Young's Literal Translation

1 Kings

22 chapters

Chapters

1 Kings 1

And king David [is] old, entering into days, and they cover him with garments, and he hath no heat,

1 Kings 2

And draw near do the days of David to die, and he chargeth Solomon his son, saying,

And Solomon joineth in marriage with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and taketh the daughter of Pharaoh, and bringeth her in unto the city of David, till he completeth to build his own house, and the house of Jehovah, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.

1 Kings 4

And king Solomon is king over all Israel,

1 Kings 5

And Hiram king of Tyre sendeth his servants unto Solomon, for he heard that they had anointed him for king instead of his father, for Hiram was a lover of David all the days;

1 Kings 6

And it cometh to pass, in the four hundred and eightieth year of the going out of the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, in the fourth year — in the month of Zif, it [is] the second month — of the reigning of Solomon over Israel, that he buildeth the house for Jehovah.

1 Kings 7

And his own house hath Solomon built thirteen years, and he finisheth all his house.

1 Kings 8

Then doth Solomon assemble the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, princes of the fathers of the sons of Israel, unto king Solomon, to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah from the city of David — it [is] Zion;

1 Kings 9

And it cometh to pass, at Solomon's finishing to build the house of Jehovah, and the house of the king, and all the desire of Solomon that he delighted to do,

1 Kings 10

And the queen of Sheba is hearing of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Jehovah, and cometh to try him with enigmas,

1 Kings 11

And king Solomon hath loved many strange women, and the daughter of Pharaoh, females of Moab, Ammon, Edom, Zidon, [and] of the Hittites,

1 Kings 12

And Rehoboam goeth to Shechem, for to Shechem hath all Israel come to make him king.

1 Kings 13

And lo, a man of God hath come from Judah, by the word of Jehovah, unto Beth-El, and Jeroboam is standing by the altar — to make perfume;

1 Kings 14

At that time was Abijah son of Jeroboam sick,

1 Kings 15

And in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam son of Nebat, reigned hath Abijam over Judah;

1 Kings 16

And a word of Jehovah is unto Jehu son of Hanani, against Baasha, saying,

1 Kings 17

And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, saith unto Ahab, 'Jehovah, God of Israel, liveth, before whom I have stood, there is not these years dew and rain, except according to my word.'

1 Kings 18

And the days are many, and the word of Jehovah hath been unto Elijah in the third year, saying, 'Go, appear unto Ahab, and I give rain on the face of the ground;'

1 Kings 19

And Ahab declareth to Jezebel all that Elijah did, and all how he slew all the prophets by the sword,

1 Kings 20

And Ben-Hadad king of Aram hath gathered all his force, and thirty and two kings [are] with him, and horse and chariot, and he goeth up and layeth siege against Samaria, and fighteth with it,

1 Kings 21

And it cometh to pass, after these things, a vineyard hath been to Naboth the Jezreelite, that [is] in Jezreel, near the palace of Ahab king of Samaria,

1 Kings 22

And they sit still three years, there is no war between Aram and Israel,