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1 Kings · read by Carter Conlon
157 verses, in order. Only the verses Carter read aloud are shown.
1 Kings 1
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Now King David was old and well along in years, and though they covered him with blankets, he could not keep warm.Read from KJV · Joab, Abiathar, and Adonijah
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At that time Adonijah, David's son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, "I will be king!" And he acquired chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run ahead of him.Read from KJV · Joab, Abiathar, and Adonijah
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(His father had never once reprimanded him by saying, "Why do you act this way?" Adonijah was also very handsome, born next after Absalom.)Read from KJV · Joab, Abiathar, and Adonijah
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So Adonijah conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, who supported him.Read from KJV · Joab, Abiathar, and Adonijah
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But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David's mighty men would not join Adonijah.Read from KJV · Joab, Abiathar, and Adonijah
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And Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen, and fattened calves near the stone of Zoheleth, which is next to En-rogel. He invited all his royal brothers and all the men of Judah who were servants of the king.Read from KJV · Joab, Abiathar, and Adonijah
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But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the mighty men, or his brother Solomon.Read from KJV · Joab, Abiathar, and Adonijah
1 Kings 2
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Then King Solomon swore by the LORD: "May God punish me, and ever so severely, if Adonijah has not made this request at the expense of his life.Read from KJV · Joab, Abiathar, and Adonijah
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And now, as surely as the LORD lives—the One who established me, who set me on the throne of my father David, and who founded for me a dynasty as He promised—surely Adonijah shall be put to death today!"Read from NASB1995 · Joab, Abiathar, and Adonijah
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So King Solomon sent the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who struck down Adonijah, and he died.Read from KJV · Joab, Abiathar, and Adonijah
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Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, "Go back to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, since you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and you suffered through all that my father suffered."Read from KJV · Joab, Abiathar, and Adonijah
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So Solomon banished Abiathar from the priesthood of the LORD and thus fulfilled the word that the LORD had spoken at Shiloh against the house of Eli.Read from KJV · Joab, Abiathar, and Adonijah
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When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.Read from KJV · Joab, Abiathar, and Adonijah
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It was reported to King Solomon: "Joab has fled to the tent of the LORD and is now beside the altar." So Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, "Go, strike him down!"Read from KJV · Joab, Abiathar, and Adonijah
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And Benaiah entered the tent of the LORD and said to Joab, "The king says, 'Come out!'" But Joab replied, "No, I will die here." So Benaiah relayed the message to the king, saying, "This is how Joab answered me."Read from KJV · Joab, Abiathar, and Adonijah
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And the king replied, "Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and from the house of my father the innocent blood that Joab shed.Read from KJV · Joab, Abiathar, and Adonijah
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The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel's army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah's army.Read from KJV · Joab, Abiathar, and Adonijah
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So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up, struck down Joab, and killed him. He was buried at his own home in the wilderness.Read from KJV · Joab, Abiathar, and Adonijah
1 Kings 3
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Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his palace and the house of the LORD, as well as the wall around Jerusalem.Read from KJV · The Candlestick - Sardis (The Congregation of the Dead)
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The people, however, were still sacrificing on the high places because a house for the Name of the LORD had not yet been built.Read from KJV · The Congregation of the Dead
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And Solomon loved the LORD and walked in the statutes of his father David, except that he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.Read from KJV · The Candlestick - Sardis (The Congregation of the Dead)
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One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, "Ask, and I will give it to you!"Read from KJV · The Congregation of the Dead
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Solomon replied, "You have shown much loving devotion to Your servant, my father David, because he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart. And You have maintained this loving devotion by giving him a son to sit on his throne this very day.Read from KJV · The Candlestick - Sardis (The Congregation of the Dead)
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And now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in my father David's place. But I am only a little child, not knowing how to go out or come in.Read from KJV · The Candlestick - Sardis (The Congregation of the Dead)
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Your servant is here among the people You have chosen, a people too numerous to count or number.Read from KJV · The Candlestick - Sardis (The Congregation of the Dead)
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Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?"Read from NKJV · The Prayer Before You Pray
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Now it pleased the Lord that Solomon had made this request.Read from NKJV · The Congregation of the Dead
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So God said to him, "Since you have asked for this instead of requesting long life or wealth for yourself or death for your enemies—but you have asked for discernment to administer justice—Read from KJV · The Candlestick - Sardis (The Congregation of the Dead)
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behold, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has never been nor will ever be another like you.Read from KJV · The Candlestick - Sardis (The Congregation of the Dead)
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Moreover, I will give you what you did not request—both riches and honor—so that during all your days no man in any kingdom will be your equal.Read from KJV · The Candlestick - Sardis (The Congregation of the Dead)
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So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days."Read from NKJV · The Wisest Man Who Ever Lived
1 Kings 5
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And the king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple with dressed stones.Read from KJV · Forever Dwelling in the Presence of God
1 Kings 6
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The temple was constructed using finished stones cut at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any other iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.Read from NKJV · Be Still, and Know That I Am God
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So Solomon built the temple and finished it, roofing it with beams and planks of cedar.Read from NKJV · Be Still, and Know That I Am God
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The cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with gourds and open flowers. Everything was cedar; not a stone could be seen.Read from NKJV · Be Still, and Know That I Am God
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Solomon also prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there.Read from NKJV · Be Still, and Know That I Am God
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So Solomon overlaid the inside of the temple with pure gold, and he extended gold chains across the front of the inner sanctuary, which was overlaid with gold.Read from NKJV · Be Still, and Know That I Am God
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Then he carved the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.Read from KJV · Everyone's Work Will Be Tried by Fire
1 Kings 7
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Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar; the golden table on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;Read from KJV · Cherishing the Treasure of Christ
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the lampstands of pure gold in front of the inner sanctuary, five on the right side and five on the left; the gold flowers, lamps, and tongs;Read from KJV · Cherishing the Treasure of Christ
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the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers; and the gold hinges for the doors of the inner temple (that is, the Most Holy Place ) as well as for the doors of the main hall of the temple.Read from KJV · Cherishing the Treasure of Christ
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So all the work that King Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD.Read from KJV · Cherishing the Treasure of Christ
1 Kings 8
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then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.Read from KJV · Returning to God in Enemy Territory
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When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to his own land, whether far or near,Read from KJV · Returning to God in Enemy Territory
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and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray to You in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your Name,Read from KJV · Returning to God in Enemy Territory
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then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause.Read from KJV · Returning to God in Enemy Territory
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May You forgive Your people who have sinned against You and all the transgressions they have committed against You, and may You grant them compassion in the eyes of their captors to show them mercy.Read from KJV · Returning to God in Enemy Territory
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For they are Your people and Your inheritance; You brought them out of Egypt, out of the furnace for iron.Read from KJV · Returning to God in Enemy Territory
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For You, O Lord GOD, as Your inheritance, have set them apart from all the peoples of the earth, as You spoke through Your servant Moses when You brought our fathers out of Egypt."Read from KJV · Returning to God in Enemy Territory
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Now when Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and petition to the LORD, he got up before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven.Read from KJV · Joab, Abiathar, and Adonijah
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"Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel according to all that He promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises He made through His servant Moses.Read from KJV · Joab, Abiathar, and Adonijah
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May the LORD our God be with us, as He was with our fathers. May He never leave us nor forsake us.Read from KJV · Joab, Abiathar, and Adonijah
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And may these words with which I have made my petition before the LORD be near to the LORD our God day and night, so that He may uphold the cause of His servant and of His people Israel as each day requires,Read from KJV · Joab, Abiathar, and Adonijah
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so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God. There is no other!Read from KJV · Joab, Abiathar, and Adonijah
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So let your heart be fully devoted to the LORD our God, as it is this day, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments."Read from KJV · Joab, Abiathar, and Adonijah
1 Kings 10
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the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants and cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.Read from KJV · Children of Light in a Fading Society
1 Kings 11
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King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.Read from NKJV · The Wisest Man Who Ever Lived (Video)
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These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, "You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods." Yet Solomon clung to these women in love.Read from NKJV · The Wisest Man Who Ever Lived (Video)
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For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.Read from NKJV · The Wisest Man Who Ever Lived
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Solomon followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.Read from ESV · The Wisest Man Who Ever Lived
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So Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD; unlike his father David, he did not follow the LORD completely.Read from NKJV · The Wisest Man Who Ever Lived
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At that time on a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites.Read from NKJV · The Wisest Man Who Ever Lived
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He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.Read from NKJV · The Wisest Man Who Ever Lived
1 Kings 13
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Suddenly, as Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD.Read from KJV · The Prophet From Judea
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And he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD, "O altar, O altar, this is what the LORD says: 'A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David, and upon you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense upon you, and human bones will be burned upon you.'"Read from KJV · The Prophet From Judea
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Now when King Jeroboam, who was at the altar in Bethel, heard the word that the man of God had cried out against it, he stretched out his hand and said, "Seize him!" But the hand he stretched out toward him withered, so that he could not pull it back.Read from KJV · The Prophet From Judea
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And the altar was split apart, and the ashes poured out, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.Read from KJV · The Prophet From Judea
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Then the king responded to the man of God, "Intercede with the LORD your God and pray that my hand may be restored." So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king's hand was restored to him as it was before.Read from KJV · The Prophet From Judea
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Then the king said to the man of God, "Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward."Read from KJV · The Prophet From Judea
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But the man of God replied, "If you were to give me half your possessions, I still would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place.Read from KJV · The Prophet From Judea
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For this is what I was commanded by the word of the LORD: 'You must not eat bread or drink water or return by the way you came.'"Read from KJV · The Prophet From Judea
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Now a certain old prophet was living in Bethel, and his sons came and told him all the deeds that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words that the man had spoken to the king.Read from KJV · The Prophet From Judea
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"Which way did he go?" their father asked. And his sons showed him the way taken by the man of God, who had come from Judah.Read from KJV · The Prophet From Judea
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and went after the man of God. He found him sitting under an oak tree and asked, "Are you the man of God who came from Judah?" "I am," he replied.Read from KJV · The Prophet From Judea
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So the prophet said to the man of God, "Come home with me and eat some bread."Read from KJV · The Prophet From Judea
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But the man replied, "I cannot return with you or eat bread or drink water with you in this place.Read from KJV · The Prophet From Judea
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For I have been told by the word of the LORD: 'You must not eat bread or drink water there or return by the way you came.'"Read from KJV · The Prophet From Judea
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Then the prophet replied, "I too am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, 'Bring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water.'" The old prophet was lying to him,Read from KJV · The Prophet From Judea
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but the man of God went back with him, ate bread in his house, and drank water.Read from KJV · The Prophet From Judea
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While they were sitting at the table, the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back,Read from KJV · The Prophet From Judea
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and the prophet cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, "This is what the LORD says: 'Because you have defied the word of the LORD and have not kept the commandment that the LORD your God gave you,Read from KJV · The Prophet From Judea
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but you went back and ate bread and drank water in the place where He told you not to do so, your body shall never reach the tomb of your fathers.'"Read from KJV · The Prophet From Judea
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And after the man of God had finished eating and drinking, the old prophet who had brought him back saddled the donkey for him.Read from KJV · The Prophet From Judea
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As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it.Read from KJV · The Prophet From Judea
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And there were men passing by who saw the body lying in the road with the lion standing beside it, and they went and reported this in the city where the old prophet lived.Read from KJV · The Prophet From Judea
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When the prophet who had brought him back from his journey heard this, he said, "It is the man of God who disobeyed the command of the LORD. Therefore the LORD has delivered him to the lion, and it has mauled him and killed him, according to the word that the LORD had spoken to him."Read from KJV · The Prophet From Judea
1 Kings 16
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In the thirty-eighth year of Asa's reign over Judah, Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria twenty-two years.Read from KJV · The Still Small Voice of God
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However, Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him.Read from KJV · The Still Small Voice of God
1 Kings 17
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Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, "As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!"Read from KJV · The Still Small Voice of God
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Then a revelation from the LORD came to Elijah:Read from NASB1995 · The Church That Loses Its Calling
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"Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.Read from KJV · Fast for Prayer in the Square - Day 2
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So Elijah did what the LORD had told him, and he went and lived by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.Read from KJV · Fast for Prayer in the Square - Day 2
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The ravens would bring him bread and meat in the morning and evening, and he would drink from the brook.Read from KJV · Fast for Prayer in the Square - Day 2
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Some time later, however, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.Read from KJV · Fast for Prayer in the Square - Day 2
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"Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you."Read from KJV · How to Thrive in the Coming Famine
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So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, "Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink."Read from KJV · How to Thrive in the Coming Famine
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And as she was going to get it, he called to her and said, "Please bring me a piece of bread."Read from KJV · How to Thrive in the Famine
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But she replied, "As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die."Read from KJV · How to Thrive in the Coming Famine
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"Do not be afraid," Elijah said to her. "Go and do as you have said. But first make me a small cake of bread from what you have, and bring it out to me. Afterward, make some for yourself and your son,Read from KJV · How to Thrive in the Famine
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for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'The jar of flour will not be exhausted and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the face of the earth.'"Read from KJV · Fast for Prayer in the Square - Day 2
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So she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and there was food every day for Elijah and the woman and her household.Read from KJV · How to Thrive in the Coming Famine
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The jar of flour was not exhausted and the jug of oil did not run dry, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Elijah.Read from KJV · How to Thrive in the Famine
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Later, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill, and his sickness grew worse and worse, until no breath remained in him.Read from KJV · Fast for Prayer in the Square - Day 2
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But Elijah said to her, "Give me your son." So he took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.Read from KJV · Fast for Prayer in the Square - Day 2
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Then he cried out to the LORD, "O LORD my God, have You also brought tragedy on this widow who has opened her home to me, by causing her son to die?"Read from KJV · Fast for Prayer in the Square - Day 2
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Then he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, "O LORD my God, please let this boy's life return to him!"Read from KJV · Fast for Prayer in the Square - Day 2
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And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah, and the child's life returned to him, and he lived.Read from KJV · Fast for Prayer in the Square - Day 2
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Then Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. "Look, your son is alive," Elijah declared.Read from KJV · Fast for Prayer in the Square - Day 2
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Then the woman said to Elijah, "Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the LORD from your mouth is truth."Read from KJV · Fast for Prayer in the Square - Day 2
1 Kings 18
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When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, "Is that you, O troubler of Israel?"Read from KJV · The Still Small Voice of God
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Now summon all Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel, along with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel's table."Read from KJV · Run for Your Life
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So Ahab summoned all the Israelites and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel.Read from NKJV · 2017 - the Year When We Decide
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Then Elijah approached all the people and said, "How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him." But the people did not answer a word.Read from NKJV · 2017 the Year When We Decide
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Get two bulls for us. Let the prophets of Baal choose one bull for themselves, cut it into pieces, and place it on the wood but not light the fire. And I will prepare the other bull and place it on the wood but not light the fire.Read from NKJV · Returning to Divine Purpose
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Then you may call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The God who answers by fire, He is God." And all the people answered, "What you say is good."Read from NKJV · Returning to Divine Purpose
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Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, "Since you are so numerous, choose for yourselves one bull and prepare it first. Then call on the name of your god, but do not light the fire."Read from NKJV · Returning to Divine Purpose
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And they took the bull that was given them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, shouting, "O Baal, answer us!" But there was no sound, and no one answered as they leaped around the altar they had made.Read from NKJV · Returning to Divine Purpose
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So they shouted louder and cut themselves with knives and lances, as was their custom, until the blood gushed over them.Read from KJV · Have You Ever Felt That God Is Doing Nothing in Your Life?
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Midday passed, and they kept on raving until the time of the evening sacrifice. But there was no response; no one answered, no one paid attention.Read from KJV · Run for Your Life
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Then Elijah said to all the people, "Come near to me." So all the people approached him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD that had been torn down.Read from NKJV · Returning to Divine Purpose
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And Elijah took twelve stones, one for each tribe of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come and said, "Israel shall be your name."Read from NASB1995 · Returning to Divine Purpose
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And with the stones, Elijah built an altar in the name of the LORD. Then he dug a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed.Read from KJV · Run for Your Life
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Next, he arranged the wood, cut up the bull, placed it on the wood,Read from NKJV · Returning to Divine Purpose
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and said, "Fill four waterpots and pour the water on the offering and on the wood." "Do it a second time," he said, and they did it a second time. "Do it a third time," he said, and they did it a third time.Read from NKJV · Returning to Divine Purpose
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So the water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench.Read from NKJV · Returning to Divine Purpose
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At the time of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and said, "O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and have done all these things at Your command.Read from NKJV · Returning to Divine Purpose
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Answer me, O LORD! Answer me, so that this people will know that You, the LORD, are God, and that You have turned their hearts back again."Read from KJV · A Day's Journey Into the Wilderness
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Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water in the trench.Read from KJV · Calling Down Fire
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When all the people saw this, they fell facedown and said, "The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!"Read from NASB1995 · A Day's Journey Into the Wilderness
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Then Elijah ordered them, "Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let a single one escape." So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.Read from KJV · Run for Your Life
1 Kings 19
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Now Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.Read from NKJV · Still, Small Voices
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So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those you killed!"Read from NKJV · Still, Small Voices
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And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,Read from NKJV · Still, Small Voices
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while he himself traveled on a day's journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. "I have had enough, LORD," he said. "Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers."Read from KJV · The Still Small Voice of God
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Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said, "Get up and eat."Read from NKJV · Still, Small Voices
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And he looked around, and there by his head was a cake of bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again.Read from KJV · A Day and a Night in the Deep
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A second time the angel of the LORD returned and touched him, saying, "Get up and eat, or the journey will be too much for you."Read from NKJV · Still, Small Voices
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So he got up and ate and drank. And strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.Read from KJV · A Day and a Night in the Deep
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There Elijah entered a cave and spent the night. And the word of the LORD came to him, saying, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"Read from NKJV · Still, Small Voices
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"I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts," he replied, "but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well."Read from NKJV · Still, Small Voices
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Then the LORD said, "Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by." And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.Read from KJV · Believing the Whispers of God
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After the earthquake there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a still, small voice.Read from NKJV · Still, Small Voices
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When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Suddenly a voice came to him and said, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"Read from KJV · Believing the Whispers of God
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You are also to anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah to succeed you as prophet.Read from KJV · A Day's Journey Into the Wilderness
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Then Jehu will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Jehu.Read from KJV · Believing the Whispers of God
1 Kings 20
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Now Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army. Accompanied by thirty-two kings with their horses and chariots, he marched up, besieged Samaria, and waged war against it.Read from NKJV · The Sudden Shaming of Your Enemies
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saying, "This is what Ben-hadad says: 'Your silver and gold are mine, and your best wives and children are mine!'"Read from NKJV · The Sudden Shaming of Your Enemies
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And the king of Israel replied, "Just as you say, my lord the king: I am yours, along with all that I have."Read from NKJV · The Sudden Shaming of Your Enemies
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And the elders and the people all said, "Do not listen to him or consent to his terms."Read from NASB1995 · The Sudden Shaming of Your Enemies
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Meanwhile a prophet approached Ahab king of Israel and declared, "This is what the LORD says: 'Do you see this entire great army? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand this very day, and you will know that I am the LORD.'"Read from NKJV · The Sudden Shaming of Your Enemies
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and each one struck down his opponent. So the Arameans fled, with the Israelites in pursuit. But Ben-hadad king of Aram escaped on horseback with the cavalry.Read from NKJV · The Sudden Shaming of Your Enemies
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Afterward, the prophet approached the king of Israel and said, "Go and strengthen your position, and take note what you must do, for in the spring the king of Aram will come up against you."Read from NKJV · The Responsibilty of Little Strength
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For seven days the armies camped opposite each other, and on the seventh day the battle ensued, and the Israelites struck down the Arameans—a hundred thousand foot soldiers in one day.Read from NKJV · The Sudden Shaming of Your Enemies
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Now the men were looking for a sign of hope, and they quickly grasped at this word and replied, "Yes, your brother Ben-hadad." "Go and get him!" said the king. Then Ben-hadad came out, and Ahab had him come up into his chariot.Read from NKJV · The Sudden Shaming of Your Enemies
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Ben-hadad said to him, "I will restore the cities my father took from your father; you may set up your own marketplaces in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria." "By this treaty I release you," Ahab replied. So he made a treaty with him and sent him away.Read from NKJV · The Sudden Shaming of Your Enemies
1 Kings 22
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But Jehoshaphat asked, "Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here of whom we can inquire?"Read from KJV · A Gospel of Slaughter
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Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Did I not tell you that he never prophesies good for me, but only bad?"Read from ESV · A Gospel of Slaughter