Znaleziono 1930 Wyniki dla: Choosing A King
Thereupon the king sent a captain at the head of fifty men to find him. And this captain, climbing the mountain on which the prophet then dwelt, bade him come down in the king’s name. (2 Kings 1, 9)
So the king sent another captain with fifty men more, and he too would have the prophet come down in the king’s name. (2 Kings 1, 11)
And he told the king, Thou, who hast sent to consult Beelzebub, Accaron’s god, as though God in Israel there were none, shalt never leave the bed thou liest on; thou art doomed to die. (2 Kings 1, 16)
And die he did, as Elias had foretold in the Lord’s name, with never a son to follow him; the throne passed to his brother Joram. This was in the second year of Josaphat’s son, Joram, king of Juda. (2 Kings 1, 17)
It was in the eighteenth year of king Josaphat that Joram, son of Achab, began his reign over Israel at Samaria; it lasted twelve years. (2 Kings 3, 1)
The king of Moab, Mesa, had great flocks in his possession, and used to pay a tribute of a hundred thousand lambs, and as many rams unshorn; (2 Kings 3, 4)
Whereupon king Joram lost no time in marching out from Samaria, mustering his whole forces, (2 Kings 3, 6)
and sending a message to Josaphat, king of Juda, bidding him come out and bear arms against the rebel king of Moab. I will march with thee, he answered; mine is thine, men and horses of mine are at thy disposal; (2 Kings 3, 7)
Alas, alas, the king of Israel cried, that the Lord should have gathered us here, kings three, to fall into the hands of Moab! (2 Kings 3, 10)
And thus he greeted the king of Israel, What makest thou with me? To those other prophets betake thyself, whom thy father and thy mother knew. Tell me this, said Joram; why has the Lord gathered us here, kings three, to fall into the hands of Moab? (2 Kings 3, 13)
And Eliseus told him, As the Lord of hosts, the God I serve, is a living God, neither heed nor hearing thou shouldst have had from me, but for that reverence I bear for Josaphat, king of Juda. (2 Kings 3, 14)
The king of Moab, seeing that his cause was lost, tried to break through, at the head of seven hundred warriors, and attack the king of Edom. When this would not serve, (2 Kings 3, 26)
