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Ärende: Bible Reading for June 21 [1/2]
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From: "Bob Hoffman" <bhoffman@fmlynet.org>

CHAPTER 20
1 Kings 20:1
1 And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were
thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and
besieged  Samaria,  and warred  against it. 1 Kings 20:2
2 And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto
him, Thus saith Benhadad,
1 Kings 20:3
3 Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the
goodliest, are mine.
1 Kings 20:4
4 And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy
saying, I am thine, and all that I have. 1 Kings 20:5
5 And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Benhadad, saying,
Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and
thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children; 1 Kings 20:6
6 Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they
shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that
whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take
it away.
1 Kings 20:7
7 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.
1 Kings 20:8
8 And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him,
nor consent.
1 Kings 20:9
9 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.
1 Kings 20:10
10 And Benhadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also,
if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that
follow me.
1 Kings 20:11
11 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth
on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off. 1 Kings 20:12
12 And it came to pass, when Benhadad heard this message, as he was drinking,
he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set
yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against the city. 1 Kings
20:13
13 And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus
saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver
 it into thine hand  this day;  and thou shalt know  that I am the LORD.
1 Kings 20:14
14 And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Even by the young
men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle?
And he answered, Thou.
1 Kings 20:15
15 Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they
were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people,
even all the children of Israel,  being seven  thousand. 1 Kings 20:16
16 And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the
pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him. 1 Kings
20:17
17 And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and
Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of
Samaria.
1 Kings 20:18
18 And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether
they be come out for war, take them alive. 1 Kings 20:19
19 So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and
the army which followed them.
1 Kings 20:20
20 And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued
them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen. 1
Kings 20:21
21 And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew
the Syrians with a great slaughter. 1 Kings 20:22
22 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. 1 Kings 20:23
23 And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of
the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them
in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger  than they. 1 Kings 20:24
24 And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put
captains in their rooms:
1 Kings 20:25
25 And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse,
and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and
surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened  unto their voice,  and
did so.
1 Kings 20:26
26 And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad numbered the
Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel. 1 Kings 20:27
27 And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went
against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little
flocks of kids; but the Syrians  filled  the country. 1 Kings 20:28
28 And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said,
Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God  of the
hills,  but he is not God  of the valleys,  therefore will I deliver  all this
great  multitude  into thine hand,  and ye shall know  that I am the LORD.
1 Kings 20:29
29 And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that
in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew  of
the Syrians  an hundred  thousand  footmen  in one  day. 1 Kings 20:30
30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty
and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Benhadad fled,  and came 
into the city,  into an inner  chamber. 1 Kings 20:31
31 And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of
the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on
our loins, and ropes upon our heads,  and go out  to the king of Israel: 
peradventure he will save  thy life. 1 Kings 20:32
32 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and
came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Benhadad saith, I pray thee,
let me live.  And he said,  Is he yet alive?  he is my brother. 1 Kings 20:33
33 Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him,
and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother Benhadad. Then he said, Go
ye, bring him. Then Benhadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up 
into the chariot.
1 Kings 20:34
34 And Benhadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy
father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my
father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away  with this
covenant.  So he made  a covenant  with him, and sent him away. 1 Kings 20:35
35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the
word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.
1 Kings 20:36
36 Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD,
behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as
soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him. 1 Kings 20:37
37 Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man
smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him. 1 Kings 20:38
38 So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised
himself with ashes upon his face. 1 Kings 20:39
39 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.
1 Kings 20:40
40 And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of
Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it. 1
Kings 20:41
41 And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel
discerned him that he was of the prophets. 1 Kings 20:42
42 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of
thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall
go for his life, and thy people for his people. 1 Kings 20:43
43 And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to
Samaria.
CHAPTER 21
1 Kings 21:1
1 And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a
vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. 1
Kings 21:2
2 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it
for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee
for it a better  vineyard  than it; or, if it seem good  to thee,  I will give 
thee the worth  of it in money. 1 Kings 21:3
3 And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the
inheritance of my fathers unto thee. 1 Kings 21:4
4 And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which
Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee
the inheritance of my fathers.  And he laid him down  upon his bed,  and turned
away  his face,  and would eat  no bread. 1 Kings 21:5
5 But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so
sad, that thou eatest no bread?
1 Kings 21:6
6 And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said
unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will
give thee another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give  thee my
vineyard.
1 Kings 21:7
7 And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of
Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee
the vineyard  of Naboth  the Jezreelite. 1 Kings 21:8
8 So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent
the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling
with Naboth.
1 Kings 21:9
9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high
among the people:
1 Kings 21:10
10 And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him,
saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and
stone him, that he may die.
1 Kings 21:11
11 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the
inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was
written in the letters which she had sent  unto them. 1 Kings 21:12
12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. 1 Kings
21:13
13 And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the
men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of
the people, saying, Naboth  did blaspheme  God  and the king. Then they carried
him forth  out  of the city,  and stoned  him with stones, that he died.
1 Kings 21:14
14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead. 1 Kings
21:15
15 And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was
dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of
Naboth the Jezreelite,  which he refused  to give  thee for money:  for Naboth 
is not alive,  but dead.
1 Kings 21:16
16 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up
to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
1 Kings 21:17
17 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 1 Kings 21:18
18 Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he
is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it. 1 Kings
21:19
19 And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou
killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus
saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked  the blood  of Naboth shall dogs
 lick  thy blood,  even thine. 1 Kings 21:20
20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered,
I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of
the LORD.
1 Kings 21:21
21 Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and
will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut
up and left in Israel,
1 Kings 21:22
22 And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and
like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou
hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel  to sin. 1 Kings 21:23
23 And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by
the wall of Jezreel.
1 Kings 21:24
24 Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in
the field shall the fowls of the air eat. 1 Kings 21:25
25 But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness
in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up. 1 Kings 21:26
26 And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as
did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. 1 Kings
21:27
27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes,
and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went
softly.
1 Kings 21:28
28 And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 1 Kings 21:29
29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself
before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son's days will I
bring  the evil  upon his house. CHAPTER 22
1 Kings 22:1
1 And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel. 1 Kings
22:2
2 And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah
came down to the king of Israel.
1 Kings 22:3
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?
1 Kings 22:4
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. 1 Kings 22:5
5 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the
word of the LORD to day.
1 Kings 22:6
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.
1 Kings 22:7
7 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that
we might enquire of him?
1 Kings 22:8
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. 1 Kings 22:9
9 Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah
the son of Imlah.
1 Kings 22:10
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. 1 Kings 22:11
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.
1 Kings 22:12
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. 1 Kings 22:13
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.
1 Kings 22:14
14 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will
I speak.
1 Kings 22:15
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. 1
Kings 22:16
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? 1 Kings 22:17
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. 1 Kings 22:18
18 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he
would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil? 1 Kings 22:19
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.
1 Kings 22:20
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. 1
Kings 22:21
21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will
persuade him.
1 Kings 22:22
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. 1 Kings 22:23
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. 1 Kings
22:24
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?
1 Kings 22:25
25 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go
into an inner chamber to hide thyself. 1 Kings 22:26
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; 1 Kings 22:27
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.
1 Kings 22:28
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. 1 Kings 22:29
29 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to
Ramothgilead.
1 Kings 22:30
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. 1 Kings 22:31
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.
1 Kings 22:32
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. 1 Kings 22:33
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. 1 Kings 22:34
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. 1
Kings 22:35
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. 1 Kings 22:36
36 And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of

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