1 Kings
1 Kings 15
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1 Kings 15 — Scripture text (King James Version)
Now in the eighteenth year of king the son of reigned over . Three years reigned he in . And his mother’s name was , the daughter of . And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of his father. Nevertheless for ’s sake did the LORD his God give him a in , to set up his son after him, and to establish : Because did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of the . And there was war between and all the days of his life. Now the rest of the acts of , and all that he did, are they not of the chronicles of the kings of ? And there was war between and . And slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of : and his son reigned in his stead. And in the twentieth year of king of reigned over . And forty and one years reigned he in . And his mother’s name was , the daughter of . And did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did his father. And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. And also his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook . But the high places were not removed: nevertheless ’s heart was perfect with the LORD all his days. And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the LORD, silver, and gold, and vessels. And there was war between and king of all their days. And king of went up against , and built , that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to king of . Then took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king sent them to -hadad, the son of , the son of , king of , that dwelt at , saying, There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with king of , that he may depart from me. So -hadad hearkened unto king , and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of , and smote , and , and -beth-maachah, and all , with all the land of . And it came to pass, when heard thereof, that he left off building of , and dwelt in . Then king made a proclamation throughout all ; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of , and the timber thereof, wherewith had builded; and king built with them Geba of , and . The rest of all the acts of , and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not of the chronicles of the kings of ? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet. And slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of his father: and his son reigned in his stead. And the son of began to reign over in the second year of king of , and reigned over two years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made to sin. And the son of , of the house of , conspired against him; and smote him at , which belonged to the ; for and all laid siege to . Even in the third year of king of did slay him, and reigned in his stead. And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of ; he left not to any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake by his servant the : Because of the sins of which he sinned, and which he made sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of to anger. Now the rest of the acts of , and all that he did, are they not of the chronicles of the kings of ? And there was war between and king of all their days. In the third year of king of began the son of to reign over all in , twenty and four years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of , and in his sin wherewith he made to sin.