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And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of
Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten
years old.
Some time later, Joshua son of
Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.
And Joshua the son of
Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten
years old.
And Joshua son of
Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.
Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim king of
Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushan-rishathaim eight
years.
Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of
Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight
years.
And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died.
So the land had rest for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.
So the children of Israel served
Eglon the king of Moab eighteen
years.
The Israelites served
Eglon king of Moab eighteen
years.
So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest
fourscore years.
So Moab was subdued under the hand of Israel that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.
And the children of Israel
cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred
chariots of iron; and twenty
years he
mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
Then the Israelites
cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred
chariots of iron, and he had harshly
oppressed the Israelites for twenty
years.
Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,
Her wisest ladies answer; indeed she keeps telling herself,
So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
So may all Your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You
shine like the sun at its brightest.” And the land had rest for forty
years.
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of
Midian seven
years.
Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; so He delivered them into the hand of
Midian for seven
years,
And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father’s young
bullock, even the second
bullock of seven
years old, and throw down the altar of
Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the
grove that is by it:
On that very night the LORD said to
Gideon, “Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven
years old,
tear down your father’s altar to
Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.
Thus was
Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty
years in the days of
Gideon.
In this way
Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. So the land had rest for forty
years in the days of
Gideon,
When
Abimelech had reigned three
years over Israel,
After
Abimelech had reigned over Israel for three
years,
And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
Tola judged Israel twenty-three
years, and when he died, he was buried in Shamir.
And after him arose
Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two
years.
Tola was followed by
Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two
years.
And that
year they
vexed and
oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen
years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan in the land of the
Amorites, which is in
Gilead.
who that very
year harassed and
oppressed the Israelites, and did so for eighteen
years to all the Israelites on the other side of the Jordan in
Gilead, the land of the
Amorites.
While Israel dwelt in
Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of
Arnon, three hundred
years? why therefore did ye not recover them within that time?
For three hundred
years Israel has lived in
Heshbon, Aroer, and their villages, as well as all the cities along the banks of the
Arnon. Why did you not take them back during that time?
That the daughters of Israel went
yearly to
lament the daughter of
Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a
year.
that each
year the young women of Israel go out for four days to
lament the daughter of
Jephthah the Gileadite.
And
Jephthah judged Israel six
years. Then died
Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of
Gilead.
Jephthah judged Israel six
years, and when he died, he was buried in one of the cities of
Gilead.
And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.
He had thirty sons, as well as thirty daughters whom he gave in marriage to men outside his clan; and for his sons he brought back thirty wives from elsewhere. Ibzan judged Israel seven years.
And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.
After Ibzan, Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel ten years.
And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that
rode on
threescore and ten
ass colts: and he judged Israel eight
years.
He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who
rode on seventy
donkeys. And he judged Israel eight
years.
And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.
Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.
And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.
And
Samson judged Israel for twenty
years in the days of the Philistines.
Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of
Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty
years.
Then
Samson’s brothers and his father’s family came down, carried him back, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father
Manoah. And he had judged Israel twenty
years.
And
Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the
year, and a suit of
apparel, and thy
victuals. So the
Levite went in.
“Stay with me,”
Micah said to him, “and be my father and priest, and I will give you ten shekels of silver per
year, a suit of clothes, and your provisions.” So the
Levite went in
Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in
Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side of
Bethel, on the east side of the
highway that goeth up from
Bethel to
Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
“But look,” they said, “there is a
yearly feast to the LORD in
Shiloh, which is north of
Bethel east of the road that goes up from
Bethel to
Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”
And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other
Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten
years.
who took
Moabite women as their wives, one named Orpah and the other named
Ruth. And after they had lived in Moab about ten
years,
And this man went up out of his city
yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in
Shiloh. And the two sons of
Eli,
Hophni and
Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.
Year after
year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at
Shiloh, where
Eli’s two sons,
Hophni and
Phinehas, were priests to the LORD.
And as he did so
year by
year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she
provoked her; therefore she
wept, and did not eat.
And this went on
year after
year. Whenever
Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival
taunted her until she
wept and would not eat.
And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the
yearly sacrifice, and his
vow.
Then Elkanah and all his house went up to make the annual sacrifice to the LORD and to
fulfill his
vow,
And when she had
weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one
ephah of flour, and a
bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in
Shiloh: and the child was young.
Once she had
weaned him,
Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-
year-old bull, an
ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the LORD at
Shiloh.
Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
Each
year his mother would make him a little
robe and bring it to him when she went with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice.
Now
Eli was
ninety and eight
years old; and his eyes were
dim, that he could not see.
Now
Eli was
ninety-eight
years old, and his
gaze was fixed because he could not see.
And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck
brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty
years.
As soon as the ark of God was mentioned,
Eli fell backward from his chair by the city gate, and being old and heavy, he broke his neck and died. And
Eli had judged Israel forty
years.
And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty
years: and all the house of Israel
lamented after the LORD.
And from that day a long time passed, twenty
years in all, as the ark remained at Kiriath-jearim. And all the house of Israel
mourned and sought after the LORD.
And he went from
year to
year in circuit to
Bethel, and
Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places.
Every
year he would go on a circuit from
Bethel to
Gilgal to
Mizpah, judging Israel in all these places.
Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,
Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.
And Saul said unto Samuel,
Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought
Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the
Amalekites.
“But I did obey the LORD,” Saul replied. “I went on the mission that the LORD gave me. I brought back
Agag king of Amalek and devoted the
Amalekites to destruction.
Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was
Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
Now David was the son of a man named
Jesse, an Ephrathite from
Bethlehem of Judah who had eight sons in the days of Saul. And
Jesse was old and well along in
years.
If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to
Bethlehem his city: for there is a
yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
If your father misses me at all, tell him, ‘David
urgently requested my permission to
hurry to
Bethlehem, his hometown, because there is an annual sacrifice for his whole clan.’
And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common,
yea, though it were
sanctified this day in the vessel.
David answered, “Women have indeed been kept from us, as is usual when I set out. And the
equipment of the young men is holy, as it is even on common missions, and all the more at this time.”
Moreover, my father, see,
yea, see the
skirt of thy
robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the
skirt of thy
robe and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor
transgression in mine hand, and I have not
sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.
See, my father, look at the corner of your
robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. See and know that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not
sinned against you, even though you are hunting me down to take my life.
And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
And the time that David lived in
Philistine territory amounted to a
year and four months.
Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day?
Then the commanders of the Philistines asked, “What about these Hebrews?” Achish replied, “Is this not David, the servant of King Saul of Israel? He has been with me all these days, even
years, and from the day he defected until
today I have found no fault in him.”
Ish-bosheth Saul’s son was forty
years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two
years. But the house of Judah followed David.
Saul’s son
Ish-bosheth was forty
years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned for two
years. The house of Judah, however, followed David.
And the time that David was king in
Hebron over the house of Judah was seven
years and six months.
And the length of time that David was king in
Hebron over the house of Judah was seven
years and six months.
And
Jonathan, Saul’s son, had a son that was
lame of his feet. He was five
years old when the
tidings came of Saul and
Jonathan out of
Jezreel, and his
nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made
haste to
flee, that he fell, and became
lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.
And
Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was
lame in his feet. He was five
years old when the report about Saul and
Jonathan came from
Jezreel. His
nurse picked him up and fled, but as she was
hurrying to escape, he fell and became
lame. His name was Mephibosheth.
David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.
In
Hebron he reigned over Judah seven
years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three
years over all Israel and Judah.
In
Hebron he reigned over Judah seven
years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three
years over all Israel and Judah.
And it came to pass, after the
year was
expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent
Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of
Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David
tarried still at Jerusalem.
In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, David sent out
Joab and his servants with the whole army of Israel. They destroyed the
Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.
And it came to pass after two full
years, that
Absalom had sheepshearers in
Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and
Absalom invited all the king’s sons.
Two
years later, when
Absalom’s sheepshearers were at
Baal-hazor near Ephraim, he invited all the sons of the king.
So
Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three
years.
After
Absalom had fled and gone to Geshur, he stayed there three
years.
And when he
polled his head, (for it was at every
year’s end that he
polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he
polled it:) he
weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king’s weight.
And when he cut the hair of his head—he
shaved it every
year because his hair got so heavy—he would
weigh it out to be two hundred shekels, according to the royal standard.
So
Absalom dwelt two full
years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king’s face.
Now
Absalom lived in Jerusalem two
years without seeing the face of the king.
And it came to pass after forty
years, that
Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my
vow, which I have
vowed unto the LORD, in
Hebron.
After four
years had passed,
Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go to
Hebron to
fulfill a
vow I have made to the LORD.
And Mephibosheth said unto the king,
Yea, let him take all,
forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house.
And Mephibosheth said to the king, “Instead, since my lord the king has safely come to his own house, let Ziba take it all!”
Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even
fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of
sustenance while he lay at
Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.
Barzillai was quite old, eighty
years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed in
Mahanaim.
And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?
But Barzillai replied, “How many years of my life remain, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king?
I am this day
fourscore years old: and can I
discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
I am now eighty
years old. Can I
discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?
Then there was a famine in the days of David three
years,
year after
year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his
bloody house, because he
slew the Gibeonites.
During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”
And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.
I
devoured and
crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.
So
Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven
years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or
wilt thou
flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days’
pestilence in thy land? now
advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.
So
Gad went and said to David, “Do you choose to
endure three
years of famine in your land, three months of
fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”
Now king David was old and
stricken in
years; and they covered him with clothes, but he
gat no heat.
Now King David was old and well along in years, and though they covered him with blankets, he could not keep warm.
And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty
years: seven
years reigned he in
Hebron, and thirty and three
years reigned he in Jerusalem.
The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty
years—seven
years in
Hebron and thirty-three
years in Jerusalem.
And it came to pass at the end of three
years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of
Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in
Gath.
After three
years, however, two of Shimei’s slaves ran away to Achish son of
Maacah, king of
Gath. And Shimei was told, “Look, your slaves are in
Gath.”
Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her
bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise
slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.
Then the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she
yearned with
compassion for her son. “Please, my lord,” she said, “give her the living
baby. Do not kill him!” But the other woman said, “He will be neither mine nor yours. Cut him in two!”
And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided
victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a
year made provision.
Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel to provide food for the king and his household. Each one would arrange provisions for one month of the year,
And Solomon gave
Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to
Hiram year by
year.
and
year after
year Solomon would provide
Hiram with 20,000 cors of wheat as food for his household, as well as 20,000 baths of pure olive oil.
And it came to pass in the four hundred and
eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth
year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month
Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.
In the four hundred and
eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the month of Ziv, the second month of the fourth
year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, he began to build the house of the LORD.
In the fourth
year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month
Zif:
The foundation of the house of the LORD was laid in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, in the month of Ziv.
And in the
eleventh year, in the month
Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven
years in building it.
In his
eleventh year and eighth month, the month of
Bul, the temple was finished in every detail and according to every
specification. So he built the temple in seven
years.
But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
Solomon, however, took thirteen years to complete the construction of his entire palace.
And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king’s house,
Now at the end of the twenty years during which Solomon built these two houses, the house of the LORD and the royal palace,
And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house.
Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD, burning incense with them before the LORD. So he completed the temple.
Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one
year was six hundred
threescore and six talents of gold.
The weight of gold that came to Solomon each year was 666 talents,
For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of
Hiram: once in three
years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
For the king had the ships of
Tarshish at sea with
Hiram’s fleet, and once every three
years the ships of
Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
Year after
year, each
visitor would bring his tribute: articles of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.
And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
Thus the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
And the days which
Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty
years: and he
slept with his fathers, and
Nadab his son reigned in his
stead.
And the length of
Jeroboam’s reign was twenty-two
years, and he rested with his fathers, and his son
Nadab reigned in his place.
And
Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah.
Rehoboam was forty and one
years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen
years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
Meanwhile,
Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. He was forty-one
years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen
years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen from all the tribes of Israel in which to put His Name. His mother’s name was Naamah the
Ammonite.
And it came to pass in the fifth
year of king
Rehoboam, that
Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem:
In the fifth
year of
Rehoboam’s reign,
Shishak king of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem.
In the
eighteenth year of the reign of
Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam became king of Judah,
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
and he reigned in Jerusalem three
years. His mother’s name was
Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one
years. His
grandmother’s name was
Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
And
Nadab the son of
Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second
year of
Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two
years.
In the second
year of
Asa’s reign over Judah,
Nadab son of
Jeroboam became king of Israel, and he reigned two
years.
Even in the third
year of
Asa king of Judah did
Baasha slay him, and reigned in his
stead.
In the third
year of
Asa’s reign over Judah,
Baasha killed
Nadab and reigned in his place.
In the third
year of
Asa king of Judah began
Baasha the son of
Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four
years.
In the third
year of
Asa’s reign over Judah,
Baasha son of
Ahijah became king of all Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah twenty-four
years.
In the twenty and sixth
year of
Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of
Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two
years.
In the twenty-sixth
year of
Asa’s reign over Judah, Elah son of
Baasha became king of Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah two
years.
And Zimri went in and
smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh
year of
Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his
stead.
So in the twenty-seventh
year of
Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri went in, struck Elah down, and killed him. And Zimri reigned in his place.
In the twenty and seventh
year of
Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were
encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
In the twenty-seventh
year of
Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri reigned in Tirzah for seven days. Now the troops were
encamped against Gibbethon of the Philistines,
In the thirty and first
year of
Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve
years: six
years reigned he in Tirzah.
In the thirty-first
year of
Asa’s reign over Judah, Omri became king of Israel, and he reigned twelve
years, six of them in Tirzah.
And in the thirty and eighth
year of
Asa king of Judah began
Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and
Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two
years.
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.
And
Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of
Gilead, said unto
Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be
dew nor rain these
years, but according to my word.
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!”
And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to
Elijah in the third
year, saying, Go,
shew thyself unto
Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.
After a long time, in the third
year of the
drought, the word of the LORD came to
Elijah: “Go and present
yourself to
Ahab, and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.”
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.
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.”
And it came to pass at the return of the
year, that Ben-
hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.
In the spring, Ben-
hadad mobilized the Arameans and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel.
And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
Then three
years passed without war between
Aram and Israel.
And it came to pass in the third
year, that
Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
However, in the third
year,
Jehoshaphat king of Judah went down to visit the king of Israel,
