1 Kings 15.0:

1 Kings 15.1: 1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah.

1 Kings 15.2: 2 He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

1 Kings 15.3: 3 He walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not perfect with Yahweh his God, as the heart of David his father.

1 Kings 15.4: 4 Nevertheless for David’s sake, Yahweh his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem;

1 Kings 15.5: 5 because David did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, and didn’t turn away from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

1 Kings 15.6: 6 Now there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.

1 Kings 15.7: 7 The rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? There was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

1 Kings 15.8: 8 Abijam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in David’s city; and Asa his son reigned in his place.

1 Kings 15.9: 9 In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa began to reign over Judah.

1 Kings 15.10: 10 He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.

1 Kings 15.11: 11 Asa did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, as David his father did.

1 Kings 15.12: 12 He put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

1 Kings 15.13: 13 He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah. Asa cut down her image and burned it at the brook Kidron.

1 Kings 15.14: 14 But the high places were not taken away. Nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with Yahweh all his days.

1 Kings 15.15: 15 He brought into Yahweh’s house the things that his father had dedicated, and the things that he himself had dedicated: silver, gold, and utensils.

1 Kings 15.16: 16 There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

1 Kings 15.17: 17 Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not allow anyone to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

1 Kings 15.18: 18 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that was left in the treasures of Yahweh’s house, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered it into the hand of his servants. Then King Asa sent them to Ben Hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who lived at Damascus, saying,

1 Kings 15.19: 19 “There is a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent to you a present of silver and gold. Go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.”

1 Kings 15.20: 20 Ben Hadad listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel, and struck Ijon, and Dan, and Abel Beth Maacah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.

1 Kings 15.21: 21 When Baasha heard of it, he stopped building Ramah, and lived in Tirzah.

1 Kings 15.22: 22 Then king Asa made a proclamation to all Judah. No one was exempted. They carried away the stones of Ramah, and its timber, with which Baasha had built; and king Asa used it to build Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.

1 Kings 15.23: 23 Now the rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.

1 Kings 15.24: 24 Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in his father David’s city; and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.

1 Kings 15.25: 25 Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah; and he reigned over Israel two years.

1 Kings 15.26: 26 He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin with which he made Israel to sin.

1 Kings 15.27: 27 Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha struck him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel were besieging Gibbethon.

1 Kings 15.28: 28 Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha killed him, and reigned in his place.

1 Kings 15.29: 29 As soon as he was king, he struck all the house of Jeroboam. He didn’t leave to Jeroboam any who breathed, until he had destroyed him; according to the saying of Yahweh, which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite;

1 Kings 15.30: 30 for the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and with which he made Israel to sin, because of his provocation with which he provoked Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger.

1 Kings 15.31: 31 Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

1 Kings 15.32: 32 There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

1 Kings 15.33: 33 In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah began to reign over all Israel in Tirzah for twenty-four years.

1 Kings 15.34: 34 He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin with which he made Israel to sin.

1 Kings 19.0:

1 Kings 19.1: 1 Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.

1 Kings 19.2: 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I don’t make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time!”

1 Kings 19.3: 3 When he saw that, he arose, and ran for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.

1 Kings 19.4: 4 But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree. Then he requested for himself that he might die, and said, “It is enough. Now, O Yahweh, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.”

1 Kings 19.5: 5 He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, “Arise and eat!”

1 Kings 19.6: 6 He looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on the coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank, and lay down again.

1 Kings 19.7: 7 Yahweh’s angel came again the second time, and touched him, and said, “Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.”

1 Kings 19.8: 8 He arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, God’s Mountain.

1 Kings 19.9: 9 He came to a cave there, and camped there; and behold, Yahweh’s word came to him, and he said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

1 Kings 19.10: 10 He said, “I have been very jealous for Yahweh, the God of Armies; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”

1 Kings 19.11: 11 He said, “Go out, and stand on the mountain before Yahweh.”

Behold, Yahweh passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before Yahweh; but Yahweh was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake; but Yahweh was not in the earthquake.

1 Kings 19.12: 12 After the earthquake a fire passed; but Yahweh was not in the fire. After the fire, there was a still small voice.

1 Kings 19.13: 13 When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle, went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. Behold, a voice came to him, and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

1 Kings 19.14: 14 He said, “I have been very jealous for Yahweh, the God of Armies; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”

1 Kings 19.15: 15 Yahweh said to him, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. When you arrive, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.

1 Kings 19.16: 16 Anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi to be king over Israel; and anoint Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah to be prophet in your place.

1 Kings 19.17: 17 He who escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu will kill; and he who escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha will kill.

1 Kings 19.18: 18 Yet I reserved seven thousand in Israel, all the knees of which have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth which has not kissed him.”

1 Kings 19.19: 19 So he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth. Elijah went over to him, and put his mantle on him.

1 Kings 19.20: 20 Elisha left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, “Let me please kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.”

He said to him, “Go back again; for what have I done to you?”

1 Kings 19.21: 21 He returned from following him, and took the yoke of oxen, and killed them, and boiled their meat with the instruments of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they ate. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and served him.

1 Kings 21.0:

1 Kings 21.1: 1 After these things, Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.

1 Kings 21.2: 2 Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, “Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near my house; and I will give you for it a better vineyard than it. Or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its worth in money.”

1 Kings 21.3: 3 Naboth said to Ahab, “May Yahweh forbid me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you!”

1 Kings 21.4: 4 Ahab came into his house sullen and angry because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He laid himself down on 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 to him, “Why is your spirit so sad, that you eat no bread?”

1 Kings 21.6: 6 He said to her, “Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite, and said to him, ‘Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if it pleases you, I will give you another vineyard for it.’ He answered, ‘I will not give you my vineyard.’”

1 Kings 21.7: 7 Jezebel his wife said to him, “Do you now govern the kingdom of Israel? Arise, and eat bread, and let your heart be merry. I will give you 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 to the elders and to the nobles who were in his city, who lived with Naboth.

1 Kings 21.9: 9 She wrote in the letters, saying, “Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

1 Kings 21.10: 10 Set two men, wicked fellows, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, ‘You cursed God and the king!’ Then carry him out, and stone him to death.”

1 Kings 21.11: 11 The men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had instructed them in the letters which she had written and sent to them.

1 Kings 21.12: 12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

1 Kings 21.13: 13 The two men, the wicked fellows, came in and sat before him. The wicked fellows testified against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king!” Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him to death with stones.

1 Kings 21.14: 14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, “Naboth has been stoned, and is dead.”

1 Kings 21.15: 15 When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned, and was dead, Jezebel said to Ahab, “Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.”

1 Kings 21.16: 16 When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.

1 Kings 21.17: 17 Yahweh’s word came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

1 Kings 21.18: 18 “Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who dwells in Samaria. Behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone down to take possession of it.

1 Kings 21.19: 19 You shall speak to him, saying, ‘Yahweh says, “Have you killed and also taken possession?”’ You shall speak to him, saying, ‘Yahweh says, “In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs will lick your blood, even yours.”’”

1 Kings 21.20: 20 Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, my enemy?”

He answered, “I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do that which is evil in Yahweh’s sight.

1 Kings 21.21: 21 Behold, I will bring evil on you, and will utterly sweep you away and will cut off from Ahab everyone who urinates against a wall, and him who is shut up and him who is left at large in Israel.

1 Kings 21.22: 22 I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah for the provocation with which you have provoked me to anger, and have made Israel to sin.”

1 Kings 21.23: 23 Yahweh also spoke of Jezebel, saying, “The dogs will eat Jezebel by the rampart of Jezreel.

1 Kings 21.24: 24 The dogs will eat he who dies of Ahab in the city; and the birds of the sky will eat he who dies in the field.”

1 Kings 21.25: 25 But there was no one like Ahab, who sold himself to do that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.

1 Kings 21.26: 26 He did very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites did, whom Yahweh cast out before the children of Israel.

1 Kings 21.27: 27 When Ahab heard those words, he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

1 Kings 21.28: 28 Yahweh’s word came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

1 Kings 21.29: 29 “See how Ahab humbles himself before me? Because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but I will bring the evil on his house in his son’s day.”

Psalms 141.0:

141

A Psalm by David.

Psalms 141.1: 1 Yahweh, I have called on you.

Come to me quickly!

Listen to my voice when I call to you.

Psalms 141.2: 2 Let my prayer be set before you like incense;

the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.

Psalms 141.3: 3 Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth.

Keep the door of my lips.

Psalms 141.4: 4 Don’t incline my heart to any evil thing,

to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity.

Don’t let me eat of their delicacies.

Psalms 141.5: 5 Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness;

let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head;

don’t let my head refuse it;

Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.

Psalms 141.6: 6 Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock.

They will hear my words, for they are well spoken.

Psalms 141.7: 7 “As when one plows and breaks up the earth,

our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.”

Psalms 141.8: 8 For my eyes are on you, Yahweh, the Lord.

In you, I take refuge.

Don’t leave my soul destitute.

Psalms 141.9: 9 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me,

from the traps of the workers of iniquity.

Psalms 141.10: 10 Let the wicked fall together into their own nets

while I pass by.

Nahum 1.0:

Nahum 1.1: 1 A revelation about Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

Nahum 1.2: 2 Yahweh is a jealous God and avenges. Yahweh avenges and is full of wrath. Yahweh takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he maintains wrath against his enemies.

Nahum 1.3: 3 Yahweh is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. Yahweh has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

Nahum 1.4: 4 He rebukes the sea, and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers. Bashan languishes, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languishes.

Nahum 1.5: 5 The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt away. The earth trembles at his presence, yes, the world, and all who dwell in it.

Nahum 1.6: 6 Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the fierceness of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him.

Nahum 1.7: 7 Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knows those who take refuge in him.

Nahum 1.8: 8 But with an overflowing flood, he will make a full end of her place, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.

Nahum 1.9: 9 What do you plot against Yahweh? He will make a full end. Affliction won’t rise up the second time.

Nahum 1.10: 10 For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly like dry stubble.

Nahum 1.11: 11 There is one gone out of you, who devises evil against Yahweh, who counsels wickedness.

Nahum 1.12: 12 Yahweh says: “Though they be in full strength, and likewise many, even so they will be cut down, and he shall pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more.

Nahum 1.13: 13 Now I will break his yoke from off you, and will burst your bonds apart.”

Nahum 1.14: 14 Yahweh has commanded concerning you: “No more descendants will bear your name. Out of the house of your gods, I will cut off the engraved image and the molten image. I will make your grave, for you are vile.”

Nahum 1.15: 15 Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace! Keep your feasts, Judah! Perform your vows, for the wicked one will no more pass through you. He is utterly cut off.