Alpet 2022
King James Version
28. Then King David answered and said, "Call Bathsheba to me." So she came into the king’s presence and stood before the king. 29. And the king took an oath and said, " As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from every distress, 30. "just as I swore to you by the LORD God of Israel, saying, ‘Assuredly Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place,’ so I certainly will do this day." 31. Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and paid homage to the king, and said, "Let my lord King David live forever!" 32. And King David said, "Call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada." So they came before the king. 33. The king also said to them, "Take with you the servants of your lord, and have Solomon my son ride on my own mule, and take him down to Gihon. 34. "There let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him king over Israel; and blow the horn, and say, ‘ Long live King Solomon!’ 35. "Then you shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne, and he shall be king in my place. For I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and Judah." 36. Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king and said, "Amen! May the LORD God of my lord the king say so too . 37. "As the LORD has been with my lord the king, even so may He be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David." 38. So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on King David’s mule, and took him to Gihon. 39. Then Zadok the priest took a horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. And they blew the horn, and all the people said, " Long live King Solomon!" 40. And all the people went up after him; and the people played the flutes and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth seemed to split with their sound. 41. Now Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they finished eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the horn, he said, "Why is the city in such a noisy uproar?" 42. While he was still speaking, there came Jonathan, the son of Abiathar the priest. And Adonijah said to him, "Come in, for you are a prominent man, and bring good news." 43. Then Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, "No! Our lord King David has made Solomon king. 44. "The king has sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites; and they have made him ride on the king’s mule. 45. "So Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon; and they have gone up from there rejoicing, so that the city is in an uproar. This is the noise that you have heard. 46. "Also Solomon sits on the throne of the kingdom. 47. "And moreover the king’s servants have gone to bless our lord King David, saying, ‘May God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and may He make his throne greater than your throne.’ Then the king bowed himself on the bed. 48. "Also the king said thus, ‘Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who has given one to sit on my throne this day, while my eyes see it !’" 49. So all the guests who were with Adonijah were afraid, and arose, and each one went his way. 50. Now Adonijah was afraid of Solomon; so he arose, and went and took hold of the horns of the altar. 51. And it was told Solomon, saying, "Indeed Adonijah is afraid of King Solomon; for look, he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let King Solomon swear to me today that he will not put his servant to death with the sword.’" 52. Then Solomon said, "If he proves himself a worthy man, not one hair of him shall fall to the earth; but if wickedness is found in him, he shall die." 53. So King Solomon sent them to bring him down from the altar. And he came and fell down before King Solomon; and Solomon said to him, "Go to your house."
1. Zedekiah was twenty–one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 2. He also did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. 3. For because of the anger of the LORD this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, till He finally cast them out from His presence. Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. 4. Now it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and encamped against it; and they built a siege wall against it all around. 5. So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. 6. By the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the famine had become so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land. 7. Then the city wall was broken through, and all the men of war fled and went out of the city at night by way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden, even though the Chaldeans were near the city all around. And they went by way of the plain. 8. But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and they overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. All his army was scattered from him. 9. So they took the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he pronounced judgment on him. 10. Then the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. And he killed all the princes of Judah in Riblah. 11. He also put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in bronze fetters, took him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death. 12. Now in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month (which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, who served the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 13. He burned the house of the LORD and the king’s house; all the houses of Jerusalem, that is, all the houses of the great, he burned with fire. 14. And all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard broke down all the walls of Jerusalem all around. 15. Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive some of the poor people, the rest of the people who remained in the city, the defectors who had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the craftsmen. 16. But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poor of the land as vinedressers and farmers. 17. The bronze pillars that were in the house of the LORD, and the carts and the bronze Sea that were in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans broke in pieces, and carried all their bronze to Babylon. 18. They also took away the pots, the shovels, the trimmers, the bowls, the spoons, and all the bronze utensils with which the priests ministered. 19. The basins, the firepans, the bowls, the pots, the lampstands, the spoons, and the cups, whatever was solid gold and whatever was solid silver, the captain of the guard took away. 20. The two pillars, one Sea, the twelve bronze bulls which were under it, and the carts, which King Solomon had made for the house of the LORD––the bronze of all these articles was beyond measure. 21. Now concerning the pillars: the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, a measuring line of twelve cubits could measure its circumference, and its thickness was four fingers; it was hollow. 22. A capital of bronze was on it; and the height of one capital was five cubits, with a network and pomegranates all around the capital, all of bronze. The second pillar, with pomegranates was the same. 23. There were ninety–six pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates, all around on the network, were one hundred. 24. The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers. 25. He also took out of the city an officer who had charge of the men of war, seven men of the king’s close associates who were found in the city, the principal scribe of the army who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the midst of the city. 26. And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took these and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. 27. Then the king of Babylon struck them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive from its own land. 28. These are the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year, three thousand and twenty–three Jews; 29. in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred and thirty–two persons; 30. in the twenty–third year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred and forty–five persons. All the persons were four thousand six hundred. 31. Now it came to pass in the thirty–seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty–fifth day of the month, that Evil–Merodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him out of prison. 32. And he spoke kindly to him and gave him a more prominent seat than those of the kings who were with him in Babylon. 33. So Jehoiachin changed from his prison garments, and he ate bread regularly before the king all the days of his life. 34. And as for his provisions, there was a regular ration given him by the king of Babylon, a portion for each day until the day of his death, all the days of his life.
1. Then the whole multitude of them arose and led Him to Pilate. 2. And they began to accuse Him, saying, "We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, saying that He Himself is Christ, a King." 3. Then Pilate asked Him, saying, "Are You the King of the Jews?" He answered him and said, " It is as you say." 4. So Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowd, "I find no fault in this Man." 5. But they were the more fierce, saying, "He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee to this place." 6. When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked if the Man were a Galilean. 7. And as soon as he knew that He belonged to Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem at that time. 8. Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly glad; for he had desired for a long time to see Him, because he had heard many things about Him, and he hoped to see some miracle done by Him. 9. Then he questioned Him with many words, but He answered him nothing. 10. And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused Him. 11. Then Herod, with his men of war, treated Him with contempt and mocked Him , arrayed Him in a gorgeous robe, and sent Him back to Pilate. 12. That very day Pilate and Herod became friends with each other, for previously they had been at enmity with each other. 13. Then Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people, 14. said to them, "You have brought this Man to me, as one who misleads the people. And indeed, having examined Him in your presence, I have found no fault in this Man concerning those things of which you accuse Him; 15. "no, neither did Herod, for I sent you back to him; and indeed nothing deserving of death has been done by Him. 16. "I will therefore chastise Him and release Him " 17. (for it was necessary for him to release one to them at the feast). 18. And they all cried out at once, saying, "Away with this Man , and release to us Barabbas" –– 19. who had been thrown into prison for a certain rebellion made in the city, and for murder. 20. Pilate, therefore, wishing to release Jesus, again called out to them. 21. But they shouted, saying, "Crucify Him , crucify Him!" 22. Then he said to them the third time, "Why, what evil has He done? I have found no reason for death in Him. I will therefore chastise Him and let Him go." 23. But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices that He be crucified. And the voices of these men and of the chief priests prevailed. 24. So Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they requested. 25. And he released to them the one they requested, who for rebellion and murder had been thrown into prison; but he delivered Jesus to their will.