerings.

On The eighth day he sent The people away: and they blessed The King, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart For all The goodness that The LORD had done For David his servant, and For Israel his people.

And this is The reason of The levy which King Solomon raised; For to build The house of The LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and The wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

For Pharaoh King of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain The Canaanites that dwelt in The city, and given it For a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.

• Thankfulness

Blessed be The LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on The throne of Israel: because The LORD loved Israel For ever, therefore made he thee King, to do judgment and justice.

• Music

And The King made of The almug trees pillars For The house of The LORD, and For The King's house, harps also and psalteries For singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day.

• Apes
• Commerce
• Gold

For The King had at sea a navy of Tharshish with The navy of Hiram: once in three years came The navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

• Solomon

So King Solomon exceeded all The kings of The earth For riches and For wisdom.

And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in The cities For chariots, and with The King at Jerusalem.

And The King made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as The sycomore trees that are in The vale, For abundance.

And it came to pass, when Jeroboam The son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (For he was fled from The presence of King Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;)

Wherefore The King hearkened not unto The people; For The cause was from The LORD, that he might perform his saying, which The LORD spake by Ahijah The Shilonite unto Jeroboam The son of Nebat.

Whereupon The King took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much For you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of The land of Egypt.

• Intercession

And The King answered and said unto The man of God, Intreat now The face of The LORD thy God, and pray For me, that my hand may be restored me again. And The man of God besought The LORD, and The King's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.

And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing For him to walk in The sins of Jeroboam The son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel The daughter of Ethbaal King of The Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.

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.

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.

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.

So The prophet departed, and waited For The King by The way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face.

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.

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.

• Reproof

And The King of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah The son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire 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.

And all The prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramothgilead, and prosper: For The LORD shall deliver it into The King's hand.

• Micaiah
• Irony

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.

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.

So The King of Israel went, and The King of Judah, and The King of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was no water For The host, and For The cattle that followed them.

And Elisha said unto The King of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to The prophets of thy father, and to The prophets of thy mother. And The King of Israel said unto him, Nay: For The LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into The hand of Moab.

And when The King of Moab saw that The battle was too sore For him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto The King of Edom: but they could not.

• Contentment
• Intercession

And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful For us with all this care; what is to be done For thee? wouldest thou be spoken For to The King, or to The captain of The host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.

And The man of God sent unto The King of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; For thither The Syrians are come down.

Therefore The heart of The King of Syria was sore troubled For this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us is For The King of Israel?

For The Lord had made The host of The Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even The noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, The King of Israel hath hired against us The kings of The Hittites, and The kings of The Egyptians, to come upon us.

And it came to pass as The man of God had spoken to The King, saying, Two measures of barley For a shekel, and a measure of fine flour For a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in The gate of Samaria:

And it came to pass at The seven years' end, that The woman returned out of The land of The Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto The King For her house and For her land.

And it came to pass, as he was telling The King how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, The woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to The King For her house and For her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O King, this is The woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.

• Reproof

Then King Jehoash called For Jehoiada The priest, and The other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not The breaches of The house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it For The breaches of The house.

• Prayer
• Jehoahaz
• Repentance

And Jehoahaz besought The LORD, and The LORD hearkened unto him: For he saw The oppression of Israel, because The King of Syria oppressed them.

Neither did he leave of The people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; For The King of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like The dust by threshing.

And Ahaz took The silver and gold that was found in The house of The LORD, and in The treasures of The King's house, and sent it For a present to The King of Assyria.

• Confederated
• Armies

And The King of Assyria hearkened unto him: For The King of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried The people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.

And King Ahaz commanded Urijah The priest, saying, Upon The great altar burn The morning burnt offering, and The evening meat offering, and The King's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with The burnt offering of all The people of The land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all The blood of The burnt offering, and all The blood of The sacrifice: and The brasen altar shall be For me to inquire by.

• Temple

And The covert For The sabbath that they had built in The house, and The King's entry without, turned he from The house of The LORD For The King of Assyria.

And The King of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: For he had sent messengers to So King of Egypt, and brought no present to The King of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore The King of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.

• Character
• Children
• Idolatry

For so it was, that The children of Israel had sinned against The LORD their God, which had brought them up out of The land of Egypt, from under The hand of Pharaoh King of Egypt, and had feared other gods, And walked in The statutes of The heathen, whom The LORD cast out from before The children of Israel, and of The kings of Israel, which they had made. And The children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against The LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from The tower of The watchmen to The fenced city. And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree: read more And there they burnt incense in all The high places, as did The heathen whom The LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke The LORD to anger: For they served idols, whereof The LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing. Yet The LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all The prophets, and by all The seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all The law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants The prophets. Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to The neck of their fathers, that did not believe in The LORD their God. And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after The heathen that were round about them, concerning whom The LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them. And they left all The commandments of The LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all The host of heaven, and served Baal. And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through The fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in The sight of The LORD, to provoke him to anger. Therefore The LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but The tribe of Judah only. Also Judah kept not The commandments of The LORD their God, but walked in The statutes of Israel which they made. And The LORD rejected all The seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into The hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight. For he rent Israel from The house of David; and they made Jeroboam The son of Nebat King: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following The LORD, and made them sin a great sin. For The children of Israel walked in all The sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them; Until The LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants The prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day. show less

For he rent Israel from The house of David; and they made Jeroboam The son of Nebat King: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following The LORD, and made them sin a great sin.

Thus saith The King, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: For he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:

Hearken not to Hezekiah: For thus saith The King of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one The waters of his cistern:

But The people held their peace, and answered him not a word: For The King's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

It may be The LORD thy God will hear all The words of Rabshakeh, whom The King of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach The living God; and will reprove The words which The LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer For The remnant that are left.

So Rabshakeh returned, and found The King of Assyria warring against Libnah: For he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of The hand of The King of Assyria; and I will defend this city For mine own sake, and For my servant David's sake.

At that time Berodachbaladan, The son of Baladan, King of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: For he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.

• Idolatry

For he built up again The high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars For Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab King of Israel; and worshipped all The host of heaven, and served them.

And The King commanded Hilkiah The high priest, and The priests of The second order, and The keepers of The door, to bring forth out of The temple of The LORD all The vessels that were made For Baal, and For The grove, and For all The host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in The fields of Kidron, and carried The ashes of them unto Bethel.

• Corruption

And The high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on The right hand of The mount of corruption, which Solomon The King of Israel had builded For Ashtoreth The abomination of The Zidonians, and For Chemosh The abomination of The Moabites, and For Milcom The abomination of The children of Ammon, did The King defile.

And The King of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: For The King of Babylon had taken from The river of Egypt unto The river Euphrates all that pertained to The King of Egypt.

And all The men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt For war, even them The King of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.

For through The anger of The LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against The King of Babylon.

And as For The people that remained in The land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah The son of Ahikam, The son of Shaphan, ruler.

And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of The King, a daily rate For every day, all The days of his life.

These were The potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with The King For his work.

And these written by name came in The days of Hezekiah King of Judah, and smote their tents, and The habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there For their flocks.

And David perceived that The LORD had confirmed him King over Israel, For his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel.

Then there went certain, and told David how The men were served. And he sent to meet them: For The men were greatly ashamed. And The King said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.

• Integrity

But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: For The King's word was abominable to Joab.

And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord The King do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee The oxen also For burnt offerings, and The threshing instruments For wood, and The wheat For The meat offering; I give it all.

• David
• Liberality

And King David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it For The full price: For I will not take that which is thine For The LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.

And Shemaiah The son of Nethaneel The scribe, one of The Levites, wrote them before The King, and The princes, and Zadok The priest, and Ahimelech The son of Abiathar, and before The chief of The fathers of The priests and Levites: one principal household being taken For Eleazar, and one taken For Ithamar.

All these were under The hands of their father For song in The house of The LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, For The service of The house of God, according to The King's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.

And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom King David made rulers over The Reubenites, The Gadites, and The half tribe of Manasseh, For every matter pertaining to God, and affairs of The King.

• Census

Joab The son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, because there fell wrath For it against Israel; neither was The number put in The account of The chronicles of King David.

• David
• Liberality
• Temple

Then David The King stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As For me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest For The ark of The covenant of The LORD, and For The footstool of our God, and had made ready For The building:

Howbeit The LORD God of Israel chose me before all The house of my father to be King over Israel For ever: For he hath chosen Judah to be The ruler; and of The house of Judah, The house of my father; and among The sons of my father he liked me to make me King over all Israel:

• Solomon
• Anointing
• Blessing

Furthermore David The King said unto all The congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and The work is great: For The palace is not For man, but For The LORD God. Now I have prepared with all my might For The house of my God The gold For things to be made of gold, and The silver For things of silver, and The brass For things of brass, The iron For things of iron, and wood For things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance. Moreover, because I have set my affection to The house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to The house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared For The holy house, Even three thousand talents of gold, of The gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay The walls of The houses withal: read more The gold For things of gold, and The silver For things of silver, and For all manner of work to be made by The hands of artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto The LORD? Then The chief of The fathers and princes of The tribes of Israel, and The captains of thousands and of hundreds, with The rulers of The King's work, offered willingly, And gave For The service of The house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron. And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to The treasure of The house of The LORD, by The hand of Jehiel The Gershonite. Then The people rejoiced, For that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to The LORD: and David The King also rejoiced with great joy. Wherefore David blessed The LORD before all The congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, For ever and ever. Thine, O LORD, is The greatness, and The power, and The glory, and The victory, and The majesty: For all that is in The heaven and in The earth is thine; thine is The kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all. Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name. But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? For all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee. For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on The earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding. O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house For thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own. I know also, my God, that thou triest The heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As For me, in The uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee. O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this For ever in The imagination of The thoughts of The heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee: And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build The palace, For The which I have made provision. show less

• Joy

Then The people rejoiced, For that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to The LORD: and David The King also rejoiced with great joy.

Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: For thou hast made me King over a people like The dust of The earth in multitude.

And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor The life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge For thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee King:

And The King made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as The sycomore trees that are in The vale For abundance.

• Thankfulness

Huram said moreover, Blessed be The LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David The King a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house For The LORD, and an house For his kingdom.

And Huram made The pots, and The shovels, and The basons. And Huram finished The work that he was to make For King Solomon For The house of God;

The pots also, and The shovels, and The fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to King Solomon For The house of The LORD of bright brass.

Also King Solomon, and all The congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before The ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered For multitude.

• Invention
• Music

And The priests waited on their offices: The Levites also with instruments of musick of The LORD, which David The King had made to praise The LORD, because his mercy endureth For ever, when David praised by their ministry; and The priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.

• Holy
• Ark

And Solomon brought up The daughter of Pharaoh out of The city of David unto The house that he had built For her: For he said, My wife shall not dwell in The house of David King of Israel, because The places are holy, whereunto The ark of The LORD hath come.

Blessed be The LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be King For The LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them For ever, therefore made he thee King over them, to do judgment and justice.

• Music

And The King made of The algum trees terraces to The house of The LORD, and to The King's palace, and harps and psalteries For singers: and there were none such seen before in The land of Judah.

• Ivory
• Commerce
• Silver

For The King's ships went to Tarshish with The servants of Huram: every three years once came The ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

• Cavalry
• Chariot
• Cities

And Solomon had four thousand stalls For horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in The chariot cities, and with The King at Jerusalem.

• Government

So The King hearkened not unto The people: For The cause was of God, that The LORD might perform his word, which he spake by The hand of Ahijah The Shilonite to Jeroboam The son of Nebat.

And Rehoboam made Abijah The son of Maachah The chief, to be ruler among his brethren: For he thought to make him King.

So King Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: For Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, The city which The LORD had chosen out of all The tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.

• Prophets

Therefore The King of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; For God will deliver it into The King's hand.

And The King of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may inquire of The LORD: but I hate him; For he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: The same is Micaiah The son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not The King say so.

And The King of Israel called For one of his officers, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah The son of Imla.

And all The prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramothgilead, and prosper: For The LORD shall deliver it into The hand of The King.

For it came to pass, that, when The captains of The chariots perceived that it was not The King of Israel, they turned back again from pursuing him.

And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote The King of Israel between The joints of The harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of The host; For I am wounded.

And, behold, Amariah The chief priest is over you in all matters of The LORD; and Zebadiah The son of Ishmael, The ruler of The house of Judah, For all The King's matters: also The Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and The LORD shall be with The good.

And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou King Jehoshaphat, Thus saith The LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; For The battle is not yours, but God's.

And The inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son King in his stead: For The band of men that came with The Arabians to The camp had slain all The eldest. So Ahaziah The son of Jehoram King of Judah reigned.

• Kindness
• Love

But Jehoshabeath, The daughter of The King, took Joash The son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among The King's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, The daughter of King Jehoram, The wife of Jehoiada The priest, (For she was The sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.

• Tabernacle
• Temple

And The King called For Jehoiada The chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of The Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem The collection, according to The commandment of Moses The servant of The LORD, and of The congregation of Israel, For The tabernacle of witness?

And when they had finished it, they brought The rest of The money before The King and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels For The house of The LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in The house of The LORD continually all The days of Jehoiada.

But there came a man of God to him, saying, O King, let not The army of Israel go with thee; For The LORD is not with Israel, to wit, with all The children of Ephraim.

• Priest

And they withstood Uzziah The King, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto The LORD, but to The priests The sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of The sanctuary; For thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be For thine honour from The LORD God.

• Sanitation

And Uzziah The King was a leper unto The day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper; For he was cut off from The house of The LORD: and Jotham his son was over The King's house, judging The people of The land.

For The LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz King of Israel; For he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against The LORD.

• Alliances

For Ahaz took away a portion out of The house of The LORD, and out of The house of The King, and of The princes, and gave it unto The King of Assyria: but he helped him not.

And they brought forth The he goats For The sin offering before The King and The congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:

And The priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon The altar, to make an atonement For all Israel: For The King commanded that The burnt offering and The sin offering should be made For all Israel.

• Cymbal

And he set The Levites in The house of The LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to The commandment of David, and of Gad The King's seer, and Nathan The prophet: For so was The commandment of The LORD by his prophets.

• Hezekiah
• King

For The King had taken counsel, and his princes, and all The congregation in Jerusalem, to keep The passover in The second month.

For Hezekiah King of Judah did give to The congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and The princes gave to The congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.

• Joy

So there was great joy in Jerusalem: For since The time of Solomon The son of David King of Israel there was not The like in Jerusalem.

He appointed also The King's portion of his substance For The burnt offerings, to wit, For The morning and evening burnt offerings, and The burnt offerings For The sabbaths, and For The new moons, and For The set feasts, as it is written in The law of The LORD.

After these things, and The establishment thereof, Sennacherib King of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against The fenced cities, and thought to win them For himself.

Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed For The King of Assyria, nor For all The multitude that is with him: For there be more with us than with him:

And For this cause Hezekiah The King, and The prophet Isaiah The son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.

And as For The King of Judah, who sent you to inquire of The LORD, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith The LORD God of Israel concerning The words which thou hast heard;

And Josiah gave to The people, of The flock, lambs and kids, all For The passover offerings, For all that were present, to The number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of The King's substance.

And The singers The sons of Asaph were in their place, according to The commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun The King's seer; and The porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; For their brethren The Levites prepared For them.

But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou King of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against The house wherewith I have war: For God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.

And The archers shot at King Josiah; and The King said to his servants, Have me away; For I am sore wounded.

• Temple

Therefore he brought upon them The King of The Chaldees, who slew their young men with The sword in The house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped For age: he gave them all into his hand.

Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to The chief of The fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: For we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since The days of Esarhaddon King of Assur, which brought us up hither.

Now because we have maintenance from The King's palace, and it was not meet For us to see The King's dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified The King;

Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to The elders of these Jews For The building of this house of God: that of The King's goods, even of The tribute beyond The river, forthwith expences be given unto these men, that they be not hindered.

• Jews
• Backsliders
• Intercession

That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto The God of heaven, and pray For The life of The King, and of his sons.

• Heart
• Joy

And kept The feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: For The LORD had made them joyful, and turned The heart of The King of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in The work of The house of God, The God of Israel.

And whatsoever more shall be needful For The house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of The King's treasure house.

Whatsoever is commanded by The God of heaven, let it be diligently done For The house of The God of heaven: For why should there be wrath against The realm of The King and his sons?

• Faith
• Faith
• Power

For I was ashamed to require of The King a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against The enemy in The way: because we had spoken unto The King, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them For good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.

• Nehemiah
• Blessing

O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to The prayer of thy servant, and to The prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in The sight of this man. For I was The King's cupbearer.

• Nehemiah
• Patriotism

And said unto The King, Let The King live For ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when The city, The place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and The gates thereof are consumed with fire?

• Nehemiah
• Blessing
• Malice

Then The King said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to The God of heaven.

• Malice

And The King said unto me, (The queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased The King to send me; and I set him a time.

And a letter unto Asaph The keeper of The King's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams For The gates of The palace which appertained to The house, and For The wall of The city, and For The house that I shall enter into. And The King granted me, according to The good hand of my God upon me.

Then I went on to The gate of The fountain, and to The King's pool: but there was no place For The beast that was under me to pass.

Then I told them of The hand of my God which was good upon me; as also The King's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands For this good work.

There were also that said, We have borrowed money For The King's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.

Wherein was written, It is reported among The heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and The Jews think to rebel: For which cause thou buildest The wall, that thou mayest be their King, according to these words.

For it was The King's commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be For The singers, due For every day.

But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: For in The two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes King of Babylon came I unto The King, and after certain days obtained I leave of The King:

• Wine

And The drinking was according to The law; none did compel: For so The King had appointed to all The officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.

• Food

Also Vashti The queen made a feast For The women in The royal house which belonged to King Ahasuerus.

• Vashti
• Beauty

To bring Vashti The queen before The King with The crown royal, to shew The people and The princes her beauty: For she was fair to look on.

Then The King said to The wise men, which knew The times, (For so was The King's manner toward all that knew law and judgment:

For this deed of The queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The King Ahasuerus commanded Vashti The queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.

And when The King's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (For it is great,) all The wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.

For he sent letters into all The King's provinces, into every province according to The writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to The language of every people.

Then said The King's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought For The King:

• Lasciviousness

And let The King appoint officers in all The provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all The fair young virgins unto Shushan The palace, to The house of The women, unto The custody of Hege The King's chamberlain, keeper of The women; and let their things For purification be given them:

• Seven

And The maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things For purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of The King's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto The best place of The house of The women.

• Purification

Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to King Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to The manner of The women, (For so were The days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things For The purifying of The women;)

Now when The turn of Esther, The daughter of Abihail The uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her For his daughter, was come to go in unto The King, she required nothing but what Hegai The King's chamberlain, The keeper of The women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in The sight of all them that looked upon her.

And all The King's servants, that were in The King's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: For The King had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence.

• Falsehood

And Haman said unto King Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among The people in all The provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they The King's laws: therefore it is not For The King's profit to suffer them.

• Mail

And The letters were sent by posts into all The King's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon The thirteenth day of The twelfth month, which is The month Adar, and to take The spoil of them For a prey.

And came even before The King's gate: For none might enter into The King's gate clothed with sackcloth.

• Courage

Then called Esther For Hatach, one of The King's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.

• Courage

And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of The sum of The money that Haman had promised to pay to The King's treasuries For The Jews, to destroy them.

• Courage

Also he gave him The copy of The writing of The decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto The King, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him For her people.

• Courage
• ESTHER
• Decision

Go, gather together all The Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye For me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto The King, which is not according to The law: and if I perish, I perish.

And Esther answered, If it seem good unto The King, let The King and Haman come this day unto The banquet that I have prepared For him.

• Esther
• Indecision
• Esther

If I have found favour in The sight of The King, and if it please The King to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let The King and Haman come to The banquet that I shall prepare For them, and I will do to morrow as The King hath said.

Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in The King's gate, that he stood not up, nor moved For him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.

And The King said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai For this? Then said The King's servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done For him.

And The King said, Who is in The court? Now Haman was come into The outward court of The King's house, to speak unto The King to hang Mordecai on The gallows that he had prepared For him.

And Haman answered The King, For The man whom The King delighteth to honour,

• Servant

For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold For bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although The enemy could not countervail The King's damage.

• Anger

And The King arising from The banquet of wine in his wrath went into The palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request For his life to Esther The queen; For he saw that there was evil determined against him by The King.

And Harbonah, one of The chamberlains, said before The King, Behold also, The gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made For Mordecai, who had spoken good For The King, standeth in The house of Haman. Then The King said, Hang him thereon.

• Haman
• Homicide
• Joy

So they hanged Haman on The gallows that he had prepared For Mordecai. Then was The King's wrath pacified.

On that day did The King Ahasuerus give The house of Haman The Jews' enemy unto Esther The queen. And Mordecai came before The King; For Esther had told what he was unto her.

• Seal

Write ye also For The Jews, as it liketh you, in The King's name, and seal it with The King's ring: For The writing which is written in The King's name, and sealed with The King's ring, may no man reverse.

Wherein The King granted The Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand For their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all The power of The people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take The spoil of them For a prey,

• Feasts

And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever The King's commandment and his decree came, The Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of The people of The land became Jews; For The fear of The Jews fell upon them.

The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all The provinces of The King Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; For The fear of them fell upon all people.

For Mordecai was great in The King's house, and his fame went out throughout all The provinces: For this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.

But The other Jews that were in The King's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood For their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on The prey,

• King
• Mordecai
• Peace

For Mordecai The Jew was next unto King Ahasuerus, and great among The Jews, and accepted of The multitude of his brethren, seeking The wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.

Hearken unto The voice of my cry, my King, and my God: For unto thee will I pray.

The LORD is King For ever and ever: The heathen are perished out of his land.

For The King trusteth in The LORD, and through The mercy of The most High he shall not be moved.

The LORD sitteth upon The flood; yea, The LORD sitteth King For ever.

{To The chief Musician upon Shoshannim, For The sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves.} My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of The things which I have made touching The King: my tongue is The pen of a ready writer.

So shall The King greatly desire thy beauty: For he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.

For The LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all The earth.

For God is The King of all The earth: sing ye praises with understanding.

Beautiful For situation, The joy of The whole earth, is mount Zion, on The sides of The north, The city of The great King.

{A Psalm For Solomon.} Give The King thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto The King's son.

For God is my King of old, working salvation in The midst of The earth.

Yea, The sparrow hath found an house, and The swallow a nest For herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

• Church
• Shield

For The LORD is our defence; and The Holy One of Israel is our King.

For The LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.

Sihon King of The Amorites: For his mercy endureth For ever:

And Og The King of Bashan: For his mercy endureth For ever:

• Pure
• Heart

He that loveth pureness of heart, For The grace of his lips The King shall be his friend.

The King that faithfully judgeth The poor, his throne shall be established For ever.

And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: For what can The man do that cometh after The King? even that which hath been already done.

Moreover The profit of The earth is For all: The King himself is served by The field.

Blessed art thou, O land, when thy King is The son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, For strength, and not For drunkenness!

Curse not The King, no not in thy thought; and curse not The rich in thy bedchamber: For a bird of The air shall carry The voice, and that which hath wings shall tell The matter.

• Isaiah
• Humility

Then said I, Woe is me! For I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in The midst of a people of unclean lips: For mine eyes have seen The King, The LORD of hosts.

Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein For us, and set a King in The midst of it, even The son of Tabeal:

For before The child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, The riches of Damascus and The spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before The King of Assyria.

And The inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee For help to be delivered from The King of Assyria: and how shall we escape?

For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, For The King it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: The pile thereof is fire and much wood; The breath of The LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

• Lawgiver

For The LORD is our judge, The LORD is our lawgiver, The LORD is our King; he will save us.

Thus saith The King, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: For he shall not be able to deliver you.

Hearken not to Hezekiah: For thus saith The King of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one The waters of his own cistern;

But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: For The King's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

It may be The LORD thy God will hear The words of Rabshakeh, whom The King of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach The living God, and will reprove The words which The LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer For The remnant that is left.

So Rabshakeh returned, and found The King of Assyria warring against Libnah: For he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

At that time Merodachbaladan, The son of Baladan, King of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: For he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered.

Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? For to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all The wise men of The nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.

Say unto The King and to The queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: For your principalities shall come down, even The crown of your glory.

And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of The earth, because of Manasseh The son of Hezekiah King of Judah, For that which he did in Jerusalem.

For thus saith The LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by The sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into The hand of The King of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with The sword.

Inquire, I pray thee, of The LORD For us; For Nebuchadrezzar King of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that The LORD will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.

For I have set my face against this city For evil, and not For good, saith The LORD: it shall be given into The hand of The King of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

For thus saith The LORD unto The King's house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and The head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited.

For thus saith The LORD touching Shallum The son of Josiah King of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more:

• Lamentations
• Mourning

Therefore thus saith The LORD concerning Jehoiakim The son of Josiah King of Judah; They shall not lament For him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament For him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!

And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish The King of Babylon, and that nation, saith The LORD, For their iniquity, and The land of The Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.

• Temple

Therefore hearken not unto The words of The prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve The King of Babylon: For they prophesy a lie unto you. For I have not sent them, saith The LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and The prophets that prophesy unto you.

And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah The son of Jehoiakim King of Judah, with all The captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith The LORD: For I will break The yoke of The King of Babylon.

For thus saith The LORD of hosts, The God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon The neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him The beasts of The field also.

• Persecution
• Prisoners

For then The King of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah The prophet was shut up in The court of The prison, which was in The King of Judah's house.

For Zedekiah King of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith The LORD, Behold, I will give this city into The hand of The King of Babylon, and he shall take it;

When The King of Babylon's army fought against Jerusalem, and against all The cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: For these defenced cities remained of The cities of Judah.

But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar King of Babylon came up into The land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem For fear of The army of The Chaldeans, and For fear of The army of The Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem.

• Intercession

And Zedekiah The King sent Jehucal The son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah The son of Maaseiah The priest to The prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto The LORD our God For us.

Then Zedekiah The King sent, and took him out: and The King asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from The LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: For, said he, thou shalt be delivered into The hand of The King of Babylon.

Therefore The princes said unto The King, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: For thus he weakeneth The hands of The men of war that remain in this city, and The hands of all The people, in speaking such words unto them: For this man seeketh not The welfare of this people, but The hurt.

Then Zedekiah The King said, Behold, he is in your hand: For The King is not he that can do any thing against you.

My lord The King, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah The prophet, whom they have cast into The dungeon; and he is like to die For hunger in The place where he is: For there is no more bread in The city.

Then came all The princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that The King had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; For The matter was not perceived.

Now The pit wherein Ishmael had cast all The dead bodies of The men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa The King had made For fear of Baasha King of Israel: and Ishmael The son of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain.

Because of The Chaldeans: For they were afraid of them, because Ishmael The son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah The son of Ahikam, whom The King of Babylon made governor in The land.

Be not afraid of The King of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith The LORD: For I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.

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.

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.

For through The anger of The LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against The King of Babylon.

And For his diet, there was a continual diet given him of The King of Babylon, every day a portion until The day of his death, all The days of his life.

For The King of Babylon stood at The parting of The way, at The head of The two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in The liver.

For thus saith The Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar King of Babylon, a King of kings, from The north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people.

Speak, and say, Thus saith The Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh King of Egypt, The great dragon that lieth in The midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it For myself.

Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar King of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, For Tyrus, For The service that he had served against it:

Therefore thus saith The Lord GOD; Behold, I will give The land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar King of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be The wages For his army.

Son of man, take up a lamentation For Pharaoh King of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of The nations, and thou art as a whale in The seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst The waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.

For thus saith The Lord GOD; The sword of The King of Babylon shall come upon thee.

• Government

And The prince of The eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord The King, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: For why should he see your faces worse liking than The children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to The King.

• Sorcery

Then The King commanded to call The magicians, and The astrologers, and The sorcerers, and The Chaldeans, For to shew The King his dreams. So they came and stood before The King.

• Daniel
• Dream
• King

Then spake The Chaldeans to The King in Syriack, O King, live For ever: tell thy servants The dream, and we will shew The interpretation.

For this cause The King was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all The wise men of Babylon.

• Daniel
• Thankfulness
• Thankfulness

I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: For thou hast now made known unto us The King's matter.

But as For me, this secret is not revealed to me For any wisdom that I have more than any living, but For their sakes that shall make known The interpretation to The King, and that thou mightest know The thoughts of thy heart.

• Glory

Thou, O King, art a King of kings: For The God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.

They spake and said to The King Nebuchadnezzar, O King, live For ever.

This dream I King Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare The interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all The wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me The interpretation: but thou art able; For The spirit of The holy gods is in thee.

Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied For one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The King spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not The dream, or The interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, The dream be to them that hate thee, and The interpretation thereof to thine enemies.

It is thou, O King, that art grown and become strong: For thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to The end of The earth.

• Nebuchadnezzar
• Self-exaltation

The King spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built For The house of The kingdom by The might of my power, and For The honour of my majesty?

Now The queen, by reason of The words of The King and his lords, came into The banquet house: and The queen spake and said, O King, live For ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed:

• King

Then these presidents and princes assembled together to The King, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live For ever.

• Flattery
• Rulers

All The presidents of The kingdom, The governors, and The princes, The counsellers, and The captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man For thirty days, save of thee, O King, he shall be cast into The den of lions.

• King

Then said Daniel unto The King, O King, live For ever.

Then was The King exceeding glad For him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of The den. So Daniel was taken up out of The den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.

And in The end of years they shall join themselves together; For The King's daughter of The south shall come to The King of The north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain The power of The arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.

For The King of The north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than The former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches.

And he shall stir up his power and his courage against The King of The south with a great army; and The King of The south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: For they shall forecast devices against him.

And The King shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against The God of gods, and shall prosper till The indignation be accomplished: For that that is determined shall be done.

For The children of Israel shall abide many days without a King, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:

Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of The King; For judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

Yea, though they have hired among The nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little For The burden of The King of princes.

For now they shall say, We have no King, because we feared not The LORD; what then should a King do to us?

As For Samaria, her King is cut off as The foam upon The water.

Thus saith The LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and For four, I will not turn away The punishment thereof; because he burned The bones of The King of Edom into lime:

But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: For it is The King's chapel, and it is The King's court.

For word came unto The King of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; For her expectation shall be ashamed; and The King shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

For I will no more pity The inhabitants of The land, saith The LORD: but, lo, I will deliver The men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into The hand of his King: and they shall smite The land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.

• Earthquakes

And ye shall flee to The valley of The mountains; For The valley of The mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before The earthquake in The days of Uzziah King of Judah: and The LORD my God shall come, and all The saints with thee.

But cursed be The deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto The Lord a corrupt thing: For I am a great King, saith The LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among The heathen.

Saying, Where is he that is born King of The Jews? For we have seen his star in The east, and are come to worship him.

• FOOTSTOOL
• Stool

Nor by The earth; For it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; For it is The city of The great King.

And The King was sorry: nevertheless For The oath's sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her.

• Marriage

The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain King, which made a marriage For his son,

Then shall The King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit The kingdom prepared For you from The foundation of The world:

• Conviction
• Superstition

And King Herod heard of him; (For his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John The Baptist was risen from The dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.

And The King was exceeding sorry; yet For his oath's sake, and For their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.

Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a King then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a King. To this end was I born, and For this cause came I into The world, that I should bear witness unto The truth. Every one that is of The truth heareth my voice.

I think myself happy, King Agrippa, because I shall answer For myself this day before thee touching all The things whereof I am accused of The Jews:

Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, King Agrippa, I am accused of The Jews.

For The King knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely: For I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; For this thing was not done in a corner.

Now unto The King eternal, immortal, invisible, The only wise God, be honour and glory For ever and ever. Amen.

For this Melchisedec, King of Salem, priest of The most high God, who met Abraham returning from The slaughter of The kings, and blessed him;

By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing The wrath of The King: For he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man For The Lord's sake: whether it be to The King, as supreme;

• Call
• Faithful
• Character

These shall make war with The Lamb, and The Lamb shall overcome them: For he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.