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1 Kings · read by Major Ian Thomas
84 verses, in order. Only the verses Major read aloud are shown.
1 Kings 12
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Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.Read from KJV · Church at Ephesus
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And Jeroboam ordained a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar; he made this offering in Bethel to sacrifice to the calves he had set up, and he installed priests in Bethel for the high places he had set up.Read from KJV · Church at Ephesus
1 Kings 13
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That day the man of God gave a sign, saying, "The LORD has spoken this sign: 'Surely the altar will be split apart, and the ashes upon it will be poured out.'"Read from KJV · Church at Ephesus
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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 · Church at Ephesus
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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 · Church at Ephesus
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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 · Church at Ephesus
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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 · Church at Ephesus
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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 · Church at Ephesus
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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 · Church at Ephesus
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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 · Church at Ephesus
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So the prophet said to his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." Then they saddled the donkey for him, and he mounted itRead from KJV · Church at Ephesus
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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 · Church at Ephesus
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So the prophet said to the man of God, "Come home with me and eat some bread."Read from KJV · Church at Ephesus
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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 · Church at Ephesus
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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 · Church at Ephesus
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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 · Church at Ephesus
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but the man of God went back with him, ate bread in his house, and drank water.Read from KJV · Church at Ephesus
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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 · Church at Ephesus
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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 · Church at Ephesus
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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 · Church at Ephesus
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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 · Church at Ephesus
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Then the old prophet instructed his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." So they saddled it,Read from KJV · Church at Ephesus
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Even after these events, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil ways, but again he appointed priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained anyone who desired to be a priest of the high places.Read from KJV · Church at Ephesus
1 Kings 15
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And Abijam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David, and his son Asa reigned in his place.Read from KJV · (1986 Prairie Series) 6 - Asa Was a Good Man, but a Fool
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 · Life of Elijah - Part 1
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And you are to drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there."Read from KJV · Life of Elijah - Part 1
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Some time later, however, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.Read from KJV · Life of Elijah - Part 1
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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 · Life of Elijah - Part 1
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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 · Life of Elijah - Part 2
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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 · Elijah - a Friend of God
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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 · Life of Elijah - Part 1
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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 · Life of Elijah - Part 1
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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 · Life of Elijah - Part 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 · Life of Elijah - Part 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 · Life of Elijah - Part 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 · Life of Elijah - Part 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 · Life of Elijah - Part 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 · Elijah
1 Kings 18
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for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)Read from KJV · Life of Elijah - Part 2
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So they divided the land to explore. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went the other way by himself.Read from KJV · Life of Elijah - Part 2
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Now as Obadiah went on his way, Elijah suddenly met him. When Obadiah recognized him, he fell facedown and said, "Is it you, my lord Elijah?"Read from KJV · Life of Elijah - Part 2
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As surely as the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent someone to search for you. When they said, 'He is not here,' he made that kingdom or nation swear that they had not found you.Read from KJV · Life of Elijah - Part 2
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And now you say, 'Go tell your master that Elijah is here!'Read from KJV · Life of Elijah - Part 2
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Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred prophets of the LORD, fifty men per cave, and I provided them with food and water.Read from KJV · Life of Elijah - Part 2
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Then Elijah said, "As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will present myself to Ahab today."Read from NASB1995 · Life of Elijah - Part 2
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So Ahab summoned all the Israelites and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel.Read from KJV · Life of Elijah - Part 2
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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 KJV · Life of Elijah - Part 2
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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 KJV · Life of Elijah - Part 2
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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 · Life of Elijah - Part 2
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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 KJV · Life of Elijah - Part 2
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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 · Life of Elijah - Part 2
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Next, he arranged the wood, cut up the bull, placed it on the wood,Read from KJV · Life of Elijah - Part 2
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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 KJV · Life of Elijah - Part 2
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So the water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench.Read from KJV · Life of Elijah - Part 2
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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 · Life of Elijah - Part 2
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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 · Life of Elijah - Part 2
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So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the summit of Carmel, bent down on the ground, and put his face between his knees.Read from KJV · Life of Elijah - Part 3
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And the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah, and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.Read from KJV · Life of Elijah - Part 3
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 KJV · Life of Elijah - Part 3
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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 KJV · Life of Elijah - Part 3
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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 KJV · Life of Elijah - Part 3
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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 KJV · Life of Elijah - Part 3
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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 KJV · Life of Elijah - Part 3
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Nevertheless, I have reserved seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him."Read from KJV · Life of Elijah - Part 4
1 Kings 20
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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 KJV · Jehoshaphat - 'Faith Cometh by Hearing'
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The messengers came back and said, "This is what Ben-hadad says: 'I have sent to you to demand your silver, your gold, your wives, and your children.Read from KJV · Jehoshaphat - 'Faith Cometh by Hearing'
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But about this time tomorrow I will send my servants to search your palace and the houses of your servants. They will seize and carry away all that is precious to you.'"Read from KJV · Jehoshaphat - 'Faith Cometh by Hearing'
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The rest of them fled into the city of Aphek, where the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the remaining men. Ben-hadad also fled to the city and hid in an inner room.Read from KJV · Jehoshaphat - 'Faith Cometh by Hearing'
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Then the servants of Ben-hadad said to him, "Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful. Let us go out to the king of Israel with sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads. Perhaps he will spare your life."Read from KJV · Jehoshaphat - 'Faith Cometh by Hearing'
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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 KJV · Jehoshaphat - 'Faith Cometh by Hearing'
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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 KJV · Jehoshaphat - 'Faith Cometh by Hearing'
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And the prophet said to the king, "This is what the LORD says: 'Because you have let slip from your hand the man I had devoted to destruction, your life will be exchanged for his life, and your people for his people.'"Read from KJV · Jehoshaphat - 'Faith Cometh by Hearing'
1 Kings 21
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Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,Read from ESV · The Believer's Hope
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"Get up and go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria. See, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, of which he has gone to take possession.Read from KJV · The Believer's Hope
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Tell him that this is what the LORD says: 'Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?' Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: 'In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!'"Read from KJV · The Believer's Hope
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When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, "So you have found me out, my enemy." He replied, "I have found you out because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD.Read from KJV · The Believer's Hope
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Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying:Read from ESV · The Believer's Hope
1 Kings 22
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In the fourth year of Ahab's reign over Israel, Jehoshaphat son of Asa became king of Judah.Read from ESV · Jehoshaphat - 'Faith Cometh by Hearing'
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Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. His mother's name was Azubah daughter of Shilhi.Read from KJV · Jehoshaphat - 'Faith Cometh by Hearing'
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And Jehoshaphat walked in all the ways of his father Asa; he did not turn away from them, but did what was right in the eyes of the LORD. The high places, however, were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.Read from KJV · Jehoshaphat - 'Faith Cometh by Hearing'
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Jehoshaphat also made peace with the king of Israel.Read from KJV · Jehoshaphat - 'Faith Cometh by Hearing'