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+<crossway-bible translation="English Standard Version" revision="2006-10-26" xmlns="http://www.crosswaybibles.org" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="schema/crossway.bibles.xsd"> 
+<book title="1 Kings" num="11">
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001001"/>
+  <chapter num="1">
+    <heading>David in His Old Age</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">Now King David was old and advanced in years. And although they covered him with clothes, he could not get warm.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001002"/>
+    <verse num="2">Therefore his servants said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="11001002.1" from="11001002.1" to="11001002.2"/>Let a young woman be sought for my lord the king, and let her wait on the king and be in his service. Let her lie in your arms,<note nid="n11001002.1"/> that my lord the king may be warm.<q class="end-double" qid="11001002.2" from="11001002.1" to="11001002.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001003"/>
+    <verse num="3">So they sought for a beautiful young woman throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Abishag the <crossref let="a" cid="c11001003.1"/>Shunammite, and brought her to the king.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001004"/>
+    <verse num="4">The young woman was very beautiful, and she was of service to the king and attended to him, but the king knew her not.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001005"/>
+    <heading>Adonijah Sets Himself Up as King</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="5">Now <crossref let="b" cid="c11001005.1"/>Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="11001005.1" from="11001005.1" to="11001005.2"/>I will be king.<q class="end-double" qid="11001005.2" from="11001005.1" to="11001005.2"/> <crossref let="c" cid="c11001005.2"/>And he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001006"/>
+    <verse num="6">His father had never at any time displeased him by asking, <q class="begin-double" qid="11001006.1" from="11001006.1" to="11001006.2"/>Why have you done thus and so?<q class="end-double" qid="11001006.2" from="11001006.1" to="11001006.2"/> He was also a very handsome man, <crossref let="d" cid="c11001006.1"/>and he was born next after Absalom.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001007"/>
+    <verse num="7">He conferred with <crossref let="e" cid="c11001007.1"/>Joab the son of Zeruiah and with <crossref let="f" cid="c11001007.2"/>Abiathar the priest. And they followed Adonijah and helped him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001008"/>
+    <verse num="8">But <crossref let="f" cid="c11001008.1"/>Zadok the priest and <crossref let="g" cid="c11001008.2"/>Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and <crossref let="h" cid="c11001008.3"/>Nathan the prophet and <crossref let="i" cid="c11001008.4"/>Shimei and Rei and <crossref let="j" cid="c11001008.5"/>David&apos;s mighty men were not with Adonijah.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001009"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="9">Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen, and fattened cattle by the Serpent&apos;s Stone, which is beside <crossref let="k" cid="c11001009.1"/>En-rogel, and he invited all his brothers, the king&apos;s sons, and all the royal officials of Judah,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001010"/>
+    <verse num="10">but he did not invite Nathan the prophet or Benaiah or the mighty men or <crossref let="l" cid="c11001010.1"/>Solomon his brother.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001011"/>
+    <heading>Nathan and Bathsheba Before David</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="11">Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, <q class="begin-double" qid="11001011.1" from="11001011.1" to="11001014.1"/>Have you not heard that <crossref let="b" cid="c11001011.1"/>Adonijah the son of Haggith has become king and David our lord does not know it?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001012"/>
+    <verse num="12">Now therefore come, let me give you advice, that you may save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001013"/>
+    <verse num="13">Go in at once to King David, and say to him, <q class="begin-single" qid="11001013.1" from="11001013.1" to="11001013.4"/>Did you not, my lord the king, swear to your servant, saying, <crossref let="m" cid="c11001013.1"/><q class="begin-inner-double" qid="11001013.2" from="11001013.2" to="11001013.3"/>Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne<q class="end-inner-double" qid="11001013.3" from="11001013.2" to="11001013.3"/>? Why then is Adonijah king?<q class="end-single" qid="11001013.4" from="11001013.1" to="11001013.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001014"/>
+    <verse num="14">Then while you are still speaking with the king, I also will come in after you and confirm<note nid="n11001014.1"/> your words.<q class="end-double" qid="11001014.1" from="11001011.1" to="11001014.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001015"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="15">So Bathsheba went to the king in his chamber (now the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was attending to the king).</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001016"/>
+    <verse num="16">Bathsheba bowed and paid homage to the king, and the king said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11001016.1" from="11001016.1" to="11001016.2"/>What do you desire?<q class="end-double" qid="11001016.2" from="11001016.1" to="11001016.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001017"/>
+    <verse num="17">She said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="11001017.1" from="11001017.1" to="11001021.1"/>My lord, you swore to your servant by the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God, saying, <crossref let="m" cid="c11001017.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="11001017.2" from="11001017.2" to="11001017.3"/>Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.<q class="end-single" qid="11001017.3" from="11001017.2" to="11001017.3"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001018"/>
+    <verse num="18">And now, behold, Adonijah is king, although you, my lord the king, do not know it.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001019"/>
+    <verse num="19"><crossref let="n" cid="c11001019.1"/>He has sacrificed oxen, fattened cattle, and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the sons of the king, <crossref let="f" cid="c11001019.2"/>Abiathar the priest, and Joab the commander of the army, but <crossref let="l" cid="c11001019.3"/>Solomon your servant he has not invited.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001020"/>
+    <verse num="20">And now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, to tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001021"/>
+    <verse num="21">Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king <crossref let="o" cid="c11001021.1"/>sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be counted offenders.<q class="end-double" qid="11001021.1" from="11001017.1" to="11001021.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001022"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="22">While she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001023"/>
+    <verse num="23">And they told the king, <q class="begin-double" qid="11001023.1" from="11001023.1" to="11001023.2"/>Here is Nathan the prophet.<q class="end-double" qid="11001023.2" from="11001023.1" to="11001023.2"/> And when he came in before the king, he bowed before the king, with his face to the ground.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001024"/>
+    <verse num="24">And Nathan said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11001024.1" from="11001024.1" to="11001027.1"/>My lord the king, have you said, <q class="begin-single" qid="11001024.2" from="11001024.2" to="11001024.3"/>Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne<q class="end-single" qid="11001024.3" from="11001024.2" to="11001024.3"/>?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001025"/>
+    <verse num="25">For he has gone down this day and <crossref let="n" cid="c11001025.1"/>has sacrificed oxen, fattened cattle, and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king&apos;s sons, the commanders<note nid="n11001025.1"/> of the army, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and saying, <crossref let="p" cid="c11001025.2"/><q class="begin-single" qid="11001025.1" from="11001025.1" to="11001025.2"/>Long live King Adonijah!<q class="end-single" qid="11001025.2" from="11001025.1" to="11001025.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001026"/>
+    <verse num="26"><crossref let="q" cid="c11001026.1"/>But me, your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon he has not invited.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001027"/>
+    <verse num="27">Has this thing been brought about by my lord the king and you have not told your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?<q class="end-double" qid="11001027.1" from="11001024.1" to="11001027.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001028"/>
+    <heading>Solomon Anointed King</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="28">Then King David answered, <q class="begin-double" qid="11001028.1" from="11001028.1" to="11001028.2"/>Call Bathsheba to me.<q class="end-double" qid="11001028.2" from="11001028.1" to="11001028.2"/> So she came into the king&apos;s presence and stood before the king.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001029"/>
+    <verse num="29">And the king swore, saying, <crossref let="r" cid="c11001029.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="11001029.1" from="11001029.1" to="11001030.3"/>As the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> lives, who has redeemed my soul out of every adversity,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001030"/>
+    <verse num="30"><crossref let="s" cid="c11001030.1"/>as I swore to you by the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of Israel, saying, <q class="begin-single" qid="11001030.1" from="11001030.1" to="11001030.2"/>Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place,<q class="end-single" qid="11001030.2" from="11001030.1" to="11001030.2"/> even so will I do this day.<q class="end-double" qid="11001030.3" from="11001029.1" to="11001030.3"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001031"/>
+    <verse num="31">Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground and paid homage to the king and said, <crossref let="t" cid="c11001031.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="11001031.1" from="11001031.1" to="11001031.2"/>May my lord King David live forever!<q class="end-double" qid="11001031.2" from="11001031.1" to="11001031.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001032"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="32">King David said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11001032.1" from="11001032.1" to="11001032.2"/>Call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada.<q class="end-double" qid="11001032.2" from="11001032.1" to="11001032.2"/> So they came before the king.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001033"/>
+    <verse num="33">And the king said to them, <q class="begin-double" qid="11001033.1" from="11001033.1" to="11001035.1"/>Take with you <crossref let="u" cid="c11001033.1"/>the servants of your lord and have Solomon my son ride on my own mule, and bring him down to <crossref let="v" cid="c11001033.2"/>Gihon.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001034"/>
+    <verse num="34">And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet there <crossref let="w" cid="c11001034.1"/>anoint him king over Israel. <crossref let="x" cid="c11001034.2"/>Then blow the trumpet and say, <crossref let="y" cid="c11001034.3"/><q class="begin-single" qid="11001034.1" from="11001034.1" to="11001034.2"/>Long live King Solomon!<q class="end-single" qid="11001034.2" from="11001034.1" to="11001034.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001035"/>
+    <verse num="35">You shall then come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne, for he shall be king in my place. And I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.<q class="end-double" qid="11001035.1" from="11001033.1" to="11001035.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001036"/>
+    <verse num="36">And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, <q class="begin-double" qid="11001036.1" from="11001036.1" to="11001037.1"/>Amen! May the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of my lord the king, say so.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001037"/>
+    <verse num="37"><crossref let="z" cid="c11001037.1"/>As the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has been with my lord the king, even so may he be with Solomon, <crossref let="a" cid="c11001037.2"/>and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David.<q class="end-double" qid="11001037.1" from="11001036.1" to="11001037.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001038"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="38">So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, <crossref let="b" cid="c11001038.1"/>and the Cherethites and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on King David&apos;s mule and brought him to Gihon.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001039"/>
+    <verse num="39">There Zadok the priest took the horn of <crossref let="c" cid="c11001039.1"/>oil from the tent and <crossref let="d" cid="c11001039.2"/>anointed Solomon. <crossref let="x" cid="c11001039.3"/>Then they blew the trumpet, and all the people said, <crossref let="y" cid="c11001039.4"/><q class="begin-double" qid="11001039.1" from="11001039.1" to="11001039.2"/>Long live King Solomon!<q class="end-double" qid="11001039.2" from="11001039.1" to="11001039.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001040"/>
+    <verse num="40">And all the people went up after him, playing on pipes, and rejoicing with great joy, so that the earth was split by their noise.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001041"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="41">Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they finished feasting. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11001041.1" from="11001041.1" to="11001041.2"/>What does this uproar in the city mean?<q class="end-double" qid="11001041.2" from="11001041.1" to="11001041.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001042"/>
+    <verse num="42">While he was still speaking, behold, <crossref let="e" cid="c11001042.1"/>Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came. And Adonijah said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11001042.1" from="11001042.1" to="11001042.2"/>Come in, <crossref let="f" cid="c11001042.2"/>for you are a worthy man and bring good news.<q class="end-double" qid="11001042.2" from="11001042.1" to="11001042.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001043"/>
+    <verse num="43">Jonathan answered Adonijah, <q class="begin-double" qid="11001043.1" from="11001043.1" to="11001048.3"/>No, for our lord King David has made Solomon king,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001044"/>
+    <verse num="44">and the king has sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the <crossref let="b" cid="c11001044.1"/>Cherethites and the Pelethites. And they had him ride on the king&apos;s mule.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001045"/>
+    <verse num="45">And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at <crossref let="v" cid="c11001045.1"/>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.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001046"/>
+    <verse num="46"><crossref let="g" cid="c11001046.1"/>Solomon sits on the royal throne.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001047"/>
+    <verse num="47">Moreover, the king&apos;s servants came to congratulate our lord King David, saying, <crossref let="h" cid="c11001047.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="11001047.1" from="11001047.1" to="11001047.2"/>May your God make the name of Solomon more famous than yours, and make his throne greater than your throne.<q class="end-single" qid="11001047.2" from="11001047.1" to="11001047.2"/> And the king <crossref let="i" cid="c11001047.2"/>bowed himself on the bed.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001048"/>
+    <verse num="48">And the king also said, <q class="begin-single" qid="11001048.1" from="11001048.1" to="11001048.2"/>Blessed be the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of Israel, <crossref let="j" cid="c11001048.1"/>who has granted someone<note nid="n11001048.1"/> to sit on my throne this day, my own eyes seeing it.<q class="end-single" qid="11001048.2" from="11001048.1" to="11001048.2"/><q class="end-double" qid="11001048.3" from="11001043.1" to="11001048.3"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001049"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="49">Then all the guests of Adonijah trembled and rose, and each went his own way.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001050"/>
+    <verse num="50">And Adonijah feared Solomon. So he arose and went <crossref let="k" cid="c11001050.1"/>and took hold of <crossref let="l" cid="c11001050.2"/>the horns of the altar.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001051"/>
+    <verse num="51">Then it was told Solomon, <q class="begin-double" qid="11001051.1" from="11001051.1" to="11001051.4"/>Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon, for behold, he has laid hold of the horns of the altar, saying, <q class="begin-single" qid="11001051.2" from="11001051.2" to="11001051.3"/>Let King Solomon swear to me first that he will not put his servant to death with the sword.<q class="end-single" qid="11001051.3" from="11001051.2" to="11001051.3"/><q class="end-double" qid="11001051.4" from="11001051.1" to="11001051.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001052"/>
+    <verse num="52">And Solomon said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11001052.1" from="11001052.1" to="11001052.2"/>If he will show himself a worthy man, <crossref let="m" cid="c11001052.1"/>not one of his hairs shall fall to the earth, but if wickedness is found in him, he shall die.<q class="end-double" qid="11001052.2" from="11001052.1" to="11001052.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11001053"/>
+    <verse num="53">So King Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and paid homage to King Solomon, and Solomon said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="11001053.1" from="11001053.1" to="11001053.2"/>Go to your house.<q class="end-double" qid="11001053.2" from="11001053.1" to="11001053.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002001"/>
+  <chapter num="2">
+    <heading>David&apos;s Instructions to Solomon</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><crossref let="n" cid="c11002001.1"/>When David&apos;s time to die drew near, he commanded Solomon his son, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002002"/>
+    <verse num="2"><crossref let="o" cid="c11002002.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="11002002.1" from="11002002.1" to="11002009.1"/>I am about to go the way of all the earth. <crossref let="p" cid="c11002002.2"/>Be strong, and show yourself a man,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002003"/>
+    <verse num="3">and keep the charge of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God, walking in his ways and keeping his statutes, his commandments, his rules, and his testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, <crossref let="q" cid="c11002003.1"/>that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002004"/>
+    <verse num="4">that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> may <crossref let="r" cid="c11002004.1"/>establish his word that he spoke concerning me, saying, <crossref let="s" cid="c11002004.2"/><q class="begin-single" qid="11002004.1" from="11002004.1" to="11002004.2"/>If your sons pay close attention to their way, <crossref let="t" cid="c11002004.3"/>to walk before me in faithfulness with all their heart and with all their soul, <crossref let="u" cid="c11002004.4"/>you shall not lack<note nid="n11002004.1"/> a man on the throne of Israel.<q class="end-single" qid="11002004.2" from="11002004.1" to="11002004.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002005"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="5"><q class="continue-double" qid="11002005.1" from="11002002.1" to="11002009.1"/>Moreover, you also know what Joab the son of Zeruiah <crossref let="v" cid="c11002005.1"/>did to me, how he dealt with the two commanders of the armies of Israel, <crossref let="w" cid="c11002005.2"/>Abner the son of Ner, <crossref let="x" cid="c11002005.3"/>and Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, avenging<note nid="n11002005.1"/> in time of peace for blood that had been shed in war, and putting the blood of war<note nid="n11002005.2"/> on the belt around his<note nid="n11002005.3"/> waist and on the sandals on his feet.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002006"/>
+    <verse num="6">Act therefore <crossref let="y" cid="c11002006.1"/>according to your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002007"/>
+    <verse num="7">But deal loyally with the sons of <crossref let="z" cid="c11002007.1"/>Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be <crossref let="a" cid="c11002007.2"/>among those who eat at your table, <crossref let="b" cid="c11002007.3"/>for with such loyalty<note nid="n11002007.1"/> they met me when I fled from Absalom your brother.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002008"/>
+    <verse num="8">And there is also with you <crossref let="c" cid="c11002008.1"/>Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse on the day <crossref let="d" cid="c11002008.2"/>when I went to Mahanaim. <crossref let="e" cid="c11002008.3"/>But when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, saying, <q class="begin-single" qid="11002008.1" from="11002008.1" to="11002008.2"/>I will not put you to death with the sword.<q class="end-single" qid="11002008.2" from="11002008.1" to="11002008.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002009"/>
+    <verse num="9">Now therefore do not hold him guiltless, <crossref let="f" cid="c11002009.1"/>for you are a wise man. You will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall <crossref let="g" cid="c11002009.2"/>bring his gray head down with blood to Sheol.<q class="end-double" qid="11002009.1" from="11002002.1" to="11002009.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002010"/>
+    <heading>The Death of David</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="10"><crossref let="h" cid="c11002010.1"/>Then David slept with his fathers and was buried in <crossref let="i" cid="c11002010.2"/>the city of David.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002011"/>
+    <verse num="11">And the time that David reigned over Israel was <crossref let="j" cid="c11002011.1"/>forty years. He reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002012"/>
+    <verse num="12"><crossref let="k" cid="c11002012.1"/>So Solomon sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was firmly established.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002013"/>
+    <heading>Solomon&apos;s Reign Established</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="13">Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, <crossref let="l" cid="c11002013.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="11002013.1" from="11002013.1" to="11002013.2"/>Do you come peacefully?<q class="end-double" qid="11002013.2" from="11002013.1" to="11002013.2"/> He said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11002013.3" from="11002013.3" to="11002013.4"/>Peacefully.<q class="end-double" qid="11002013.4" from="11002013.3" to="11002013.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002014"/>
+    <verse num="14">Then he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11002014.1" from="11002014.1" to="11002014.2"/>I have something to say to you.<q class="end-double" qid="11002014.2" from="11002014.1" to="11002014.2"/> She said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11002014.3" from="11002014.3" to="11002014.4"/>Speak.<q class="end-double" qid="11002014.4" from="11002014.3" to="11002014.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002015"/>
+    <verse num="15">He said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11002015.1" from="11002015.1" to="11002016.1"/>You know that <crossref let="m" cid="c11002015.1"/>the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel fully expected me to reign. However, the kingdom has turned about and become my brother&apos;s, <crossref let="n" cid="c11002015.2"/>for it was his from the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002016"/>
+    <verse num="16">And now I have one request to make of you; do not refuse me.<q class="end-double" qid="11002016.1" from="11002015.1" to="11002016.1"/> She said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="11002016.2" from="11002016.2" to="11002016.3"/>Speak.<q class="end-double" qid="11002016.3" from="11002016.2" to="11002016.3"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002017"/>
+    <verse num="17">And he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11002017.1" from="11002017.1" to="11002017.2"/>Please ask King Solomon&emdash;he will not refuse you&emdash;to give me <crossref let="o" cid="c11002017.1"/>Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.<q class="end-double" qid="11002017.2" from="11002017.1" to="11002017.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002018"/>
+    <verse num="18">Bathsheba said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11002018.1" from="11002018.1" to="11002018.2"/>Very well; I will speak for you to the king.<q class="end-double" qid="11002018.2" from="11002018.1" to="11002018.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002019"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="19">So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. And the king rose to meet her and bowed down to her. Then he sat on his throne and had a seat brought for the king&apos;s mother, <crossref let="p" cid="c11002019.1"/>and she sat on his right.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002020"/>
+    <verse num="20">Then she said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11002020.1" from="11002020.1" to="11002020.2"/>I have one small request to make of you; do not refuse me.<q class="end-double" qid="11002020.2" from="11002020.1" to="11002020.2"/> And the king said to her, <q class="begin-double" qid="11002020.3" from="11002020.3" to="11002020.4"/>Make your request, my mother, for I will not refuse you.<q class="end-double" qid="11002020.4" from="11002020.3" to="11002020.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002021"/>
+    <verse num="21">She said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11002021.1" from="11002021.1" to="11002021.2"/>Let <crossref let="o" cid="c11002021.1"/>Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as his wife.<q class="end-double" qid="11002021.2" from="11002021.1" to="11002021.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002022"/>
+    <verse num="22">King Solomon answered his mother, <q class="begin-double" qid="11002022.1" from="11002022.1" to="11002022.2"/>And why do you ask <crossref let="o" cid="c11002022.1"/>Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also, <crossref let="q" cid="c11002022.2"/>for he is my older brother, and on his side <crossref let="r" cid="c11002022.3"/>are Abiathar<note nid="n11002022.1"/> the priest and Joab the son of Zeruiah.<q class="end-double" qid="11002022.2" from="11002022.1" to="11002022.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002023"/>
+    <verse num="23">Then King Solomon swore by the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, saying, <crossref let="s" cid="c11002023.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="11002023.1" from="11002023.1" to="11002024.1"/>God do so to me and more also if this word does not cost Adonijah his life!</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002024"/>
+    <verse num="24">Now therefore <crossref let="t" cid="c11002024.1"/>as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> lives, who has established me and placed me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, <crossref let="u" cid="c11002024.2"/>as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death today.<q class="end-double" qid="11002024.1" from="11002023.1" to="11002024.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002025"/>
+    <verse num="25">So King Solomon sent <crossref let="v" cid="c11002025.1"/>Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he struck him down, and he died.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002026"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="26">And to Abiathar the priest the king said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11002026.1" from="11002026.1" to="11002026.2"/>Go to <crossref let="w" cid="c11002026.1"/>Anathoth, to your estate, for you deserve death. But I will not at this time put you to death, <crossref let="x" cid="c11002026.2"/>because you carried the ark of the Lord <span class="divine-name">God</span> before David my father, <crossref let="y" cid="c11002026.3"/>and because you shared in all my father&apos;s affliction.<q class="end-double" qid="11002026.2" from="11002026.1" to="11002026.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002027"/>
+    <verse num="27"><crossref let="z" cid="c11002027.1"/>So Solomon expelled Abiathar from being priest to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, thus fulfilling <crossref let="a" cid="c11002027.2"/>the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> that he had spoken concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002028"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="28">When the news came to Joab&emdash;for Joab <crossref let="b" cid="c11002028.1"/>had supported Adonijah although <crossref let="c" cid="c11002028.2"/>he had not supported Absalom&emdash;Joab fled to the tent of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and caught hold of the <crossref let="d" cid="c11002028.3"/>horns of the altar.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002029"/>
+    <verse num="29">And when it was told King Solomon, <q class="begin-double" qid="11002029.1" from="11002029.1" to="11002029.2"/>Joab has fled to the tent of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and behold, he is beside the altar,<q class="end-double" qid="11002029.2" from="11002029.1" to="11002029.2"/> Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="11002029.3" from="11002029.3" to="11002029.4"/>Go, strike him down.<q class="end-double" qid="11002029.4" from="11002029.3" to="11002029.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002030"/>
+    <verse num="30">So Benaiah came to the tent of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="11002030.1" from="11002030.1" to="11002030.4"/>The king commands, <q class="begin-single" qid="11002030.2" from="11002030.2" to="11002030.3"/>Come out.<q class="end-single" qid="11002030.3" from="11002030.2" to="11002030.3"/><q class="end-double" qid="11002030.4" from="11002030.1" to="11002030.4"/> But he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11002030.5" from="11002030.5" to="11002030.6"/>No, I will die here.<q class="end-double" qid="11002030.6" from="11002030.5" to="11002030.6"/> Then Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="11002030.7" from="11002030.7" to="11002030.8"/>Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.<q class="end-double" qid="11002030.8" from="11002030.7" to="11002030.8"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002031"/>
+    <verse num="31">The king replied to him, <crossref let="e" cid="c11002031.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="11002031.1" from="11002031.1" to="11002033.1"/>Do as he has said, strike him down and bury him, <crossref let="f" cid="c11002031.2"/>and thus take away from me and from my father&apos;s house the guilt for the blood that Joab shed without cause.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002032"/>
+    <verse num="32">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will <crossref let="g" cid="c11002032.1"/>bring back his bloody deeds on his own head, because, without the knowledge of my father David, he attacked and killed with the sword two men <crossref let="h" cid="c11002032.2"/>more righteous and better than himself, <crossref let="i" cid="c11002032.3"/>Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and <crossref let="j" cid="c11002032.4"/>Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002033"/>
+    <verse num="33"><crossref let="g" cid="c11002033.1"/>So shall their blood come back on the head of Joab and on the head of his descendants forever. But for David and for his descendants and for his house and for his throne there shall be peace from the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> forevermore.<q class="end-double" qid="11002033.1" from="11002031.1" to="11002033.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002034"/>
+    <verse num="34">Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and struck him down and put him to death. And he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002035"/>
+    <verse num="35"><crossref let="k" cid="c11002035.1"/>The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada over the army in place of Joab, and the king put <crossref let="l" cid="c11002035.2"/>Zadok the priest <crossref let="m" cid="c11002035.3"/>in the place of Abiathar.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002036"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="36">Then the king sent and summoned <crossref let="n" cid="c11002036.1"/>Shimei and said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="11002036.1" from="11002036.1" to="11002037.1"/>Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and dwell there, and do not go out from there to any place whatever.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002037"/>
+    <verse num="37">For on the day you go out and cross <crossref let="o" cid="c11002037.1"/>the brook Kidron, know for certain that you shall die. <crossref let="p" cid="c11002037.2"/>Your blood shall be on your own head.<q class="end-double" qid="11002037.1" from="11002036.1" to="11002037.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002038"/>
+    <verse num="38">And Shimei said to the king, <q class="begin-double" qid="11002038.1" from="11002038.1" to="11002038.2"/>What you say is good; as my lord the king has said, so will your servant do.<q class="end-double" qid="11002038.2" from="11002038.1" to="11002038.2"/> So Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002039"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="39">But it happened at the end of three years that two of Shimei&apos;s servants ran away to <crossref let="q" cid="c11002039.1"/>Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. And when it was told Shimei, <q class="begin-double" qid="11002039.1" from="11002039.1" to="11002039.2"/>Behold, your servants are in Gath,<q class="end-double" qid="11002039.2" from="11002039.1" to="11002039.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002040"/>
+    <verse num="40">Shimei arose and saddled a donkey and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants. Shimei went and brought his servants from Gath.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002041"/>
+    <verse num="41">And when Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and returned,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002042"/>
+    <verse num="42">the king sent and summoned Shimei and said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="11002042.1" from="11002042.1" to="11002043.1"/>Did I not make you swear by the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and solemnly warn you, saying, <q class="begin-single" qid="11002042.2" from="11002042.2" to="11002042.3"/>Know for certain that on the day you go out and go to any place whatever, you shall die<q class="end-single" qid="11002042.3" from="11002042.2" to="11002042.3"/>? And you said to me, <q class="begin-single" qid="11002042.4" from="11002042.4" to="11002042.5"/>What you say is good; I will obey.<q class="end-single" qid="11002042.5" from="11002042.4" to="11002042.5"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002043"/>
+    <verse num="43">Why then have you not kept your oath to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and the commandment with which I commanded you?<q class="end-double" qid="11002043.1" from="11002042.1" to="11002043.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002044"/>
+    <verse num="44">The king also said to Shimei, <q class="begin-double" qid="11002044.1" from="11002044.1" to="11002045.1"/>You know in your own heart <crossref let="r" cid="c11002044.1"/>all the harm that you did to David my father. So the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will <crossref let="s" cid="c11002044.2"/>bring back your harm on your own head.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002045"/>
+    <verse num="45">But King Solomon shall be blessed, <crossref let="t" cid="c11002045.1"/>and the throne of David shall be established before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> forever.<q class="end-double" qid="11002045.1" from="11002044.1" to="11002045.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11002046"/>
+    <verse num="46">Then the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck him down, and he died.
+      <end-paragraph/>
+      <begin-paragraph/><crossref let="u" cid="c11002046.1"/>So the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11003001"/>
+  <chapter num="3">
+    <heading>Solomon&apos;s Prayer for Wisdom</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><crossref let="v" cid="c11003001.1"/>Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh&apos;s daughter and brought her into <crossref let="w" cid="c11003001.2"/>the city of David until he had finished <crossref let="x" cid="c11003001.3"/>building his own house <crossref let="y" cid="c11003001.4"/>and the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> <crossref let="z" cid="c11003001.5"/>and the wall around Jerusalem.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11003002"/>
+    <verse num="2"><crossref let="a" cid="c11003002.1"/>The people were sacrificing at the high places, however, because no house had yet been built for the name of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11003003"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="3">Solomon <crossref let="b" cid="c11003003.1"/>loved the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <crossref let="c" cid="c11003003.2"/>walking in the statutes of David his father, only he sacrificed and made offerings at the high places.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11003004"/>
+    <verse num="4">And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, <crossref let="d" cid="c11003004.1"/>for that was the great high place. Solomon used to offer a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11003005"/>
+    <verse num="5"><crossref let="e" cid="c11003005.1"/>At Gibeon <crossref let="f" cid="c11003005.2"/>the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> appeared to Solomon <crossref let="g" cid="c11003005.3"/>in a dream by night, and God said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11003005.1" from="11003005.1" to="11003005.2"/>Ask what I shall give you.<q class="end-double" qid="11003005.2" from="11003005.1" to="11003005.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11003006"/>
+    <verse num="6">And Solomon said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11003006.1" from="11003006.1" to="11003009.1"/>You have shown great and steadfast love to your servant David my father, because <crossref let="h" cid="c11003006.1"/>he walked before you in faithfulness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart toward you. And you have kept for him this great and steadfast love and <crossref let="i" cid="c11003006.2"/>have given him a son to sit on his throne this day.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11003007"/>
+    <verse num="7">And now, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> my God, <crossref let="j" cid="c11003007.1"/>you have made your servant king in place of David my father, <crossref let="k" cid="c11003007.2"/>although I am but a little child. I do not know <crossref let="l" cid="c11003007.3"/>how to go out or come in.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11003008"/>
+    <verse num="8"><crossref let="m" cid="c11003008.1"/>And your servant is in the midst of your people whom you have chosen, a great people, <crossref let="n" cid="c11003008.2"/>too many to be numbered or counted for multitude.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11003009"/>
+    <verse num="9"><crossref let="o" cid="c11003009.1"/>Give your servant therefore an understanding mind <crossref let="p" cid="c11003009.2"/>to govern your people, that I may <crossref let="q" cid="c11003009.3"/>discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?<q class="end-double" qid="11003009.1" from="11003006.1" to="11003009.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11003010"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="10">It pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11003011"/>
+    <verse num="11">And God said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="11003011.1" from="11003011.1" to="11003014.1"/>Because you have asked this, and have not asked for yourself long life or riches or the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern what is right,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11003012"/>
+    <verse num="12">behold, <crossref let="r" cid="c11003012.1"/>I now do according to your word. Behold, <crossref let="s" cid="c11003012.2"/>I give you a wise and discerning mind, so that none like you has been before you and none like you shall arise after you.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11003013"/>
+    <verse num="13"><crossref let="t" cid="c11003013.1"/>I give you also what you have not asked, <crossref let="u" cid="c11003013.2"/>both riches and honor, so that no other king shall compare with you, all your days.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11003014"/>
+    <verse num="14">And if you will walk in my ways, keeping my statutes and my commandments, <crossref let="v" cid="c11003014.1"/>as your father David walked, then <crossref let="w" cid="c11003014.2"/>I will lengthen your days.<q class="end-double" qid="11003014.1" from="11003011.1" to="11003014.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11003015"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="15">And Solomon <crossref let="x" cid="c11003015.1"/>awoke, and behold, it was a dream. Then he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered up burnt offerings and peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11003016"/>
+    <heading>Solomon&apos;s Wisdom</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="16">Then two prostitutes came to the king <crossref let="y" cid="c11003016.1"/>and stood before him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11003017"/>
+    <verse num="17">The one woman said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11003017.1" from="11003017.1" to="11003021.1"/>Oh, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house, and I gave birth to a child while she was in the house.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11003018"/>
+    <verse num="18">Then on the third day after I gave birth, this woman also gave birth. And we were alone. There was no one else with us in the house; only we two were in the house.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11003019"/>
+    <verse num="19">And this woman&apos;s son died in the night, because she lay on him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11003020"/>
+    <verse num="20">And she arose at midnight and took my son from beside me, while your servant slept, and laid him at her breast, and laid her dead son at my breast.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11003021"/>
+    <verse num="21">When I rose in the morning to nurse my child, behold, he was dead. But when I looked at him closely in the morning, behold, he was not the child that I had borne.<q class="end-double" qid="11003021.1" from="11003017.1" to="11003021.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11003022"/>
+    <verse num="22">But the other woman said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11003022.1" from="11003022.1" to="11003022.2"/>No, the living child is mine, and the dead child is yours.<q class="end-double" qid="11003022.2" from="11003022.1" to="11003022.2"/> The first said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11003022.3" from="11003022.3" to="11003022.4"/>No, the dead child is yours, and the living child is mine.<q class="end-double" qid="11003022.4" from="11003022.3" to="11003022.4"/> Thus they spoke before the king.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11003023"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="23">Then the king said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11003023.1" from="11003023.1" to="11003023.6"/>The one says, <q class="begin-single" qid="11003023.2" from="11003023.2" to="11003023.3"/>This is my son that is alive, and your son is dead<q class="end-single" qid="11003023.3" from="11003023.2" to="11003023.3"/>; and the other says, <q class="begin-single" qid="11003023.4" from="11003023.4" to="11003023.5"/>No; but your son is dead, and my son is the living one.<q class="end-single" qid="11003023.5" from="11003023.4" to="11003023.5"/><q class="end-double" qid="11003023.6" from="11003023.1" to="11003023.6"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11003024"/>
+    <verse num="24">And the king said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11003024.1" from="11003024.1" to="11003024.2"/>Bring me a sword.<q class="end-double" qid="11003024.2" from="11003024.1" to="11003024.2"/> So a sword was brought before the king.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11003025"/>
+    <verse num="25">And the king said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11003025.1" from="11003025.1" to="11003025.2"/>Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one and half to the other.<q class="end-double" qid="11003025.2" from="11003025.1" to="11003025.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11003026"/>
+    <verse num="26">Then the woman whose son was alive said to the king, because <crossref let="z" cid="c11003026.1"/>her heart yearned for her son, <q class="begin-double" qid="11003026.1" from="11003026.1" to="11003026.2"/>Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and by no means put him to death.<q class="end-double" qid="11003026.2" from="11003026.1" to="11003026.2"/> But the other said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11003026.3" from="11003026.3" to="11003026.4"/>He shall be neither mine nor yours; divide him.<q class="end-double" qid="11003026.4" from="11003026.3" to="11003026.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11003027"/>
+    <verse num="27">Then the king answered and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11003027.1" from="11003027.1" to="11003027.2"/>Give the living child to the first woman, and by no means put him to death; she is his mother.<q class="end-double" qid="11003027.2" from="11003027.1" to="11003027.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11003028"/>
+    <verse num="28">And all Israel heard of the judgment that the king had rendered, and they stood in awe of the king, because they perceived that <crossref let="a" cid="c11003028.1"/>the wisdom of God was in him to do justice.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11004001"/>
+  <chapter num="4">
+    <heading>Solomon&apos;s Officials</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">King Solomon was king over all Israel,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11004002"/>
+    <verse num="2">and these were his high officials: Azariah the son of Zadok was <crossref let="b" cid="c11004002.1"/>the priest;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11004003"/>
+    <verse num="3">Elihoreph and Ahijah the sons of Shisha were secretaries; <crossref let="c" cid="c11004003.1"/>Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11004004"/>
+    <verse num="4"><crossref let="d" cid="c11004004.1"/>Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was in command of the army; <crossref let="e" cid="c11004004.2"/>Zadok and Abiathar were priests;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11004005"/>
+    <verse num="5">Azariah the son of Nathan was over <crossref let="f" cid="c11004005.1"/>the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan was priest and <crossref let="g" cid="c11004005.2"/>king&apos;s friend;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11004006"/>
+    <verse num="6">Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and <crossref let="h" cid="c11004006.1"/>Adoniram the son of Abda was in charge of <crossref let="i" cid="c11004006.2"/>the forced labor.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11004007"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="7">Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household. Each man had to make provision for one month in the year.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11004008"/>
+    <verse num="8">These were their names: Ben-hur, in <crossref let="j" cid="c11004008.1"/>the hill country of Ephraim;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11004009"/>
+    <verse num="9">Ben-deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elonbeth-hanan;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11004010"/>
+    <verse num="10">Ben-hesed, in Arubboth (to him belonged Socoh and all the land of Hepher);</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11004011"/>
+    <verse num="11">Ben-abinadab, in all <crossref let="k" cid="c11004011.1"/>Naphath-dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as his wife);</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11004012"/>
+    <verse num="12">Baana the son of Ahilud, in <crossref let="l" cid="c11004012.1"/>Taanach, Megiddo, and all <crossref let="l" cid="c11004012.2"/>Beth-shean that is beside Zarethan below Jezreel, and from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as the other side of Jokmeam;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11004013"/>
+    <verse num="13">Ben-geber, <crossref let="m" cid="c11004013.1"/>in Ramoth-gilead (he had <crossref let="n" cid="c11004013.2"/>the villages of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, and he had <crossref let="o" cid="c11004013.3"/>the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars);</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11004014"/>
+    <verse num="14">Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11004015"/>
+    <verse num="15">Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he had taken Basemath the daughter of Solomon as his wife);</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11004016"/>
+    <verse num="16">Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11004017"/>
+    <verse num="17">Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11004018"/>
+    <verse num="18"><crossref let="p" cid="c11004018.1"/>Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11004019"/>
+    <verse num="19">Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, <crossref let="q" cid="c11004019.1"/>the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan. And there was one governor who was over the land.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11004020"/>
+    <heading>Solomon&apos;s Wealth and Wisdom</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="20">Judah and Israel were as many <crossref let="r" cid="c11004020.1"/>as the sand by the sea. They ate and drank and were happy.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11004021"/>
+    <verse num="21"><note nid="n11004021.1"/> <crossref let="s" cid="c11004021.1"/>Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the <crossref let="t" cid="c11004021.2"/>Euphrates<note nid="n11004021.2"/> to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt. <crossref let="u" cid="c11004021.3"/>They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11004022"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="22">Solomon&apos;s provision for one day was thirty cors<note nid="n11004022.1"/> of fine flour and sixty cors of meal,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11004023"/>
+    <verse num="23">ten fat oxen, and twenty pasture-fed cattle, a hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11004024"/>
+    <verse num="24">For he had dominion over all the region west of the Euphrates<note nid="n11004024.1"/> from Tiphsah to <crossref let="v" cid="c11004024.1"/>Gaza, over all the kings west of the Euphrates. <crossref let="w" cid="c11004024.2"/>And he had peace on all sides around him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11004025"/>
+    <verse num="25">And Judah and Israel <crossref let="x" cid="c11004025.1"/>lived in safety, <crossref let="y" cid="c11004025.2"/>from Dan even to Beersheba, <crossref let="z" cid="c11004025.3"/>every man under his vine and under his fig tree, all the days of Solomon.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11004026"/>
+    <verse num="26"><crossref let="a" cid="c11004026.1"/>Solomon also had 40,000<note nid="n11004026.1"/> stalls of horses for his chariots, and 12,000 horsemen.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11004027"/>
+    <verse num="27">And those officers supplied provisions for King Solomon, and for all who came to King Solomon&apos;s table, each one in his month. They let nothing be lacking.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11004028"/>
+    <verse num="28">Barley also and straw for the horses and <crossref let="b" cid="c11004028.1"/>swift steeds they brought to the place where it was required, each according to his duty.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11004029"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="29"><crossref let="c" cid="c11004029.1"/>And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding beyond measure, and breadth of mind <crossref let="d" cid="c11004029.2"/>like the sand on the seashore,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11004030"/>
+    <verse num="30">so that Solomon&apos;s wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all <crossref let="e" cid="c11004030.1"/>the people of the east <crossref let="f" cid="c11004030.2"/>and all the wisdom of Egypt.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11004031"/>
+    <verse num="31">For he was <crossref let="c" cid="c11004031.1"/>wiser than all other men, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol, and his fame was in all the surrounding nations.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11004032"/>
+    <verse num="32"><crossref let="g" cid="c11004032.1"/>He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, <crossref let="h" cid="c11004032.2"/>and his songs were 1,005.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11004033"/>
+    <verse num="33">He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of the wall. He spoke also of beasts, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of fish.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11004034"/>
+    <verse num="34">And people of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from <crossref let="i" cid="c11004034.1"/>all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11005001"/>
+  <chapter num="5">
+    <heading>Preparations for Building the Temple</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><note nid="n11005001.1"/> Now <crossref let="j" cid="c11005001.1"/>Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon when he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father, <crossref let="k" cid="c11005001.2"/>for Hiram always loved David.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11005002"/>
+    <verse num="2">And Solomon sent word to Hiram,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11005003"/>
+    <verse num="3"><crossref let="l" cid="c11005003.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="11005003.1" from="11005003.1" to="11005006.1"/>You know that David my father could not build a house for the name of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> his God <crossref let="m" cid="c11005003.2"/>because of the warfare with which his enemies surrounded him, until the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> put them under the soles of his feet.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11005004"/>
+    <verse num="4"><crossref let="n" cid="c11005004.1"/>But now the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> my God has given me rest on every side. There is neither adversary nor misfortune.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11005005"/>
+    <verse num="5">And so I intend to build a house for the name of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> my God, <crossref let="o" cid="c11005005.1"/>as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to David my father, <q class="begin-single" qid="11005005.1" from="11005005.1" to="11005005.2"/>Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, shall build the house for my name.<q class="end-single" qid="11005005.2" from="11005005.1" to="11005005.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11005006"/>
+    <verse num="6">Now therefore command that cedars of Lebanon be cut for me. And my servants will join your servants, and I will pay you for your servants such wages as you set, for you know that there is no one among us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.<q class="end-double" qid="11005006.1" from="11005003.1" to="11005006.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11005007"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="7">As soon as Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11005007.1" from="11005007.1" to="11005007.2"/>Blessed be the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> this day, who has given to David a wise son to be over this great people.<q class="end-double" qid="11005007.2" from="11005007.1" to="11005007.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11005008"/>
+    <verse num="8">And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="11005008.1" from="11005008.1" to="11005009.1"/>I have heard the message that you have sent to me. I am ready to do all you desire in the matter of cedar and cypress timber.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11005009"/>
+    <verse num="9">My servants shall bring it down to the sea from Lebanon, and I will make it into rafts to go by sea to the place you direct. And I will have them broken up there, and you shall receive it. And you shall meet my wishes <crossref let="p" cid="c11005009.1"/>by providing food for my household.<q class="end-double" qid="11005009.1" from="11005008.1" to="11005009.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11005010"/>
+    <verse num="10">So Hiram supplied Solomon with all the timber of cedar and cypress that he desired,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11005011"/>
+    <verse num="11">while Solomon gave Hiram 20,000 cors<note nid="n11005011.1"/> of wheat as food for his household, and 20,000<note nid="n11005011.2"/> cors of beaten oil. Solomon gave this to Hiram year by year.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11005012"/>
+    <verse num="12">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> gave Solomon wisdom, <crossref let="q" cid="c11005012.1"/>as he promised him. And there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11005013"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="13">King Solomon drafted <crossref let="r" cid="c11005013.1"/>forced labor out of all Israel, and the draft numbered 30,000 men.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11005014"/>
+    <verse num="14">And he sent them to Lebanon, 10,000 a month in shifts. They would be a month in Lebanon and two months at home. <crossref let="s" cid="c11005014.1"/>Adoniram was in charge of the draft.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11005015"/>
+    <verse num="15">Solomon also <crossref let="t" cid="c11005015.1"/>had 70,000 burden-bearers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hill country,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11005016"/>
+    <verse num="16">besides Solomon&apos;s 3,300 <crossref let="u" cid="c11005016.1"/>chief officers who were over the work, <crossref let="v" cid="c11005016.2"/>who had charge of the people who carried on the work.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11005017"/>
+    <verse num="17">At the king&apos;s command <crossref let="w" cid="c11005017.1"/>they quarried out great, costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with dressed stones.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11005018"/>
+    <verse num="18">So Solomon&apos;s builders and Hiram&apos;s builders and <crossref let="x" cid="c11005018.1"/>the men of Gebal did the cutting and prepared the timber and the stone to build the house.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11006001"/>
+  <chapter num="6">
+    <heading>Solomon Builds the Temple</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><crossref let="y" cid="c11006001.1"/>In the four hundred and eightieth year after the people of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon&apos;s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, <crossref let="z" cid="c11006001.2"/>he began to build the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11006002"/>
+    <verse num="2"><crossref let="a" cid="c11006002.1"/>The house that King Solomon built for the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> was sixty cubits<note nid="n11006002.1"/> long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11006003"/>
+    <verse num="3">The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits long, equal to the width of the house, and ten cubits deep in front of the house.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11006004"/>
+    <verse num="4">And <crossref let="b" cid="c11006004.1"/>he made for the house windows with recessed frames.<note nid="n11006004.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11006005"/>
+    <verse num="5"><crossref let="c" cid="c11006005.1"/>He also built a structure<note nid="n11006005.1"/> against the wall of the house, running around the walls of the house, both the nave and <crossref let="d" cid="c11006005.2"/>the inner sanctuary. And he made <crossref let="e" cid="c11006005.3"/>side chambers all around.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11006006"/>
+    <verse num="6">The lowest story<note nid="n11006006.1"/> was five cubits broad, the middle one was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad. For around the outside of the house he made offsets on the wall in order that the supporting beams should not be inserted into the walls of the house.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11006007"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="7">When the house was built, <crossref let="f" cid="c11006007.1"/>it was with stone prepared at the quarry, so that neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron was heard in the house while it was being built.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11006008"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="8">The entrance for the lowest<note nid="n11006008.1"/> story was on the south side of the house, and one went up by stairs to the middle story, and from the middle story to the third.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11006009"/>
+    <verse num="9"><crossref let="g" cid="c11006009.1"/>So he built the house and finished it, and he made the ceiling of the house of beams and planks of cedar.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11006010"/>
+    <verse num="10">He built the structure against the whole house, five cubits high, and it was joined to the house with timbers of cedar.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11006011"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="11">Now the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> came to Solomon,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11006012"/>
+    <verse num="12"><q class="begin-double" qid="11006012.1" from="11006012.1" to="11006013.1"/>Concerning this house that you are building, <crossref let="h" cid="c11006012.1"/>if you will walk in my statutes and obey my rules and keep all my commandments and walk in them, then I will establish my word with you, <crossref let="i" cid="c11006012.2"/>which I spoke to David your father.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11006013"/>
+    <verse num="13">And <crossref let="j" cid="c11006013.1"/>I will dwell among the children of Israel <crossref let="k" cid="c11006013.2"/>and will not forsake my people Israel.<q class="end-double" qid="11006013.1" from="11006012.1" to="11006013.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11006014"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="14"><crossref let="l" cid="c11006014.1"/>So Solomon built the house and finished it.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11006015"/>
+    <verse num="15">He lined the walls of the house on the inside with boards of cedar. From the floor of the house to the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood, <crossref let="m" cid="c11006015.1"/>and he covered the floor of the house with boards of cypress.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11006016"/>
+    <verse num="16"><crossref let="n" cid="c11006016.1"/>He built twenty cubits of the rear of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the walls, and he built this within as an inner sanctuary, as <crossref let="o" cid="c11006016.2"/>the Most Holy Place.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11006017"/>
+    <verse num="17">The house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, was forty cubits long.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11006018"/>
+    <verse num="18">The cedar within the house was carved in the form of <crossref let="p" cid="c11006018.1"/>gourds and open flowers. All was cedar; no stone was seen.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11006019"/>
+    <verse num="19">The inner sanctuary he prepared in the innermost part of the house, to set there the ark of the covenant of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11006020"/>
+    <verse num="20">The inner sanctuary<note nid="n11006020.1"/> was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high, and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid<note nid="n11006020.2"/> an altar of cedar.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11006021"/>
+    <verse num="21">And Solomon overlaid the inside of the house with pure gold, and he drew chains of gold across, in front of the inner sanctuary, and overlaid it with gold.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11006022"/>
+    <verse num="22">And he overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. <crossref let="q" cid="c11006022.1"/>Also the whole altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11006023"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="23"><crossref let="r" cid="c11006023.1"/>In the inner sanctuary <crossref let="s" cid="c11006023.2"/>he made two cherubim of olivewood, each ten cubits high.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11006024"/>
+    <verse num="24">Five cubits was the length of one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the length of the other wing of the cherub; it was ten cubits from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11006025"/>
+    <verse num="25">The other cherub also measured ten cubits; both cherubim had the same measure and the same form.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11006026"/>
+    <verse num="26">The height of one cherub was ten cubits, and so was that of the other cherub.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11006027"/>
+    <verse num="27">He put the cherubim in the innermost part of the house. <crossref let="t" cid="c11006027.1"/>And the wings of the cherubim were spread out so that a wing of one touched the one wall, and a wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; their other wings touched each other in the middle of the house.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11006028"/>
+    <verse num="28">And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11006029"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="29">Around all the walls of the house he carved engraved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, in the inner and outer rooms.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11006030"/>
+    <verse num="30">The floor of the house he overlaid with gold in the inner and outer rooms.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11006031"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="31">For the entrance to the inner sanctuary he made doors of olivewood; the lintel and the doorposts were five-sided.<note nid="n11006031.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11006032"/>
+    <verse num="32">He covered the two doors of olivewood with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers. He overlaid them with gold and spread gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11006033"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="33">So also he made for the entrance to the nave doorposts of olivewood, in the form of a square,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11006034"/>
+    <verse num="34">and two doors of cypress wood. <crossref let="u" cid="c11006034.1"/>The two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11006035"/>
+    <verse num="35">On them he carved cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and he overlaid them with gold evenly applied on the carved work.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11006036"/>
+    <verse num="36"><crossref let="v" cid="c11006036.1"/>He built the inner court with three courses of cut stone and one course of cedar beams.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11006037"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="37"><crossref let="w" cid="c11006037.1"/>In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> was laid, in the month of Ziv.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11006038"/>
+    <verse num="38">And in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished in all its parts, and according to all its specifications. He was seven years in building it.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007001"/>
+  <chapter num="7">
+    <heading>Solomon Builds His Palace</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">Solomon was <crossref let="x" cid="c11007001.1"/>building his own house thirteen years, and he finished his entire house.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007002"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="2">He built <crossref let="y" cid="c11007002.1"/>the House of the Forest of Lebanon. Its length was a hundred cubits<note nid="n11007002.1"/> and its breadth fifty cubits and its height thirty cubits, and it was built on four<note nid="n11007002.2"/> rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the pillars.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007003"/>
+    <verse num="3">And it was covered with cedar above the chambers that were on the forty-five pillars, fifteen in each row.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007004"/>
+    <verse num="4">There were window frames in three rows, and window opposite window in three tiers.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007005"/>
+    <verse num="5">All the doorways and windows<note nid="n11007005.1"/> had square frames, and window was opposite window in three tiers.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007006"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="6">And he made <crossref let="z" cid="c11007006.1"/>the Hall of Pillars; its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth thirty cubits. There was a porch in front with pillars, and <crossref let="a" cid="c11007006.2"/>a canopy in front of them.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007007"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="7">And he made the Hall of the Throne where he was to pronounce judgment, even the Hall of Judgment. <crossref let="b" cid="c11007007.1"/>It was finished with cedar from floor to rafters.<note nid="n11007007.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007008"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="8">His own house where he was to dwell, in the other court back of the hall, was of like workmanship. Solomon also made a house like this hall for Pharaoh&apos;s daughter <crossref let="c" cid="c11007008.1"/>whom he had taken in marriage.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007009"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="9">All these were made of costly stones, cut according to measure, sawed with saws, back and front, even from the foundation to the coping, and from the outside to the great court.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007010"/>
+    <verse num="10">The foundation was of costly stones, huge stones, stones of eight and ten cubits.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007011"/>
+    <verse num="11">And above were costly stones, cut according to measurement, and cedar.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007012"/>
+    <verse num="12"><crossref let="d" cid="c11007012.1"/>The great court had three courses of cut stone all around, and a course of cedar beams; so had the inner court of the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and <crossref let="e" cid="c11007012.2"/>the vestibule of the house.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007013"/>
+    <heading>The Temple Furnishings</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="13">And King Solomon sent and brought <crossref let="f" cid="c11007013.1"/>Hiram from Tyre.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007014"/>
+    <verse num="14">He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze. And <crossref let="g" cid="c11007014.1"/>he was full of wisdom, understanding, and skill for making any work in bronze. He came to King Solomon and did all his work.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007015"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="15"><crossref let="h" cid="c11007015.1"/>He cast <crossref let="i" cid="c11007015.2"/>two pillars of bronze. <crossref let="j" cid="c11007015.3"/>Eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits measured its circumference. It was hollow, and its thickness was four fingers. The second pillar was the same.<note nid="n11007015.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007016"/>
+    <verse num="16">He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on the tops of the pillars. The height of the one capital was five cubits, and <crossref let="j" cid="c11007016.1"/>the height of the other capital was five cubits.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007017"/>
+    <verse num="17">There were lattices of checker work with wreaths of chain work for the capitals on the tops of the pillars, a lattice<note nid="n11007017.1"/> for the one capital and a lattice for the other capital.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007018"/>
+    <verse num="18">Likewise he made pomegranates<note nid="n11007018.1"/> in two rows around the one latticework to cover the capital that was on the top of the pillar, and he did the same with the other capital.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007019"/>
+    <verse num="19">Now the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars in the vestibule were of lily-work, four cubits.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007020"/>
+    <verse num="20">The capitals were on the two pillars and also above the rounded projection which was beside the latticework. There were <crossref let="k" cid="c11007020.1"/>two hundred pomegranates in two rows all around, and so with the other capital.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007021"/>
+    <verse num="21"><crossref let="l" cid="c11007021.1"/>He set up the pillars at the vestibule of the temple. He set up the pillar on the south and called its name Jachin, and he set up the pillar on the north and called its name Boaz.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007022"/>
+    <verse num="22">And on the tops of the pillars was lily-work. Thus the work of the pillars was finished.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007023"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="23"><crossref let="m" cid="c11007023.1"/>Then he made <crossref let="n" cid="c11007023.2"/>the sea of cast metal. It was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007024"/>
+    <verse num="24">Under its brim were <crossref let="o" cid="c11007024.1"/>gourds, for ten cubits, compassing the sea all around. The gourds were in two rows, cast with it when it was cast.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007025"/>
+    <verse num="25">It stood on <crossref let="p" cid="c11007025.1"/>twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The sea was set on them, and all their rear parts were inward.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007026"/>
+    <verse num="26">Its thickness was a handbreadth,<note nid="n11007026.1"/> and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It held two thousand baths.<note nid="n11007026.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007027"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="27">He also made the <crossref let="q" cid="c11007027.1"/>ten stands of bronze. Each stand was four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007028"/>
+    <verse num="28">This was the construction of the stands: they had panels, and the panels were set in the frames,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007029"/>
+    <verse num="29">and on the panels that were set in the frames were lions, oxen, and cherubim. On the frames, both above and below the lions and oxen, there were wreaths of beveled work.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007030"/>
+    <verse num="30">Moreover, each stand had four bronze wheels and axles of bronze, and at the four corners were supports for a basin. The supports were cast with wreaths at the side of each.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007031"/>
+    <verse num="31">Its opening was within a crown that projected upward one cubit. Its opening was round, as a pedestal is made, a cubit and a half deep. At its opening there were carvings, and its panels were square, not round.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007032"/>
+    <verse num="32">And the four wheels were underneath the panels. The axles of the wheels were of one piece with the stands, and the height of a wheel was a cubit and a half.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007033"/>
+    <verse num="33">The wheels were made like a chariot wheel; their axles, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs were all cast.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007034"/>
+    <verse num="34">There were four supports at the four corners of each stand. The supports were of one piece with the stands.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007035"/>
+    <verse num="35">And on the top of the stand there was a round band half a cubit high; and on the top of the stand its stays and its panels were of one piece with it.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007036"/>
+    <verse num="36">And on the surfaces of its stays and on its panels, he carved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, according to the space of each, with wreaths all around.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007037"/>
+    <verse num="37">After this manner he made <crossref let="q" cid="c11007037.1"/>the ten stands. All of them were cast alike, of the same measure and the same form.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007038"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="38">And he made <crossref let="r" cid="c11007038.1"/>ten basins of bronze. Each basin held forty baths, each basin measured four cubits, and there was a basin for each of the ten stands.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007039"/>
+    <verse num="39">And he set the stands, five on the south side of the house, and five on the north side of the house. And he set the sea at the southeast corner of the house.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007040"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="40"><crossref let="s" cid="c11007040.1"/>Hiram also made <crossref let="t" cid="c11007040.2"/>the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram finished all the work that he did for King Solomon on the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007041"/>
+    <verse num="41">the two pillars, the two bowls of the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars, and the two <crossref let="u" cid="c11007041.1"/>latticeworks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007042"/>
+    <verse num="42">and the <crossref let="v" cid="c11007042.1"/>four hundred pomegranates for the two latticeworks, two rows of pomegranates for each latticework, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007043"/>
+    <verse num="43">the ten stands, and the ten basins on the stands;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007044"/>
+    <verse num="44">and <crossref let="w" cid="c11007044.1"/>the one sea, and the twelve oxen underneath the sea.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007045"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="45">Now <crossref let="x" cid="c11007045.1"/>the pots, the shovels, and the basins, all these vessels in the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, which Hiram made for King Solomon, were of burnished bronze.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007046"/>
+    <verse num="46">In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between <crossref let="y" cid="c11007046.1"/>Succoth and <crossref let="z" cid="c11007046.2"/>Zarethan.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007047"/>
+    <verse num="47">And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because there were so many of them; <crossref let="a" cid="c11007047.1"/>the weight of the bronze was not ascertained.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007048"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="48">So Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>: <crossref let="b" cid="c11007048.1"/>the golden altar, <crossref let="c" cid="c11007048.2"/>the golden table for <crossref let="d" cid="c11007048.3"/>the bread of the Presence,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007049"/>
+    <verse num="49"><crossref let="e" cid="c11007049.1"/>the lampstands of pure gold, five on the south side and five on the north, before the inner sanctuary; <crossref let="f" cid="c11007049.2"/>the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of gold;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007050"/>
+    <verse num="50">the cups, snuffers, basins, dishes for incense, and <crossref let="g" cid="c11007050.1"/>fire pans, of pure gold; and the sockets of gold, for the doors of the innermost part of the house, <crossref let="h" cid="c11007050.2"/>the Most Holy Place, and for the doors of the nave of the temple.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11007051"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="51">Thus all the work that King Solomon did on the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> was finished. And Solomon brought in <crossref let="i" cid="c11007051.1"/>the things that David his father had dedicated, the silver, the gold, and the vessels, and stored them in the treasuries of the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008001"/>
+  <chapter num="8">
+    <heading>The Ark Brought into the Temple</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><crossref let="j" cid="c11008001.1"/>Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, <crossref let="k" cid="c11008001.2"/>the leaders of the fathers&apos; houses of the people of Israel, before King Solomon in Jerusalem, <crossref let="l" cid="c11008001.3"/>to bring up the ark of the covenant of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> out of <crossref let="m" cid="c11008001.4"/>the city of David, which is Zion.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008002"/>
+    <verse num="2">And all the men of Israel assembled to King Solomon at <crossref let="n" cid="c11008002.1"/>the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008003"/>
+    <verse num="3">And all the elders of Israel came, and <crossref let="o" cid="c11008003.1"/>the priests took up the ark.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008004"/>
+    <verse num="4">And they brought up the ark of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <crossref let="p" cid="c11008004.1"/>the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the tent; the priests and the Levites brought them up.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008005"/>
+    <verse num="5">And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who had assembled before him, were with him before the ark, <crossref let="q" cid="c11008005.1"/>sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008006"/>
+    <verse num="6"><crossref let="r" cid="c11008006.1"/>Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> <crossref let="s" cid="c11008006.2"/>to its place in <crossref let="t" cid="c11008006.3"/>the inner sanctuary of the house, in the Most Holy Place, underneath the wings of the cherubim.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008007"/>
+    <verse num="7">For the cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008008"/>
+    <verse num="8"><crossref let="u" cid="c11008008.1"/>And the poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the Holy Place before <crossref let="t" cid="c11008008.2"/>the inner sanctuary; but they could not be seen from outside. And they are there to this day.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008009"/>
+    <verse num="9">There was nothing in the ark except <crossref let="v" cid="c11008009.1"/>the two tablets of stone that Moses put there at Horeb, where <crossref let="w" cid="c11008009.2"/>the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> made a covenant with the people of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008010"/>
+    <verse num="10">And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, <crossref let="x" cid="c11008010.1"/>a cloud filled the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008011"/>
+    <verse num="11">so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> filled the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008012"/>
+    <heading>Solomon Blesses the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span></heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="12"><crossref let="y" cid="c11008012.1"/>Then Solomon said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11008012.1" from="11008012.1" to="11008013.1"/>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span><note nid="n11008012.1"/> has said that he would dwell <crossref let="z" cid="c11008012.2"/>in thick darkness.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008013"/>
+    <verse num="13"><crossref let="a" cid="c11008013.1"/>I have indeed built you an exalted house, <crossref let="b" cid="c11008013.2"/>a place for you to dwell in forever.<q class="end-double" qid="11008013.1" from="11008012.1" to="11008013.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008014"/>
+    <verse num="14">Then the king turned around and <crossref let="c" cid="c11008014.1"/>blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008015"/>
+    <verse num="15">And he said, <crossref let="d" cid="c11008015.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="11008015.1" from="11008015.1" to="11008021.1"/>Blessed be the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of Israel, who with his hand has fulfilled <crossref let="e" cid="c11008015.2"/>what he promised with his mouth to David my father, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008016"/>
+    <verse num="16"><crossref let="f" cid="c11008016.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="11008016.1" from="11008016.1" to="11008016.2"/>Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, <crossref let="g" cid="c11008016.2"/>that my name might be there. <crossref let="h" cid="c11008016.3"/>But I chose David to be over my people Israel.<q class="end-single" qid="11008016.2" from="11008016.1" to="11008016.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008017"/>
+    <verse num="17"><crossref let="i" cid="c11008017.1"/>Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of Israel.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008018"/>
+    <verse num="18">But the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to David my father, <q class="begin-single" qid="11008018.1" from="11008018.1" to="11008019.1"/>Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008019"/>
+    <verse num="19"><crossref let="j" cid="c11008019.1"/>Nevertheless, you shall not build the house, but your son who shall be born to you shall build the house for my name.<q class="end-single" qid="11008019.1" from="11008018.1" to="11008019.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008020"/>
+    <verse num="20">Now the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has fulfilled his promise that he made. For I have risen in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, <crossref let="k" cid="c11008020.1"/>as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> promised, and I have built the house for the name of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of Israel.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008021"/>
+    <verse num="21">And there I have provided a place for the ark, <crossref let="l" cid="c11008021.1"/>in which is the covenant of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> that he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.<q class="end-double" qid="11008021.1" from="11008015.1" to="11008021.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008022"/>
+    <heading>Solomon&apos;s Prayer of Dedication</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="22">Then Solomon <crossref let="m" cid="c11008022.1"/>stood before the altar of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and <crossref let="n" cid="c11008022.2"/>spread out his hands toward heaven,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008023"/>
+    <verse num="23">and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11008023.1" from="11008023.1" to="11008053.1"/>O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, God of Israel, <crossref let="o" cid="c11008023.1"/>there is no God like you, in heaven above or on earth beneath, <crossref let="p" cid="c11008023.2"/>keeping covenant and showing steadfast love to your servants who walk before you with all their heart;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008024"/>
+    <verse num="24">you have kept with your servant David my father what you declared to him. <crossref let="e" cid="c11008024.1"/>You spoke with your mouth, and with your hand have fulfilled it this day.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008025"/>
+    <verse num="25">Now therefore, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father what you have promised him, saying, <crossref let="q" cid="c11008025.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="11008025.1" from="11008025.1" to="11008025.2"/>You shall not lack a man to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your sons pay close attention to their way, to walk before me as you have walked before me.<q class="end-single" qid="11008025.2" from="11008025.1" to="11008025.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008026"/>
+    <verse num="26"><crossref let="r" cid="c11008026.1"/>Now therefore, O God of Israel, let your word be confirmed, which you have spoken to your servant David my father.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008027"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="27"><q class="continue-double" qid="11008027.1" from="11008023.1" to="11008053.1"/>But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, <crossref let="s" cid="c11008027.1"/>heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have built!</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008028"/>
+    <verse num="28">Yet have regard to the prayer of your servant and to his plea, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> my God, listening to the cry and to the prayer that your servant prays before you this day,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008029"/>
+    <verse num="29"><crossref let="t" cid="c11008029.1"/>that your eyes may be open night and day toward this house, the place of which you have said, <crossref let="u" cid="c11008029.2"/><q class="begin-single" qid="11008029.1" from="11008029.1" to="11008029.2"/>My name shall be there,<q class="end-single" qid="11008029.2" from="11008029.1" to="11008029.2"/> that you may listen to the prayer that your servant offers toward this place.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008030"/>
+    <verse num="30">And listen to the plea of your servant and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. And listen in heaven your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008031"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="31"><q class="continue-double" qid="11008031.1" from="11008023.1" to="11008053.1"/>If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take <crossref let="v" cid="c11008031.1"/>an oath and comes and swears his oath before your altar in this house,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008032"/>
+    <verse num="32">then hear in heaven and act and judge your servants, <crossref let="w" cid="c11008032.1"/>condemning the guilty by bringing his conduct on his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008033"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="33"><crossref let="x" cid="c11008033.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="11008033.1" from="11008023.1" to="11008053.1"/>When your people Israel are defeated before the enemy because they have sinned against you, and <crossref let="y" cid="c11008033.2"/>if they turn again to you and acknowledge your name and pray and plead with you in this house,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008034"/>
+    <verse num="34">then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them again to the land that you gave to their fathers.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008035"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="35"><crossref let="z" cid="c11008035.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="11008035.1" from="11008023.1" to="11008053.1"/>When heaven is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, if they pray toward this place and acknowledge your name and turn from their sin, when you afflict them,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008036"/>
+    <verse num="36">then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel, when <crossref let="a" cid="c11008036.1"/>you teach them <crossref let="b" cid="c11008036.2"/>the good way in which they should walk, and grant rain upon your land, which you have given to your people as an inheritance.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008037"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="37"><crossref let="c" cid="c11008037.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="11008037.1" from="11008023.1" to="11008053.1"/>If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence or blight or mildew or locust or caterpillar, if their enemy besieges them in the land at their gates,<note nid="n11008037.1"/> whatever plague, whatever sickness there is,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008038"/>
+    <verse num="38">whatever prayer, whatever plea is made by any man or by all your people Israel, each knowing the affliction of his own heart and stretching out his hands toward this house,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008039"/>
+    <verse num="39">then hear in heaven your dwelling place and forgive and act and render to each whose heart you know, according to all his ways (<crossref let="d" cid="c11008039.1"/>for you, you only, know the hearts of all the children of mankind),</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008040"/>
+    <verse num="40">that they may fear you <crossref let="e" cid="c11008040.1"/>all the days that they live in the land that you gave to our fathers.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008041"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="41"><q class="continue-double" qid="11008041.1" from="11008023.1" to="11008053.1"/>Likewise, when a foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, comes from a far country for your name&apos;s sake</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008042"/>
+    <verse num="42">(for they shall hear of your great name <crossref let="f" cid="c11008042.1"/>and your mighty hand, and of your outstretched arm), when he comes and prays toward this house,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008043"/>
+    <verse num="43">hear in heaven your dwelling place and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to you, in order <crossref let="g" cid="c11008043.1"/>that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and <crossref let="h" cid="c11008043.2"/>fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that this house that I have built is called by your name.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008044"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="44"><q class="continue-double" qid="11008044.1" from="11008023.1" to="11008053.1"/>If your people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> <crossref let="i" cid="c11008044.1"/>toward the city that you have chosen and the house that I have built for your name,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008045"/>
+    <verse num="45">then hear in heaven their prayer and their plea, and maintain their cause.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008046"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="46"><q class="continue-double" qid="11008046.1" from="11008023.1" to="11008053.1"/>If they sin against you&emdash;<crossref let="j" cid="c11008046.1"/>for there is no one who does not sin&emdash;and you are angry with them and give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive <crossref let="k" cid="c11008046.2"/>to the land of the enemy, far off or near,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008047"/>
+    <verse num="47">yet <crossref let="l" cid="c11008047.1"/>if they turn their heart in the land to which they have been carried captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their captors, saying, <crossref let="m" cid="c11008047.2"/><q class="begin-single" qid="11008047.1" from="11008047.1" to="11008047.2"/>We have sinned and have acted perversely and wickedly,<q class="end-single" qid="11008047.2" from="11008047.1" to="11008047.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008048"/>
+    <verse num="48"><crossref let="n" cid="c11008048.1"/>if they repent with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray to you <crossref let="o" cid="c11008048.2"/>toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city that you have chosen, and the house that I have built for your name,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008049"/>
+    <verse num="49">then hear in heaven your dwelling place their prayer and their plea, and maintain their cause</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008050"/>
+    <verse num="50">and forgive your people who have sinned against you, and all their transgressions that they have committed against you, and <crossref let="p" cid="c11008050.1"/>grant them compassion in the sight of those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008051"/>
+    <verse num="51">(<crossref let="q" cid="c11008051.1"/>for they are your people, and your heritage, which you brought out of Egypt, <crossref let="r" cid="c11008051.2"/>from the midst of the iron furnace).</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008052"/>
+    <verse num="52"><crossref let="s" cid="c11008052.1"/>Let your eyes be open to the plea of your servant and to the plea of your people Israel, giving ear to them whenever they call to you.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008053"/>
+    <verse num="53">For you separated them from among all the peoples of the earth to be your heritage, <crossref let="t" cid="c11008053.1"/>as you declared through Moses your servant, when you brought our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord <span class="divine-name">God</span>.<q class="end-double" qid="11008053.1" from="11008023.1" to="11008053.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008054"/>
+    <heading>Solomon&apos;s Benediction</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="54"><crossref let="u" cid="c11008054.1"/>Now as Solomon finished offering all this prayer and plea to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, he arose from before the altar of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, where he had <crossref let="v" cid="c11008054.2"/>knelt with hands outstretched toward heaven.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008055"/>
+    <verse num="55">And he stood and <crossref let="w" cid="c11008055.1"/>blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008056"/>
+    <verse num="56"><q class="begin-double" qid="11008056.1" from="11008056.1" to="11008061.1"/>Blessed be the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised. <crossref let="x" cid="c11008056.1"/>Not one word has failed of all his good promise, which he spoke by Moses his servant.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008057"/>
+    <verse num="57">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> our God be with us, as he was with our fathers. <crossref let="y" cid="c11008057.1"/>May he not leave us or forsake us,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008058"/>
+    <verse num="58">that he may <crossref let="z" cid="c11008058.1"/>incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments, his statutes, and his rules, which he commanded our fathers.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008059"/>
+    <verse num="59">Let these words of mine, with which I have pleaded before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, be near to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> our God day and night, and may he maintain the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel, as each day requires,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008060"/>
+    <verse num="60">that <crossref let="a" cid="c11008060.1"/>all the peoples of the earth may know that <crossref let="b" cid="c11008060.2"/>the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is God; there is no other.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008061"/>
+    <verse num="61"><crossref let="c" cid="c11008061.1"/>Let your heart therefore be wholly true to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> our God, walking in his statutes and keeping his commandments, as at this day.<q class="end-double" qid="11008061.1" from="11008056.1" to="11008061.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008062"/>
+    <heading>Solomon&apos;s Sacrifices</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="62"><crossref let="d" cid="c11008062.1"/>Then <crossref let="e" cid="c11008062.2"/>the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008063"/>
+    <verse num="63">Solomon offered as peace offerings to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people of Israel dedicated the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008064"/>
+    <verse num="64">The same day the king consecrated the middle of the court that was before the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, for there he offered the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat pieces of the peace offerings, because <crossref let="f" cid="c11008064.1"/>the bronze altar that was before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> was too small to receive the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat pieces of the peace offerings.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008065"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="65">So Solomon held <crossref let="g" cid="c11008065.1"/>the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from <crossref let="h" cid="c11008065.2"/>Lebo-hamath to <crossref let="i" cid="c11008065.3"/>the Brook of Egypt, before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> our God, seven days.<note nid="n11008065.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11008066"/>
+    <verse num="66">On the eighth day he sent the people away, and they blessed the king and went to their homes joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had shown to David his servant and to Israel his people.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11009001"/>
+  <chapter num="9">
+    <heading>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> Appears to Solomon</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><crossref let="j" cid="c11009001.1"/>As soon as Solomon had finished building the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> <crossref let="k" cid="c11009001.2"/>and the king&apos;s house and <crossref let="l" cid="c11009001.3"/>all that Solomon desired to build,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11009002"/>
+    <verse num="2"><crossref let="m" cid="c11009002.1"/>the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> appeared to Solomon a second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11009003"/>
+    <verse num="3">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="11009003.1" from="11009003.1" to="11009009.3"/>I have heard your prayer and your plea, which you have made before me. I have consecrated this house that you have built, <crossref let="n" cid="c11009003.1"/>by putting my name there forever. <crossref let="o" cid="c11009003.2"/>My eyes and my heart will be there for all time.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11009004"/>
+    <verse num="4">And as for you, if you will <crossref let="p" cid="c11009004.1"/>walk before me, <crossref let="q" cid="c11009004.2"/>as David your father walked, with integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you, and keeping my statutes and my rules,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11009005"/>
+    <verse num="5"><crossref let="r" cid="c11009005.1"/>then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father, saying, <q class="begin-single" qid="11009005.1" from="11009005.1" to="11009005.2"/>You shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.<q class="end-single" qid="11009005.2" from="11009005.1" to="11009005.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11009006"/>
+    <verse num="6"><crossref let="s" cid="c11009006.1"/>But if you turn aside from following me, you or your children, and do not keep my commandments and my statutes that I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11009007"/>
+    <verse num="7"><crossref let="t" cid="c11009007.1"/>then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, <crossref let="u" cid="c11009007.2"/>and the house that I have consecrated for my name I will cast out of my sight, <crossref let="v" cid="c11009007.3"/>and Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11009008"/>
+    <verse num="8">And this house will become a heap of ruins.<note nid="n11009008.1"/> Everyone passing by it will be astonished and will hiss, and they will say, <crossref let="w" cid="c11009008.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="11009008.1" from="11009008.1" to="11009008.2"/>Why has the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> done thus to this land and to this house?<q class="end-single" qid="11009008.2" from="11009008.1" to="11009008.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11009009"/>
+    <verse num="9">Then they will say, <q class="begin-single" qid="11009009.1" from="11009009.1" to="11009009.2"/>Because <crossref let="x" cid="c11009009.1"/>they abandoned the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> their God who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt and laid hold on other gods and worshiped them and served them. Therefore the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has brought all this disaster on them.<q class="end-single" qid="11009009.2" from="11009009.1" to="11009009.2"/><q class="end-double" qid="11009009.3" from="11009003.1" to="11009009.3"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11009010"/>
+    <heading>Solomon&apos;s Other Acts</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="10"><crossref let="y" cid="c11009010.1"/>At the end of <crossref let="z" cid="c11009010.2"/>twenty years, in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and the king&apos;s house,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11009011"/>
+    <verse num="11">and Hiram king of Tyre had supplied Solomon with cedar and cypress timber and gold, as much as he desired, King Solomon gave to Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11009012"/>
+    <verse num="12">But when Hiram came from Tyre to see the cities that Solomon had given him, they did not please him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11009013"/>
+    <verse num="13">Therefore he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11009013.1" from="11009013.1" to="11009013.2"/>What kind of cities are these that you have given me, my brother?<q class="end-double" qid="11009013.2" from="11009013.1" to="11009013.2"/> So they are called the land of <crossref let="a" cid="c11009013.1"/>Cabul to this day.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11009014"/>
+    <verse num="14">Hiram had sent to the king 120 talents<note nid="n11009014.1"/> of gold.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11009015"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="15">And this is the account of <crossref let="b" cid="c11009015.1"/>the forced labor that King Solomon drafted to build the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and his own house and <crossref let="c" cid="c11009015.2"/>the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and <crossref let="d" cid="c11009015.3"/>Hazor and <crossref let="e" cid="c11009015.4"/>Megiddo and Gezer</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11009016"/>
+    <verse num="16">(Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and captured Gezer and burned it with fire, and had killed <crossref let="f" cid="c11009016.1"/>the Canaanites who lived in the city, and had given it as dowry to <crossref let="g" cid="c11009016.2"/>his daughter, Solomon&apos;s wife;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11009017"/>
+    <verse num="17">so Solomon rebuilt Gezer) and <crossref let="h" cid="c11009017.1"/>Lower Beth-horon</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11009018"/>
+    <verse num="18">and Baalath and Tamar in the wilderness, in the land of Judah,<note nid="n11009018.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11009019"/>
+    <verse num="19">and all the store cities that Solomon had, and <crossref let="i" cid="c11009019.1"/>the cities for his chariots, and the cities for <crossref let="j" cid="c11009019.2"/>his horsemen, and whatever Solomon <crossref let="k" cid="c11009019.3"/>desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11009020"/>
+    <verse num="20">All the people who were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of the people of Israel&emdash;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11009021"/>
+    <verse num="21"><crossref let="l" cid="c11009021.1"/>their descendants who were left after them in the land, <crossref let="m" cid="c11009021.2"/>whom the people of Israel were unable to devote to destruction<note nid="n11009021.1"/>&emdash;<crossref let="n" cid="c11009021.3"/>these Solomon drafted to be <crossref let="o" cid="c11009021.4"/>slaves, and so they are to this day.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11009022"/>
+    <verse num="22">But <crossref let="p" cid="c11009022.1"/>of the people of Israel Solomon made no slaves. They were the soldiers, they were his officials, his commanders, his captains, his chariot commanders and his horsemen.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11009023"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="23">These were the chief officers who were over Solomon&apos;s work: <crossref let="q" cid="c11009023.1"/>550 <crossref let="r" cid="c11009023.2"/>who had charge of the people who carried on the work.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11009024"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="24">But <crossref let="g" cid="c11009024.1"/>Pharaoh&apos;s daughter went up from the city of David to <crossref let="s" cid="c11009024.2"/>her own house that Solomon had built for her. <crossref let="t" cid="c11009024.3"/>Then he built <crossref let="u" cid="c11009024.4"/>the Millo.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11009025"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="25">Three times a year Solomon used to offer up burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar that he built to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, making offerings with it<note nid="n11009025.1"/> before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. So he finished the house.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11009026"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="26">King Solomon built a fleet of ships at <crossref let="v" cid="c11009026.1"/>Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11009027"/>
+    <verse num="27">And Hiram sent <crossref let="w" cid="c11009027.1"/>with the fleet his servants, seamen who were familiar with the sea, together with the servants of Solomon.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11009028"/>
+    <verse num="28">And they went to <crossref let="x" cid="c11009028.1"/>Ophir and brought from there gold, 420 talents, and they brought it to King Solomon.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11010001"/>
+  <chapter num="10">
+    <heading>The Queen of Sheba</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><crossref let="y" cid="c11010001.1"/>Now when <crossref let="z" cid="c11010001.2"/>the queen of <crossref let="a" cid="c11010001.3"/>Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, she came <crossref let="b" cid="c11010001.4"/>to test him with hard questions.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11010002"/>
+    <verse num="2">She came to Jerusalem with a very great retinue, with camels <crossref let="c" cid="c11010002.1"/>bearing spices and very much gold and precious stones. And when she came to Solomon, she told him all that was on her mind.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11010003"/>
+    <verse num="3">And Solomon answered all her questions; there was nothing hidden from the king that he could not explain to her.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11010004"/>
+    <verse num="4">And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11010005"/>
+    <verse num="5">the food of his table, the seating of his officials, and the attendance of his servants, their clothing, his cupbearers, and his burnt offerings that he offered at the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, there was no more breath in her.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11010006"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="6">And she said to the king, <q class="begin-double" qid="11010006.1" from="11010006.1" to="11010009.1"/>The report was true that I heard in my own land of your words and of your wisdom,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11010007"/>
+    <verse num="7">but I did not believe the reports until I came and my own eyes had seen it. And behold, the half was not told me. Your wisdom and prosperity surpass the report that I heard.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11010008"/>
+    <verse num="8"><crossref let="e" cid="c11010008.1"/>Happy are your men! Happy are your servants, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11010009"/>
+    <verse num="9"><crossref let="f" cid="c11010009.1"/>Blessed be the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God, who has delighted in you and set you on the throne of Israel! <crossref let="g" cid="c11010009.2"/>Because the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> loved Israel forever, he has made you king, <crossref let="h" cid="c11010009.3"/>that you may execute justice and righteousness.<q class="end-double" qid="11010009.1" from="11010006.1" to="11010009.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11010010"/>
+    <verse num="10"><crossref let="i" cid="c11010010.1"/>Then she gave the king 120 talents<note nid="n11010010.1"/> of gold, and a very great quantity of spices and precious stones. Never again came such an abundance of spices as these that the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11010011"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="11">Moreover, <crossref let="j" cid="c11010011.1"/>the fleet of Hiram, which brought <crossref let="k" cid="c11010011.2"/>gold from Ophir, brought from Ophir a very great amount of almug wood and precious stones.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11010012"/>
+    <verse num="12">And the king made of the almug wood supports for the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and for the king&apos;s house, also lyres and harps for the singers. No such almug wood has come or been seen to this day.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11010013"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="13">And King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all that she desired, whatever she asked besides what was given her by the bounty of King Solomon. So she turned and went back to her own land with her servants.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11010014"/>
+    <heading>Solomon&apos;s Great Wealth</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="14"><crossref let="l" cid="c11010014.1"/>Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11010015"/>
+    <verse num="15">besides that which came from the explorers and from the business of the merchants, and from all the kings of the west and from the governors of the land.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11010016"/>
+    <verse num="16">King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold; 600 shekels<note nid="n11010016.1"/> of gold went into each shield.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11010017"/>
+    <verse num="17">And he made 300 <crossref let="m" cid="c11010017.1"/>shields of beaten gold; three minas<note nid="n11010017.1"/> of gold went into each shield. And the king put them in <crossref let="n" cid="c11010017.2"/>the House of the Forest of Lebanon.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11010018"/>
+    <verse num="18">The king also made a great ivory throne and overlaid it with the finest gold.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11010019"/>
+    <verse num="19">The throne had six steps, and the throne had a round top,<note nid="n11010019.1"/> and on each side of the seat were armrests and two lions standing beside the armrests,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11010020"/>
+    <verse num="20">while twelve lions stood there, one on each end of a step on the six steps. The like of it was never made in any kingdom.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11010021"/>
+    <verse num="21">All King Solomon&apos;s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of <crossref let="n" cid="c11010021.1"/>the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. None were of silver; silver was not considered as anything in the days of Solomon.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11010022"/>
+    <verse num="22">For the king had <crossref let="o" cid="c11010022.1"/>a fleet of ships of Tarshish at sea with the fleet of Hiram. Once every three years the fleet of ships of Tarshish used to come bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.<note nid="n11010022.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11010023"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="23"><crossref let="p" cid="c11010023.1"/>Thus King Solomon excelled all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11010024"/>
+    <verse num="24">And the whole earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11010025"/>
+    <verse num="25">Every one of them brought his present, articles of silver and gold, garments, myrrh,<note nid="n11010025.1"/> spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11010026"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="26"><crossref let="q" cid="c11010026.1"/>And Solomon gathered together <crossref let="r" cid="c11010026.2"/>chariots and horsemen. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, whom he stationed in the <crossref let="s" cid="c11010026.3"/>chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11010027"/>
+    <verse num="27">And the king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stone, and he made cedar as plentiful as <crossref let="t" cid="c11010027.1"/>the sycamore of the Shephelah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11010028"/>
+    <verse num="28">And Solomon&apos;s <crossref let="u" cid="c11010028.1"/>import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king&apos;s traders received them from Kue at a price.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11010029"/>
+    <verse num="29">A chariot could be imported from Egypt for 600 shekels of silver and a horse for 150, and so through the king&apos;s traders they were exported to all the kings of <crossref let="v" cid="c11010029.1"/>the Hittites and the kings of Syria.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011001"/>
+  <chapter num="11">
+    <heading>Solomon Turns from the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span></heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">Now <crossref let="w" cid="c11011001.1"/>King Solomon loved many foreign women, along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011002"/>
+    <verse num="2">from the nations concerning which the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had said to the people of Israel, <crossref let="x" cid="c11011002.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="11011002.1" from="11011002.1" to="11011002.2"/>You shall not enter into marriage with them, neither shall they with you, for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods.<q class="end-double" qid="11011002.2" from="11011002.1" to="11011002.2"/> Solomon clung to these in love.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011003"/>
+    <verse num="3">He had 700 wives, who were princesses, and 300 concubines. And his wives turned away his heart.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011004"/>
+    <verse num="4">For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and <crossref let="y" cid="c11011004.1"/>his heart was not wholly true to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> his God, <crossref let="z" cid="c11011004.2"/>as was the heart of David his father.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011005"/>
+    <verse num="5">For Solomon went after <crossref let="a" cid="c11011005.1"/>Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after <crossref let="b" cid="c11011005.2"/>Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011006"/>
+    <verse num="6">So Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and did not wholly follow the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, as David his father had done.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011007"/>
+    <verse num="7">Then Solomon built a high place for <crossref let="c" cid="c11011007.1"/>Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for <crossref let="d" cid="c11011007.2"/>Molech the abomination of the Ammonites, on the mountain east of Jerusalem.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011008"/>
+    <verse num="8">And so he did for all his foreign wives, who made offerings and sacrificed to their gods.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011009"/>
+    <heading>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> Raises Adversaries</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="9">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> was angry with Solomon, because <crossref let="e" cid="c11011009.1"/>his heart had turned away from the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of Israel, <crossref let="f" cid="c11011009.2"/>who had appeared to him twice</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011010"/>
+    <verse num="10">and <crossref let="g" cid="c11011010.1"/>had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods. But he did not keep what the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> commanded.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011011"/>
+    <verse num="11">Therefore the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Solomon, <q class="begin-double" qid="11011011.1" from="11011011.1" to="11011013.1"/>Since this has been your practice and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes that I have commanded you, <crossref let="h" cid="c11011011.1"/>I will surely tear the kingdom from you and will give it to your servant.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011012"/>
+    <verse num="12">Yet for the sake of David your father I will not do it in your days, but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011013"/>
+    <verse num="13">However, <crossref let="i" cid="c11011013.1"/>I will not tear away all the kingdom, but <crossref let="j" cid="c11011013.2"/>I will give one tribe to your son, for the sake of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem <crossref let="k" cid="c11011013.3"/>that I have chosen.<q class="end-double" qid="11011013.1" from="11011011.1" to="11011013.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011014"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="14">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> raised up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite. He was of the royal house in Edom.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011015"/>
+    <verse num="15">For <crossref let="l" cid="c11011015.1"/>when David was in Edom, and Joab the commander of the army went up to bury the slain, he struck down every male in Edom</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011016"/>
+    <verse num="16">(for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom).</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011017"/>
+    <verse num="17">But Hadad fled to Egypt, together with certain Edomites of his father&apos;s servants, Hadad still being a little child.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011018"/>
+    <verse num="18">They set out from Midian and came to <crossref let="m" cid="c11011018.1"/>Paran and took men with them from Paran and came to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave him a house and assigned him an allowance of food and gave him land.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011019"/>
+    <verse num="19">And Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him in marriage the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011020"/>
+    <verse num="20">And the sister of Tahpenes bore him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh&apos;s house. And Genubath was in Pharaoh&apos;s house among the sons of Pharaoh.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011021"/>
+    <verse num="21">But when Hadad heard in Egypt <crossref let="n" cid="c11011021.1"/>that David slept with his fathers and that Joab the commander of the army was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, <q class="begin-double" qid="11011021.1" from="11011021.1" to="11011021.2"/>Let me depart, that I may go to my own country.<q class="end-double" qid="11011021.2" from="11011021.1" to="11011021.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011022"/>
+    <verse num="22">But Pharaoh said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="11011022.1" from="11011022.1" to="11011022.2"/>What have you lacked with me that you are now seeking to go to your own country?<q class="end-double" qid="11011022.2" from="11011022.1" to="11011022.2"/> And he said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="11011022.3" from="11011022.3" to="11011022.4"/>Only let me depart.<q class="end-double" qid="11011022.4" from="11011022.3" to="11011022.4"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011023"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="23">God also raised up as an adversary to him, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master <crossref let="o" cid="c11011023.1"/>Hadadezer king of Zobah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011024"/>
+    <verse num="24">And he gathered men about him and became leader of a marauding band, <crossref let="p" cid="c11011024.1"/>after the killing by David. And they went to Damascus and lived there and made him king in Damascus.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011025"/>
+    <verse num="25">He was an adversary of Israel all the days of Solomon, doing harm as Hadad did. And he loathed Israel and reigned over Syria.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011026"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="26"><crossref let="q" cid="c11011026.1"/>Jeroboam the son of Nebat, <crossref let="r" cid="c11011026.2"/>an Ephraimite of Zeredah, a servant of Solomon, whose mother&apos;s name was Zeruah, a widow, also <crossref let="s" cid="c11011026.3"/>lifted up his hand against the king.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011027"/>
+    <verse num="27">And this was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king. <crossref let="t" cid="c11011027.1"/>Solomon built the Millo, and closed up the breach of the city of David his father.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011028"/>
+    <verse num="28">The man Jeroboam was very able, and when Solomon saw that the young man was industrious he gave him charge over all the forced labor of the house of Joseph.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011029"/>
+    <verse num="29">And at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, the prophet <crossref let="u" cid="c11011029.1"/>Ahijah the Shilonite found him on the road. Now Ahijah had dressed himself in a new garment, and the two of them were alone in the open country.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011030"/>
+    <verse num="30">Then Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, <crossref let="v" cid="c11011030.1"/>and tore it into twelve pieces.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011031"/>
+    <verse num="31">And he said to Jeroboam, <q class="begin-double" qid="11011031.1" from="11011031.1" to="11011039.2"/>Take for yourself ten pieces, for thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of Israel, <q class="begin-single" qid="11011031.2" from="11011031.2" to="11011039.1"/>Behold, <crossref let="w" cid="c11011031.1"/>I am about to tear the kingdom from the hand of Solomon and will give you ten tribes</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011032"/>
+    <verse num="32">(but <crossref let="x" cid="c11011032.1"/>he shall have one tribe, for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, <crossref let="y" cid="c11011032.2"/>the city that I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel),</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011033"/>
+    <verse num="33">because they have<note nid="n11011033.1"/> forsaken me <crossref let="z" cid="c11011033.1"/>and worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites, and they have not walked in my ways, doing what is right in my sight and keeping my statutes and my rules, as David his father did.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011034"/>
+    <verse num="34">Nevertheless, I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand, but I will make him ruler all the days of his life, for the sake of David my servant whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my statutes.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011035"/>
+    <verse num="35"><crossref let="a" cid="c11011035.1"/>But I will take the kingdom out of his son&apos;s hand and will give it to you, ten tribes.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011036"/>
+    <verse num="36">Yet to his son <crossref let="x" cid="c11011036.1"/>I will give one tribe, that David my servant may always have <crossref let="b" cid="c11011036.2"/>a lamp before me in Jerusalem, <crossref let="y" cid="c11011036.3"/>the city where I have chosen to put my name.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011037"/>
+    <verse num="37">And I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your soul desires, and you shall be king over Israel.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011038"/>
+    <verse num="38">And if you will listen to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do what is right in my eyes by keeping my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did, <crossref let="c" cid="c11011038.1"/>I will be with you and <crossref let="d" cid="c11011038.2"/>will build you a sure house, as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011039"/>
+    <verse num="39">And I will afflict the offspring of David because of this, but not forever.<q class="end-single" qid="11011039.1" from="11011031.2" to="11011039.1"/><q class="end-double" qid="11011039.2" from="11011031.1" to="11011039.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011040"/>
+    <verse num="40">Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled into Egypt, to <crossref let="e" cid="c11011040.1"/>Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011041"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="41"><crossref let="f" cid="c11011041.1"/>Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the Book of the Acts of Solomon?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011042"/>
+    <verse num="42">And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11011043"/>
+    <verse num="43">And Solomon <crossref let="g" cid="c11011043.1"/>slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David his father. And <crossref let="h" cid="c11011043.2"/>Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11012001"/>
+  <chapter num="12">
+    <heading>Rehoboam&apos;s Folly</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><crossref let="i" cid="c11012001.1"/>Rehoboam went to <crossref let="j" cid="c11012001.2"/>Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11012002"/>
+    <verse num="2">And as soon as <crossref let="k" cid="c11012002.1"/>Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for <crossref let="l" cid="c11012002.2"/>he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon), then Jeroboam returned from<note nid="n11012002.1"/> Egypt.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11012003"/>
+    <verse num="3">And they sent and called him, and Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and said to Rehoboam,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11012004"/>
+    <verse num="4"><crossref let="m" cid="c11012004.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="11012004.1" from="11012004.1" to="11012004.2"/>Your father made our yoke heavy. Now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke on us, and we will serve you.<q class="end-double" qid="11012004.2" from="11012004.1" to="11012004.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11012005"/>
+    <verse num="5">He said to them, <crossref let="n" cid="c11012005.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="11012005.1" from="11012005.1" to="11012005.2"/>Go away for three days, then come again to me.<q class="end-double" qid="11012005.2" from="11012005.1" to="11012005.2"/> So the people went away.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11012006"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="6">Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he was yet alive, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="11012006.1" from="11012006.1" to="11012006.2"/>How do you advise me to answer this people?<q class="end-double" qid="11012006.2" from="11012006.1" to="11012006.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11012007"/>
+    <verse num="7">And they said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="11012007.1" from="11012007.1" to="11012007.2"/>If you will be a servant to this people today and serve them, and speak good words to them when you answer them, then they will be your servants forever.<q class="end-double" qid="11012007.2" from="11012007.1" to="11012007.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11012008"/>
+    <verse num="8">But he abandoned the counsel that the old men gave him and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him and stood before him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11012009"/>
+    <verse num="9">And he said to them, <q class="begin-double" qid="11012009.1" from="11012009.1" to="11012009.4"/>What do you advise that we answer this people who have said to me, <q class="begin-single" qid="11012009.2" from="11012009.2" to="11012009.3"/>Lighten the yoke that your father put on us<q class="end-single" qid="11012009.3" from="11012009.2" to="11012009.3"/>?<q class="end-double" qid="11012009.4" from="11012009.1" to="11012009.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11012010"/>
+    <verse num="10">And the young men who had grown up with him said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="11012010.1" from="11012010.1" to="11012011.2"/>Thus shall you speak to this people who said to you, <q class="begin-single" qid="11012010.2" from="11012010.2" to="11012010.3"/>Your father made our yoke heavy, but you lighten it for us,<q class="end-single" qid="11012010.3" from="11012010.2" to="11012010.3"/> thus shall you say to them, <q class="begin-single" qid="11012010.4" from="11012010.4" to="11012011.1"/>My little finger is thicker than my father&apos;s thighs.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11012011"/>
+    <verse num="11">And now, whereas <crossref let="m" cid="c11012011.1"/>my father laid on you a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.<q class="end-single" qid="11012011.1" from="11012010.4" to="11012011.1"/><q class="end-double" qid="11012011.2" from="11012010.1" to="11012011.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11012012"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="12">So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king said, <crossref let="o" cid="c11012012.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="11012012.1" from="11012012.1" to="11012012.2"/>Come to me again the third day.<q class="end-double" qid="11012012.2" from="11012012.1" to="11012012.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11012013"/>
+    <verse num="13">And the king answered the people harshly, and forsaking the counsel that the old men had given him,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11012014"/>
+    <verse num="14">he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, <crossref let="m" cid="c11012014.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="11012014.1" from="11012014.1" to="11012014.2"/>My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.<q class="end-double" qid="11012014.2" from="11012014.1" to="11012014.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11012015"/>
+    <verse num="15">So the king did not listen to the people, for <crossref let="p" cid="c11012015.1"/>it was a turn of affairs brought about by the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> that he might fulfill his word, which <crossref let="q" cid="c11012015.2"/>the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11012016"/>
+    <heading>The Kingdom Divided</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="16">And when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, <q class="begin-double" qid="11012016.1" from="11012016.1" to="11012016.2"/>What portion do we have in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. <crossref let="r" cid="c11012016.1"/>To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, David.<q class="end-double" qid="11012016.2" from="11012016.1" to="11012016.2"/> So Israel went to their tents.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11012017"/>
+    <verse num="17">But Rehoboam reigned over <crossref let="s" cid="c11012017.1"/>the people of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11012018"/>
+    <verse num="18">Then King Rehoboam sent <crossref let="t" cid="c11012018.1"/>Adoram, who was taskmaster over the forced labor, and all Israel stoned him to death with stones. And King Rehoboam hurried to mount his chariot to flee to Jerusalem.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11012019"/>
+    <verse num="19"><crossref let="u" cid="c11012019.1"/>So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11012020"/>
+    <verse num="20">And when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. There was none that followed the house of David but <crossref let="v" cid="c11012020.1"/>the tribe of Judah only.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11012021"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="21"><crossref let="w" cid="c11012021.1"/>When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, 180,000 chosen warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11012022"/>
+    <verse num="22">But the word of God came to <crossref let="x" cid="c11012022.1"/>Shemaiah the man of God:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11012023"/>
+    <verse num="23"><q class="begin-double" qid="11012023.1" from="11012023.1" to="11012024.3"/>Say to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the <crossref let="y" cid="c11012023.1"/>rest of the people,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11012024"/>
+    <verse num="24"><q class="begin-single" qid="11012024.1" from="11012024.1" to="11012024.2"/>Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, You shall not go up or fight against your relatives the people of Israel. Every man return to his home, <crossref let="z" cid="c11012024.1"/>for this thing is from me.<q class="end-single" qid="11012024.2" from="11012024.1" to="11012024.2"/><q class="end-double" qid="11012024.3" from="11012023.1" to="11012024.3"/> So they listened to the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and went home again, according to the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11012025"/>
+    <heading>Jeroboam&apos;s Golden Calves</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="25">Then Jeroboam <crossref let="a" cid="c11012025.1"/>built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. And he went out from there and <crossref let="b" cid="c11012025.2"/>built Penuel.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11012026"/>
+    <verse num="26">And Jeroboam said in his heart, <q class="begin-double" qid="11012026.1" from="11012026.1" to="11012027.1"/>Now the kingdom will turn back to the house of David.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11012027"/>
+    <verse num="27">If this people <crossref let="c" cid="c11012027.1"/>go up to offer sacrifices in the temple of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people will turn again to their lord, to Rehoboam king of Judah, and they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.<q class="end-double" qid="11012027.1" from="11012026.1" to="11012027.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11012028"/>
+    <verse num="28">So the king took counsel and <crossref let="d" cid="c11012028.1"/>made two calves of gold. And he said to the people, <q class="begin-double" qid="11012028.1" from="11012028.1" to="11012028.2"/>You have gone up to Jerusalem long enough. <crossref let="e" cid="c11012028.2"/>Behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.<q class="end-double" qid="11012028.2" from="11012028.1" to="11012028.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11012029"/>
+    <verse num="29">And he set one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11012030"/>
+    <verse num="30">Then <crossref let="f" cid="c11012030.1"/>this thing became a sin, for the people went as far as Dan to be before one.<note nid="n11012030.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11012031"/>
+    <verse num="31">He also made <crossref let="g" cid="c11012031.1"/>temples on high places and <crossref let="h" cid="c11012031.2"/>appointed priests from among all the people, who were not of the Levites.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11012032"/>
+    <verse num="32">And Jeroboam appointed a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month like <crossref let="i" cid="c11012032.1"/>the feast that was in Judah, and he offered sacrifices on the altar. So he did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he made. And he placed in Bethel <crossref let="j" cid="c11012032.2"/>the priests of the high places that he had made.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11012033"/>
+    <verse num="33">He went up to the altar that he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, in the month that he had devised from his own heart. And he instituted a feast for the people of Israel and went up to the altar <crossref let="k" cid="c11012033.1"/>to make offerings.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11013001"/>
+  <chapter num="13">
+    <heading>A Man of God Confronts Jeroboam</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">And behold, <crossref let="l" cid="c11013001.1"/>a man of God came out of Judah by the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> to Bethel. Jeroboam was standing by the altar <crossref let="m" cid="c11013001.2"/>to make offerings.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11013002"/>
+    <verse num="2"><crossref let="n" cid="c11013002.1"/>And the man cried against the altar by the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11013002.1" from="11013002.1" to="11013002.4"/>O altar, altar, thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>: <q class="begin-single" qid="11013002.2" from="11013002.2" to="11013002.3"/>Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, <crossref let="o" cid="c11013002.2"/>Josiah by name, and he shall sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who make offerings on you, and human bones shall be burned on you.<q class="end-single" qid="11013002.3" from="11013002.2" to="11013002.3"/><q class="end-double" qid="11013002.4" from="11013002.1" to="11013002.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11013003"/>
+    <verse num="3">And he gave <crossref let="p" cid="c11013003.1"/>a sign the same day, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="11013003.1" from="11013003.1" to="11013003.4"/>This is the sign that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has spoken: <q class="begin-single" qid="11013003.2" from="11013003.2" to="11013003.3"/>Behold, the altar shall be torn down, and the ashes that are on it shall be poured out.<q class="end-single" qid="11013003.3" from="11013003.2" to="11013003.3"/><q class="end-double" qid="11013003.4" from="11013003.1" to="11013003.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11013004"/>
+    <verse num="4">And when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar at Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="11013004.1" from="11013004.1" to="11013004.2"/>Seize him.<q class="end-double" qid="11013004.2" from="11013004.1" to="11013004.2"/> And his hand, which he stretched out against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back to himself.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11013005"/>
+    <verse num="5">The altar also was torn down, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign that the man of God had given by the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11013006"/>
+    <verse num="6">And the king said to the man of God, <crossref let="q" cid="c11013006.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="11013006.1" from="11013006.1" to="11013006.2"/>Entreat now the favor of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me.<q class="end-double" qid="11013006.2" from="11013006.1" to="11013006.2"/> And the man of God entreated the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and the king&apos;s hand was restored to him and became as it was before.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11013007"/>
+    <verse num="7">And the king said to the man of God, <q class="begin-double" qid="11013007.1" from="11013007.1" to="11013007.2"/>Come home with me, and refresh yourself, and <crossref let="r" cid="c11013007.1"/>I will give you a reward.<q class="end-double" qid="11013007.2" from="11013007.1" to="11013007.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11013008"/>
+    <verse num="8">And the man of God said to the king, <crossref let="s" cid="c11013008.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="11013008.1" from="11013008.1" to="11013009.3"/>If you give me half your house, <crossref let="t" cid="c11013008.2"/>I will not go in with you. And I will not eat bread or drink water in this place,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11013009"/>
+    <verse num="9">for so was it commanded me by the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, saying, <q class="begin-single" qid="11013009.1" from="11013009.1" to="11013009.2"/>You shall neither eat bread nor drink water nor return by the way that you came.<q class="end-single" qid="11013009.2" from="11013009.1" to="11013009.2"/><q class="end-double" qid="11013009.3" from="11013008.1" to="11013009.3"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11013010"/>
+    <verse num="10">So he went another way and did not return by the way that he came to Bethel.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11013011"/>
+    <heading>The Prophet&apos;s Disobedience</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="11">Now <crossref let="u" cid="c11013011.1"/>an old prophet lived in Bethel. And his sons<note nid="n11013011.1"/> came and told him all that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told to their father the words that he had spoken to the king.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11013012"/>
+    <verse num="12">And their father said to them, <q class="begin-double" qid="11013012.1" from="11013012.1" to="11013012.2"/>Which way did he go?<q class="end-double" qid="11013012.2" from="11013012.1" to="11013012.2"/> And his sons showed him the way that the man of God who came from Judah had gone.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11013013"/>
+    <verse num="13">And he said to his sons, <q class="begin-double" qid="11013013.1" from="11013013.1" to="11013013.2"/>Saddle the donkey for me.<q class="end-double" qid="11013013.2" from="11013013.1" to="11013013.2"/> So they saddled the donkey for him and he mounted it.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11013014"/>
+    <verse num="14">And he went after the man of God and found him sitting under an oak. And he said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="11013014.1" from="11013014.1" to="11013014.2"/>Are you the man of God who came from Judah?<q class="end-double" qid="11013014.2" from="11013014.1" to="11013014.2"/> And he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11013014.3" from="11013014.3" to="11013014.4"/>I am.<q class="end-double" qid="11013014.4" from="11013014.3" to="11013014.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11013015"/>
+    <verse num="15">Then he said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="11013015.1" from="11013015.1" to="11013015.2"/>Come home with me and eat bread.<q class="end-double" qid="11013015.2" from="11013015.1" to="11013015.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11013016"/>
+    <verse num="16">And he said, <crossref let="v" cid="c11013016.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="11013016.1" from="11013016.1" to="11013017.3"/>I may not return with you, or go in with you, neither will I eat bread nor drink water with you in this place,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11013017"/>
+    <verse num="17">for it was said to me <crossref let="w" cid="c11013017.1"/>by the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <q class="begin-single" qid="11013017.1" from="11013017.1" to="11013017.2"/>You shall neither eat bread nor drink water there, nor return by the way that you came.<q class="end-single" qid="11013017.2" from="11013017.1" to="11013017.2"/><q class="end-double" qid="11013017.3" from="11013016.1" to="11013017.3"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11013018"/>
+    <verse num="18">And he said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="11013018.1" from="11013018.1" to="11013018.4"/>I also am a prophet as you are, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, saying, <q class="begin-single" qid="11013018.2" from="11013018.2" to="11013018.3"/>Bring him back with you into your house that he may eat bread and drink water.<q class="end-single" qid="11013018.3" from="11013018.2" to="11013018.3"/><q class="end-double" qid="11013018.4" from="11013018.1" to="11013018.4"/> But he lied to him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11013019"/>
+    <verse num="19">So he went back with him and ate bread in his house and drank water.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11013020"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="20">And as they sat at the table, the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> came to the prophet who had brought him back.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11013021"/>
+    <verse num="21">And he cried to the man of God who came from Judah, <q class="begin-double" qid="11013021.1" from="11013021.1" to="11013022.4"/>Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <q class="begin-single" qid="11013021.2" from="11013021.2" to="11013022.3"/>Because you have disobeyed the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and have not kept the command that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God commanded you,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11013022"/>
+    <verse num="22">but have come back and have eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which he said to you, <q class="begin-inner-double" qid="11013022.1" from="11013022.1" to="11013022.2"/>Eat no bread and drink no water,<q class="end-inner-double" qid="11013022.2" from="11013022.1" to="11013022.2"/> your body shall not come to the tomb of your fathers.<q class="end-single" qid="11013022.3" from="11013021.2" to="11013022.3"/><q class="end-double" qid="11013022.4" from="11013021.1" to="11013022.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11013023"/>
+    <verse num="23">And after he had eaten bread and drunk, he saddled the donkey for the prophet whom he had brought back.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11013024"/>
+    <verse num="24">And as he went away <crossref let="x" cid="c11013024.1"/>a lion met him on the road and killed him. And his body was thrown in the road, and the donkey stood beside it; the lion also stood beside the body.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11013025"/>
+    <verse num="25">And behold, men passed by and saw the body thrown in the road and the lion standing by the body. And they came and told it in the city where <crossref let="y" cid="c11013025.1"/>the old prophet lived.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11013026"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="26">And when the prophet who had brought him back from the way heard of it, he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11013026.1" from="11013026.1" to="11013026.2"/>It is the man of God who disobeyed the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>; therefore the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has given him to the lion, which has torn him and killed him, according to the word that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to him.<q class="end-double" qid="11013026.2" from="11013026.1" to="11013026.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11013027"/>
+    <verse num="27">And he said to his sons, <q class="begin-double" qid="11013027.1" from="11013027.1" to="11013027.2"/>Saddle the donkey for me.<q class="end-double" qid="11013027.2" from="11013027.1" to="11013027.2"/> And they saddled it.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11013028"/>
+    <verse num="28">And he went and found his body thrown in the road, and the donkey and the lion standing beside the body. The lion had not eaten the body or torn the donkey.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11013029"/>
+    <verse num="29">And the prophet took up the body of the man of God and laid it on the donkey and brought it back to the city<note nid="n11013029.1"/> to mourn and to bury him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11013030"/>
+    <verse num="30">And he laid the body in his own grave. And they mourned over him, saying, <crossref let="z" cid="c11013030.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="11013030.1" from="11013030.1" to="11013030.2"/>Alas, my brother!<q class="end-double" qid="11013030.2" from="11013030.1" to="11013030.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11013031"/>
+    <verse num="31">And after he had buried him, he said to his sons, <q class="begin-double" qid="11013031.1" from="11013031.1" to="11013032.1"/>When I die, bury me in the grave in which the man of God is buried; <crossref let="a" cid="c11013031.1"/>lay my bones beside his bones.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11013032"/>
+    <verse num="32"><crossref let="b" cid="c11013032.1"/>For the saying that he called out by the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> against the altar in Bethel and against <crossref let="c" cid="c11013032.2"/>all the houses of the high places that are in the cities of <crossref let="d" cid="c11013032.3"/>Samaria shall surely come to pass.<q class="end-double" qid="11013032.1" from="11013031.1" to="11013032.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11013033"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="33">After this thing Jeroboam did not turn from his evil way, but made priests for the high places again from among all the people. Any who would, he ordained to be priests of the high places.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11013034"/>
+    <verse num="34"><crossref let="e" cid="c11013034.1"/>And this thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, <crossref let="f" cid="c11013034.2"/>so as to cut it off and to destroy it from the face of the earth.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11014001"/>
+  <chapter num="14">
+    <heading>Prophecy Against Jeroboam</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11014002"/>
+    <verse num="2">And Jeroboam said to his wife, <q class="begin-double" qid="11014002.1" from="11014002.1" to="11014003.1"/>Arise, and disguise yourself, that it not be known that you are the wife of Jeroboam, and go to <crossref let="g" cid="c11014002.1"/>Shiloh. Behold, Ahijah the prophet is there, <crossref let="h" cid="c11014002.2"/>who said of me that I should be king over this people.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11014003"/>
+    <verse num="3"><crossref let="i" cid="c11014003.1"/>Take with you ten loaves, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what shall happen to the child.<q class="end-double" qid="11014003.1" from="11014002.1" to="11014003.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11014004"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="4">Jeroboam&apos;s wife did so. She arose and went to <crossref let="g" cid="c11014004.1"/>Shiloh and came to the house of <crossref let="j" cid="c11014004.2"/>Ahijah. Now <crossref let="j" cid="c11014004.3"/>Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were dim because of his age.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11014005"/>
+    <verse num="5">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to <crossref let="j" cid="c11014005.1"/>Ahijah, <q class="begin-double" qid="11014005.1" from="11014005.1" to="11014005.2"/>Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to inquire of you concerning her son, for he is sick. Thus and thus shall you say to her.<q class="end-double" qid="11014005.2" from="11014005.1" to="11014005.2"/>
+      <end-paragraph/>
+      <begin-paragraph/>When she came, she pretended to be another woman.
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11014006"/>
+    <verse num="6">But when <crossref let="j" cid="c11014006.1"/>Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11014006.1" from="11014006.1" to="11014016.1"/>Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why do you pretend to be another? For I am charged with unbearable news for you.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11014007"/>
+    <verse num="7">Go, tell Jeroboam, <q class="begin-single" qid="11014007.1" from="11014007.1" to="11014011.2"/>Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of Israel: <crossref let="k" cid="c11014007.1"/><q class="begin-inner-double" qid="11014007.2" from="11014007.2" to="11014011.1"/>Because I exalted you from among the people and made you leader over my people Israel</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11014008"/>
+    <verse num="8">and <crossref let="l" cid="c11014008.1"/>tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you, and yet you have not been <crossref let="m" cid="c11014008.2"/>like my servant David, who kept my commandments and followed me with all his heart, doing only that which was right in my eyes,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11014009"/>
+    <verse num="9">but you have done evil above all who were before you and have gone and <crossref let="n" cid="c11014009.1"/>made for yourself other gods and <crossref let="o" cid="c11014009.2"/>metal images, provoking me to anger, and <crossref let="p" cid="c11014009.3"/>have cast me behind your back,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11014010"/>
+    <verse num="10">therefore behold, I will bring harm upon the house of Jeroboam and <crossref let="q" cid="c11014010.1"/>will cut off from Jeroboam every male, <crossref let="r" cid="c11014010.2"/>both bond and free in Israel, and <crossref let="s" cid="c11014010.3"/>will burn up the house of Jeroboam, as a man burns up dung until it is all gone.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11014011"/>
+    <verse num="11"><crossref let="t" cid="c11014011.1"/>Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city the dogs shall eat, and anyone who dies in the open country the birds of the heavens shall eat, for the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has spoken it.<q class="end-inner-double" qid="11014011.1" from="11014007.2" to="11014011.1"/><q class="end-single" qid="11014011.2" from="11014007.1" to="11014011.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11014012"/>
+    <verse num="12">Arise therefore, go to your house. <crossref let="u" cid="c11014012.1"/>When your feet enter the city, the child shall die.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11014013"/>
+    <verse num="13">And all Israel shall mourn for him and bury him, for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him <crossref let="v" cid="c11014013.1"/>there is found something pleasing to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11014014"/>
+    <verse num="14"><crossref let="w" cid="c11014014.1"/>Moreover, the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will raise up for himself a king over Israel who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam today. And henceforth,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11014015"/>
+    <verse num="15">the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will strike Israel as a reed is shaken in the water, and <crossref let="x" cid="c11014015.1"/>root up Israel out of <crossref let="y" cid="c11014015.2"/>this good land that he gave to their fathers and scatter them <crossref let="z" cid="c11014015.3"/>beyond the Euphrates,<note nid="n11014015.1"/> because they have made their <crossref let="a" cid="c11014015.4"/>Asherim, provoking the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> to anger.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11014016"/>
+    <verse num="16">And he will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, which he sinned and made Israel to sin.<q class="end-double" qid="11014016.1" from="11014006.1" to="11014016.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11014017"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="17">Then Jeroboam&apos;s wife arose and departed and came to <crossref let="b" cid="c11014017.1"/>Tirzah. And <crossref let="c" cid="c11014017.2"/>as she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11014018"/>
+    <verse num="18">And all Israel buried him and mourned for him, <crossref let="d" cid="c11014018.1"/>according to the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the prophet.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11014019"/>
+    <heading>The Death of Jeroboam</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="19">Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, <crossref let="e" cid="c11014019.1"/>how he warred and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11014020"/>
+    <verse num="20">And the time that Jeroboam reigned was twenty-two years. And he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his place.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11014021"/>
+    <heading>Rehoboam Reigns in Judah</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="21"><crossref let="f" cid="c11014021.1"/>Now Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, <crossref let="g" cid="c11014021.2"/>the city that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. <crossref let="h" cid="c11014021.3"/>His mother&apos;s name was Naamah the Ammonite.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11014022"/>
+    <verse num="22"><crossref let="i" cid="c11014022.1"/>And Judah did what was evil in the sight of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and they <crossref let="j" cid="c11014022.2"/>provoked him to jealousy with their sins that they committed, more than all that their fathers had done.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11014023"/>
+    <verse num="23">For they also built for themselves <crossref let="k" cid="c11014023.1"/>high places <crossref let="l" cid="c11014023.2"/>and pillars and <crossref let="m" cid="c11014023.3"/>Asherim on every high hill and <crossref let="n" cid="c11014023.4"/>under every green tree,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11014024"/>
+    <verse num="24">and there were also <crossref let="o" cid="c11014024.1"/>male cult prostitutes in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> drove out before the people of Israel.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11014025"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="25"><crossref let="p" cid="c11014025.1"/>In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11014026"/>
+    <verse num="26">He took away the treasures of the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and the treasures of the king&apos;s house. <crossref let="q" cid="c11014026.1"/>He took away everything. He also took away all the shields of gold <crossref let="r" cid="c11014026.2"/>that Solomon had made,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11014027"/>
+    <verse num="27">and King Rehoboam made in their place shields of bronze, and committed them to the hands of the officers of the guard, who kept the door of the king&apos;s house.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11014028"/>
+    <verse num="28">And as often as the king went into the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the guard carried them and brought them back to the guardroom.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11014029"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="29"><crossref let="s" cid="c11014029.1"/>Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11014030"/>
+    <verse num="30"><crossref let="t" cid="c11014030.1"/>And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11014031"/>
+    <verse num="31">And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. <crossref let="u" cid="c11014031.1"/>His mother&apos;s name was Naamah the Ammonite. And <crossref let="v" cid="c11014031.2"/>Abijam his son reigned in his place.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11015001"/>
+  <chapter num="15">
+    <heading>Abijam Reigns in Judah</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><crossref let="w" cid="c11015001.1"/>Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11015002"/>
+    <verse num="2">He reigned for three years in Jerusalem. His mother&apos;s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11015003"/>
+    <verse num="3">And he walked in all the sins that his father did before him, and <crossref let="x" cid="c11015003.1"/>his heart was not wholly true to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> his God, as the heart of David his father.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11015004"/>
+    <verse num="4">Nevertheless, for David&apos;s sake the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> his God gave him <crossref let="y" cid="c11015004.1"/>a lamp in Jerusalem, setting up his son after him, and establishing Jerusalem,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11015005"/>
+    <verse num="5">because <crossref let="z" cid="c11015005.1"/>David did what was right in the eyes of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and did not turn aside from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, <crossref let="a" cid="c11015005.2"/>except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11015006"/>
+    <verse num="6"><crossref let="b" cid="c11015006.1"/>Now there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11015007"/>
+    <verse num="7"><crossref let="c" cid="c11015007.1"/>The rest of the acts of Abijam and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? <crossref let="d" cid="c11015007.2"/>And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11015008"/>
+    <verse num="8"><crossref let="e" cid="c11015008.1"/>And Abijam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa his son reigned in his place.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11015009"/>
+    <heading>Asa Reigns in Judah</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="9">In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa began to reign over Judah,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11015010"/>
+    <verse num="10">and he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother&apos;s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11015011"/>
+    <verse num="11"><crossref let="f" cid="c11015011.1"/>And Asa did what was right in the eyes of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, as David his father had done.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11015012"/>
+    <verse num="12">He put away the <crossref let="g" cid="c11015012.1"/>male cult prostitutes out of the land and removed <crossref let="h" cid="c11015012.2"/>all the idols that his fathers had made.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11015013"/>
+    <verse num="13"><crossref let="i" cid="c11015013.1"/>He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen mother because she had made an abominable image for Asherah. And Asa cut down her image and <crossref let="j" cid="c11015013.2"/>burned it at the brook Kidron.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11015014"/>
+    <verse num="14"><crossref let="k" cid="c11015014.1"/>But the high places were not taken away. Nevertheless, <crossref let="l" cid="c11015014.2"/>the heart of Asa was wholly true to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> all his days.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11015015"/>
+    <verse num="15">And <crossref let="m" cid="c11015015.1"/>he brought into the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> the sacred gifts of his father and his own sacred gifts, silver, and gold, and vessels.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11015016"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="16"><crossref let="n" cid="c11015016.1"/>And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11015017"/>
+    <verse num="17"><crossref let="o" cid="c11015017.1"/>Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and <crossref let="p" cid="c11015017.2"/>built Ramah, <crossref let="q" cid="c11015017.3"/>that he might permit no one to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11015018"/>
+    <verse num="18">Then Asa took all the silver and the gold <crossref let="r" cid="c11015018.1"/>that were left in the treasures of the house of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and the treasures of the king&apos;s house and gave them into the hands of his servants. <crossref let="s" cid="c11015018.2"/>And King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, <crossref let="t" cid="c11015018.3"/>who lived in Damascus, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11015019"/>
+    <verse num="19"><q class="begin-double" qid="11015019.1" from="11015019.1" to="11015019.2"/>Let there be <crossref let="u" cid="c11015019.1"/>a covenant<note nid="n11015019.1"/> between me and you, as there was between my father and your father. Behold, I am sending to you a present of silver and gold. Go, break your covenant with Baasha king of Israel, that he may withdraw from me.<q class="end-double" qid="11015019.2" from="11015019.1" to="11015019.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11015020"/>
+    <verse num="20">And Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel and conquered <crossref let="v" cid="c11015020.1"/>Ijon, <crossref let="w" cid="c11015020.2"/>Dan, <crossref let="x" cid="c11015020.3"/>Abel-beth-maacah, and all <crossref let="y" cid="c11015020.4"/>Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11015021"/>
+    <verse num="21">And when Baasha heard of it, <crossref let="z" cid="c11015021.1"/>he stopped building Ramah, and he lived in <crossref let="a" cid="c11015021.2"/>Tirzah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11015022"/>
+    <verse num="22">Then King Asa made a proclamation to all Judah, none was exempt, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber, with which Baasha had been building, and with them King Asa built <crossref let="b" cid="c11015022.1"/>Geba of Benjamin and <crossref let="c" cid="c11015022.2"/>Mizpah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11015023"/>
+    <verse num="23"><crossref let="d" cid="c11015023.1"/>Now the rest of all the acts of Asa, all his might, and all that he did, and the cities that he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? But in his old age he was diseased in his feet.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11015024"/>
+    <verse num="24">And Asa slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father, and <crossref let="e" cid="c11015024.1"/>Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11015025"/>
+    <heading>Nadab Reigns in Israel</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="25"><crossref let="f" cid="c11015025.1"/>Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11015026"/>
+    <verse num="26">He did what was evil in the sight of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> <crossref let="g" cid="c11015026.1"/>and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin <crossref let="h" cid="c11015026.2"/>which he made Israel to sin.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11015027"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="27"><crossref let="i" cid="c11015027.1"/>Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him. And Baasha struck him down at <crossref let="j" cid="c11015027.2"/>Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, for Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11015028"/>
+    <verse num="28">So Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa king of Judah and reigned in his place.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11015029"/>
+    <verse num="29">And as soon as he was king, he killed all the house of Jeroboam. He left to the house of Jeroboam not one that breathed, until he had destroyed it, <crossref let="k" cid="c11015029.1"/>according to the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> that he spoke by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11015030"/>
+    <verse num="30">It was for the sins of Jeroboam that he sinned and <crossref let="h" cid="c11015030.1"/>that he made Israel to sin, and because of the anger to which he provoked the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of Israel.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11015031"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="31">Now the rest of the acts of Nadab and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11015032"/>
+    <verse num="32"><crossref let="l" cid="c11015032.1"/>And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11015033"/>
+    <heading>Baasha Reigns in Israel</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="33">In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah began to reign over all Israel at Tirzah, and he reigned twenty-four years.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11015034"/>
+    <verse num="34">He did what was evil in the sight of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> <crossref let="m" cid="c11015034.1"/>and walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin which he made Israel to sin.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11016001"/>
+  <chapter num="16">
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">And the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> came to <crossref let="n" cid="c11016001.1"/>Jehu the son of <crossref let="o" cid="c11016001.2"/>Hanani against Baasha, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11016002"/>
+    <verse num="2"><q class="begin-double" qid="11016002.1" from="11016002.1" to="11016004.1"/>Since I <crossref let="p" cid="c11016002.1"/>exalted you out of the dust and made you leader over my people Israel, and <crossref let="q" cid="c11016002.2"/>you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have made my people Israel to sin, provoking me to anger with their sins,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11016003"/>
+    <verse num="3">behold, I will utterly <crossref let="r" cid="c11016003.1"/>sweep away <crossref let="s" cid="c11016003.2"/>Baasha and his house, and I will make your house <crossref let="t" cid="c11016003.3"/>like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11016004"/>
+    <verse num="4"><crossref let="u" cid="c11016004.1"/>Anyone belonging to Baasha who dies in the city the dogs shall eat, and anyone of his who dies in the field the birds of the heavens shall eat.<q class="end-double" qid="11016004.1" from="11016002.1" to="11016004.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11016005"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="5">Now the rest of the acts of Baasha and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11016006"/>
+    <verse num="6">And Baasha slept with his fathers and was buried at <crossref let="v" cid="c11016006.1"/>Tirzah, and Elah his son reigned in his place.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11016007"/>
+    <verse num="7">Moreover, the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> came by the prophet <crossref let="n" cid="c11016007.1"/>Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and also because <crossref let="w" cid="c11016007.2"/>he destroyed it.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11016008"/>
+    <heading>Elah Reigns in Israel</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="8">In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah, and he reigned two years.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11016009"/>
+    <verse num="9">But his servant <crossref let="x" cid="c11016009.1"/>Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him. When he was at Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, <crossref let="y" cid="c11016009.2"/>who was over the household in Tirzah,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11016010"/>
+    <verse num="10">Zimri came in and struck him down and killed him, in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11016011"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="11">When he began to reign, as soon as he had seated himself on his throne, he struck down <crossref let="z" cid="c11016011.1"/>all the house of Baasha. He <crossref let="a" cid="c11016011.2"/>did not leave him a single male of his relatives or his friends.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11016012"/>
+    <verse num="12">Thus Zimri destroyed all the house of Baasha, <crossref let="b" cid="c11016012.1"/>according to the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, which he spoke against Baasha by <crossref let="n" cid="c11016012.2"/>Jehu the prophet,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11016013"/>
+    <verse num="13">for all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned and which they made Israel to sin, <crossref let="c" cid="c11016013.1"/>provoking the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> God of Israel to anger with their idols.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11016014"/>
+    <verse num="14">Now the rest of the acts of Elah and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11016015"/>
+    <heading>Zimri Reigns in Israel</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="15">In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days in Tirzah. Now the troops were encamped against <crossref let="d" cid="c11016015.1"/>Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11016016"/>
+    <verse num="16">and the troops who were encamped heard it said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11016016.1" from="11016016.1" to="11016016.2"/>Zimri has conspired, and he has killed the king.<q class="end-double" qid="11016016.2" from="11016016.1" to="11016016.2"/> Therefore all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11016017"/>
+    <verse num="17">So Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11016018"/>
+    <verse num="18">And when Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the citadel of the king&apos;s house and burned the king&apos;s house over him with fire and died,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11016019"/>
+    <verse num="19">because of his sins that he committed, doing evil in the sight of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <crossref let="e" cid="c11016019.1"/>walking in the way of Jeroboam, and for his sin which he committed, making Israel to sin.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11016020"/>
+    <verse num="20">Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and the conspiracy that he made, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11016021"/>
+    <heading>Omri Reigns in Israel</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="21">Then the people of Israel were divided into two parts. Half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king, and half followed Omri.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11016022"/>
+    <verse num="22">But the people who followed Omri overcame the people who followed Tibni the son of Ginath. So Tibni died, and Omri became king.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11016023"/>
+    <verse num="23">In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri began to reign over Israel, and he reigned for twelve years; six years he reigned in Tirzah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11016024"/>
+    <verse num="24">He bought the hill of <crossref let="f" cid="c11016024.1"/>Samaria from Shemer for two talents<note nid="n11016024.1"/> of silver, and he fortified the hill and called the name of the city that he built <crossref let="g" cid="c11016024.2"/>Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11016025"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="25"><crossref let="h" cid="c11016025.1"/>Omri did what was evil in the sight of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and did more evil <crossref let="i" cid="c11016025.2"/>than all who were before him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11016026"/>
+    <verse num="26">For <crossref let="e" cid="c11016026.1"/>he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in the sins that he made Israel to sin, <crossref let="j" cid="c11016026.2"/>provoking the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of Israel, to anger by their idols.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11016027"/>
+    <verse num="27">Now the rest of the acts of Omri that he did, and the might that he showed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11016028"/>
+    <verse num="28">And Omri slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and Ahab his son reigned in his place.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11016029"/>
+    <heading>Ahab Reigns in Israel</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="29">In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri began to reign over Israel, and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11016030"/>
+    <verse num="30">And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <crossref let="k" cid="c11016030.1"/>more than all who were before him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11016031"/>
+    <verse num="31">And as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, <crossref let="l" cid="c11016031.1"/>he took for his wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the <crossref let="m" cid="c11016031.2"/>Sidonians, <crossref let="n" cid="c11016031.3"/>and went and served Baal and worshiped him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11016032"/>
+    <verse num="32">He erected an altar for Baal in <crossref let="o" cid="c11016032.1"/>the house of Baal, which he built in Samaria.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11016033"/>
+    <verse num="33">And Ahab made an <crossref let="p" cid="c11016033.1"/>Asherah. Ahab did more to provoke the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of Israel, to anger <crossref let="k" cid="c11016033.2"/>than all the kings of Israel who were before him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11016034"/>
+    <verse num="34"><crossref let="q" cid="c11016034.1"/>In his days Hiel of Bethel built <crossref let="r" cid="c11016034.2"/>Jericho. He laid its foundation at the cost of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates at the cost of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11017001"/>
+  <chapter num="17">
+    <heading>Elijah Predicts a Drought</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">Now Elijah the Tishbite, of <crossref let="s" cid="c11017001.1"/>Tishbe<note nid="n11017001.1"/> in Gilead, said to Ahab, <crossref let="t" cid="c11017001.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="11017001.1" from="11017001.1" to="11017001.2"/>As the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of Israel, lives, <crossref let="u" cid="c11017001.3"/>before whom I stand, <crossref let="v" cid="c11017001.4"/>there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.<q class="end-double" qid="11017001.2" from="11017001.1" to="11017001.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11017002"/>
+    <verse num="2">And the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> came to him:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11017003"/>
+    <verse num="3"><q class="begin-double" qid="11017003.1" from="11017003.1" to="11017004.1"/>Depart from here and turn eastward and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11017004"/>
+    <verse num="4">You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.<q class="end-double" qid="11017004.1" from="11017003.1" to="11017004.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11017005"/>
+    <verse num="5">So he went and did according to the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. He went and lived by the brook Cherith that is east of the Jordan.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11017006"/>
+    <verse num="6">And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11017007"/>
+    <verse num="7">And after a while the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11017008"/>
+    <heading>The Widow of Zarephath</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="8">Then the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> came to him,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11017009"/>
+    <verse num="9"><q class="begin-double" qid="11017009.1" from="11017009.1" to="11017009.2"/>Arise, go to <crossref let="w" cid="c11017009.1"/>Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to feed you.<q class="end-double" qid="11017009.2" from="11017009.1" to="11017009.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11017010"/>
+    <verse num="10">So he arose and went to <crossref let="w" cid="c11017010.1"/>Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there <crossref let="x" cid="c11017010.2"/>gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11017010.1" from="11017010.1" to="11017010.2"/>Bring me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.<q class="end-double" qid="11017010.2" from="11017010.1" to="11017010.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11017011"/>
+    <verse num="11">And as she was going to bring it, he called to her and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11017011.1" from="11017011.1" to="11017011.2"/>Bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.<q class="end-double" qid="11017011.2" from="11017011.1" to="11017011.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11017012"/>
+    <verse num="12">And she said, <crossref let="t" cid="c11017012.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="11017012.1" from="11017012.1" to="11017012.2"/>As the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. And now I am gathering a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it and die.<q class="end-double" qid="11017012.2" from="11017012.1" to="11017012.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11017013"/>
+    <verse num="13">And Elijah said to her, <q class="begin-double" qid="11017013.1" from="11017013.1" to="11017014.3"/>Do not fear; go and do as you have said. But first make me a little cake of it and bring it to me, and afterward make something for yourself and your son.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11017014"/>
+    <verse num="14">For thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of Israel, <q class="begin-single" qid="11017014.1" from="11017014.1" to="11017014.2"/>The jar of flour shall not be spent, and the jug of oil shall not be empty, until the day that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> sends rain upon the earth.<q class="end-single" qid="11017014.2" from="11017014.1" to="11017014.2"/><q class="end-double" qid="11017014.3" from="11017013.1" to="11017014.3"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11017015"/>
+    <verse num="15">And she went and did as Elijah said. And she and he and her household ate for many days.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11017016"/>
+    <verse num="16">The jar of flour was not spent, neither did the jug of oil become empty, according to the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> that he spoke by Elijah.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11017017"/>
+    <heading>Elijah Raises the Widow&apos;s Son</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="17">After this the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became ill. And his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11017018"/>
+    <verse num="18">And she said to Elijah, <crossref let="y" cid="c11017018.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="11017018.1" from="11017018.1" to="11017018.2"/>What have you against me, O <crossref let="z" cid="c11017018.2"/>man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance and to cause the death of my son!<q class="end-double" qid="11017018.2" from="11017018.1" to="11017018.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11017019"/>
+    <verse num="19">And he said to her, <q class="begin-double" qid="11017019.1" from="11017019.1" to="11017019.2"/>Give me your son.<q class="end-double" qid="11017019.2" from="11017019.1" to="11017019.2"/> And he took him from her arms and carried him up into the upper chamber where he lodged, and laid him on his own bed.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11017020"/>
+    <verse num="20">And he cried to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <q class="begin-double" qid="11017020.1" from="11017020.1" to="11017020.2"/>O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> my God, have you brought calamity even upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by killing her son?<q class="end-double" qid="11017020.2" from="11017020.1" to="11017020.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11017021"/>
+    <verse num="21"><crossref let="a" cid="c11017021.1"/>Then he stretched himself upon the child three times and cried to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <q class="begin-double" qid="11017021.1" from="11017021.1" to="11017021.2"/>O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> my God, let this child&apos;s life<note nid="n11017021.1"/> come into him again.<q class="end-double" qid="11017021.2" from="11017021.1" to="11017021.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11017022"/>
+    <verse num="22">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> listened to the voice of Elijah. And the life of the child came into him again, and <crossref let="b" cid="c11017022.1"/>he revived.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11017023"/>
+    <verse num="23">And Elijah took the child and brought him down from the upper chamber into the house and delivered him to his mother. And Elijah said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11017023.1" from="11017023.1" to="11017023.2"/>See, your son lives.<q class="end-double" qid="11017023.2" from="11017023.1" to="11017023.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11017024"/>
+    <verse num="24">And the woman said to Elijah, <crossref let="c" cid="c11017024.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="11017024.1" from="11017024.1" to="11017024.2"/>Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> in your mouth is truth.<q class="end-double" qid="11017024.2" from="11017024.1" to="11017024.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018001"/>
+  <chapter num="18">
+    <heading>Elijah Confronts Ahab</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><crossref let="d" cid="c11018001.1"/>After many days the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="11018001.1" from="11018001.1" to="11018001.2"/>Go, show yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the earth.<q class="end-double" qid="11018001.2" from="11018001.1" to="11018001.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018002"/>
+    <verse num="2">So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018003"/>
+    <verse num="3">And Ahab called Obadiah, who was <crossref let="e" cid="c11018003.1"/>over the household. (Now Obadiah feared the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> greatly,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018004"/>
+    <verse num="4">and <crossref let="f" cid="c11018004.1"/>when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water.)</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018005"/>
+    <verse num="5">And Ahab said to Obadiah, <q class="begin-double" qid="11018005.1" from="11018005.1" to="11018005.2"/>Go through the land to all the springs of water and to all the valleys. Perhaps we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, and not lose some of the animals.<q class="end-double" qid="11018005.2" from="11018005.1" to="11018005.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018006"/>
+    <verse num="6">So they divided the land between them to pass through it. Ahab went in one direction by himself, and Obadiah went in another direction by himself.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018007"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="7">And as Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him. And Obadiah recognized him and fell on his face and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11018007.1" from="11018007.1" to="11018007.2"/>Is it you, my lord Elijah?<q class="end-double" qid="11018007.2" from="11018007.1" to="11018007.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018008"/>
+    <verse num="8">And he answered him, <q class="begin-double" qid="11018008.1" from="11018008.1" to="11018008.4"/>It is I. Go, tell your lord, <q class="begin-single" qid="11018008.2" from="11018008.2" to="11018008.3"/>Behold, Elijah is here.<q class="end-single" qid="11018008.3" from="11018008.2" to="11018008.3"/><q class="end-double" qid="11018008.4" from="11018008.1" to="11018008.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018009"/>
+    <verse num="9">And he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11018009.1" from="11018009.1" to="11018014.5"/>How have I sinned, that you would give your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018010"/>
+    <verse num="10"><crossref let="g" cid="c11018010.1"/>As the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent to seek you. And when they would say, <q class="begin-single" qid="11018010.1" from="11018010.1" to="11018010.2"/>He is not here,<q class="end-single" qid="11018010.2" from="11018010.1" to="11018010.2"/> he would take an oath of the kingdom or nation, that they had not found you.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018011"/>
+    <verse num="11">And now you say, <q class="begin-single" qid="11018011.1" from="11018011.1" to="11018011.4"/>Go, tell your lord, <q class="begin-inner-double" qid="11018011.2" from="11018011.2" to="11018011.3"/>Behold, Elijah is here.<q class="end-inner-double" qid="11018011.3" from="11018011.2" to="11018011.3"/><q class="end-single" qid="11018011.4" from="11018011.1" to="11018011.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018012"/>
+    <verse num="12">And as soon as I have gone from you, <crossref let="h" cid="c11018012.1"/>the Spirit of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will carry you I know not where. And so, when I come and tell Ahab and he cannot find you, he will kill me, although I your servant have feared the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> from my youth.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018013"/>
+    <verse num="13">Has it not been told my lord what I did <crossref let="i" cid="c11018013.1"/>when Jezebel killed the prophets of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, how I hid a hundred men of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>&apos;s prophets by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018014"/>
+    <verse num="14">And now you say, <q class="begin-single" qid="11018014.1" from="11018014.1" to="11018014.4"/>Go, tell your lord, <q class="begin-inner-double" qid="11018014.2" from="11018014.2" to="11018014.3"/>Behold, Elijah is here<q class="end-inner-double" qid="11018014.3" from="11018014.2" to="11018014.3"/><q class="end-single" qid="11018014.4" from="11018014.1" to="11018014.4"/>; and he will kill me.<q class="end-double" qid="11018014.5" from="11018009.1" to="11018014.5"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018015"/>
+    <verse num="15">And Elijah said, <crossref let="g" cid="c11018015.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="11018015.1" from="11018015.1" to="11018015.2"/>As the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today.<q class="end-double" qid="11018015.2" from="11018015.1" to="11018015.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018016"/>
+    <verse num="16">So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him. And Ahab went to meet Elijah.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018017"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="17">When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, <crossref let="j" cid="c11018017.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="11018017.1" from="11018017.1" to="11018017.2"/>Is it you, you <crossref let="k" cid="c11018017.2"/>troubler of Israel?<q class="end-double" qid="11018017.2" from="11018017.1" to="11018017.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018018"/>
+    <verse num="18">And he answered, <q class="begin-double" qid="11018018.1" from="11018018.1" to="11018019.1"/>I have not troubled Israel, but you have, and your father&apos;s house, because you have <crossref let="l" cid="c11018018.1"/>abandoned the commandments of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and <crossref let="m" cid="c11018018.2"/>followed the Baals.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018019"/>
+    <verse num="19">Now therefore send and gather all Israel to me at Mount <crossref let="n" cid="c11018019.1"/>Carmel, and the <crossref let="o" cid="c11018019.2"/>450 prophets of Baal and <crossref let="p" cid="c11018019.3"/>the 400 prophets of Asherah, <crossref let="q" cid="c11018019.4"/>who eat at Jezebel&apos;s table.<q class="end-double" qid="11018019.1" from="11018018.1" to="11018019.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018020"/>
+    <heading>The Prophets of Baal Defeated</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="20">So Ahab sent to all the people of Israel and gathered the prophets together at Mount Carmel.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018021"/>
+    <verse num="21">And Elijah came near to all the people and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11018021.1" from="11018021.1" to="11018021.2"/>How long <crossref let="r" cid="c11018021.1"/>will you go limping between two different opinions? <crossref let="s" cid="c11018021.2"/>If the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him.<q class="end-double" qid="11018021.2" from="11018021.1" to="11018021.2"/> And the people did not answer him a word.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018022"/>
+    <verse num="22">Then Elijah said to the people, <crossref let="t" cid="c11018022.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="11018022.1" from="11018022.1" to="11018024.1"/>I, even I only, am left a prophet of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, but Baal&apos;s prophets are <crossref let="u" cid="c11018022.2"/>450 men.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018023"/>
+    <verse num="23">Let two bulls be given to us, and let them choose one bull for themselves and cut it in pieces and lay it on the wood, but put no fire to it. And I will prepare the other bull and lay it on the wood and put no fire to it.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018024"/>
+    <verse num="24">And you call upon the name of your god, and I will call upon the name of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and the God who <crossref let="v" cid="c11018024.1"/>answers by fire, he is God.<q class="end-double" qid="11018024.1" from="11018022.1" to="11018024.1"/> And all the people answered, <q class="begin-double" qid="11018024.2" from="11018024.2" to="11018024.3"/>It is well spoken.<q class="end-double" qid="11018024.3" from="11018024.2" to="11018024.3"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018025"/>
+    <verse num="25">Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, <q class="begin-double" qid="11018025.1" from="11018025.1" to="11018025.2"/>Choose for yourselves one bull and prepare it first, for you are many, and call upon the name of your god, but put no fire to it.<q class="end-double" qid="11018025.2" from="11018025.1" to="11018025.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018026"/>
+    <verse num="26">And they took the bull that was given them, and they prepared it and called upon the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="11018026.1" from="11018026.1" to="11018026.2"/>O Baal, answer us!<q class="end-double" qid="11018026.2" from="11018026.1" to="11018026.2"/> But there was no voice, and no one answered. And they limped around the altar that they had made.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018027"/>
+    <verse num="27">And at noon Elijah mocked them, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="11018027.1" from="11018027.1" to="11018027.2"/>Cry aloud, for he is a god. Either he is musing, or he is relieving himself, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened.<q class="end-double" qid="11018027.2" from="11018027.1" to="11018027.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018028"/>
+    <verse num="28">And they cried aloud and <crossref let="w" cid="c11018028.1"/>cut themselves after their custom with swords and lances, until the blood gushed out upon them.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018029"/>
+    <verse num="29">And as midday passed, they raved on until the time of <crossref let="x" cid="c11018029.1"/>the offering of the oblation, but there was no voice. No one answered; no one paid attention.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018030"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="30">Then Elijah said to all the people, <q class="begin-double" qid="11018030.1" from="11018030.1" to="11018030.2"/>Come near to me.<q class="end-double" qid="11018030.2" from="11018030.1" to="11018030.2"/> And all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> that had been <crossref let="y" cid="c11018030.1"/>thrown down.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018031"/>
+    <verse num="31">Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> came, saying, <crossref let="z" cid="c11018031.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="11018031.1" from="11018031.1" to="11018031.2"/>Israel shall be your name,<q class="end-double" qid="11018031.2" from="11018031.1" to="11018031.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018032"/>
+    <verse num="32">and with the stones he built an altar in the name of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. And he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two seahs<note nid="n11018032.1"/> of seed.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018033"/>
+    <verse num="33"><crossref let="a" cid="c11018033.1"/>And he put the wood in order and cut the bull in pieces and laid it on the wood. And he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11018033.1" from="11018033.1" to="11018033.2"/>Fill four jars with water and <crossref let="b" cid="c11018033.2"/>pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood.<q class="end-double" qid="11018033.2" from="11018033.1" to="11018033.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018034"/>
+    <verse num="34">And he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11018034.1" from="11018034.1" to="11018034.2"/>Do it a second time.<q class="end-double" qid="11018034.2" from="11018034.1" to="11018034.2"/> And they did it a second time. And he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11018034.3" from="11018034.3" to="11018034.4"/>Do it a third time.<q class="end-double" qid="11018034.4" from="11018034.3" to="11018034.4"/> And they did it a third time.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018035"/>
+    <verse num="35">And the water ran around the altar and filled the trench also with water.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018036"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="36">And at the time of <crossref let="c" cid="c11018036.1"/>the offering of the oblation, Elijah the prophet came near and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11018036.1" from="11018036.1" to="11018037.1"/>O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <crossref let="d" cid="c11018036.2"/>God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that <crossref let="e" cid="c11018036.3"/>you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that <crossref let="f" cid="c11018036.4"/>I have done all these things at your word.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018037"/>
+    <verse num="37">Answer me, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, answer me, that this people may know that you, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, are God, and that you have turned their hearts back.<q class="end-double" qid="11018037.1" from="11018036.1" to="11018037.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018038"/>
+    <verse num="38"><crossref let="g" cid="c11018038.1"/>Then the fire of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018039"/>
+    <verse num="39">And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces and said, <crossref let="h" cid="c11018039.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="11018039.1" from="11018039.1" to="11018039.2"/>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, he is God; the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, he is God.<q class="end-double" qid="11018039.2" from="11018039.1" to="11018039.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018040"/>
+    <verse num="40">And Elijah said to them, <q class="begin-double" qid="11018040.1" from="11018040.1" to="11018040.2"/>Seize the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape.<q class="end-double" qid="11018040.2" from="11018040.1" to="11018040.2"/> And they seized them. And Elijah brought them down to <crossref let="i" cid="c11018040.1"/>the brook Kishon and <crossref let="j" cid="c11018040.2"/>slaughtered them there.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018041"/>
+    <heading>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> Sends Rain</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="41">And Elijah said to Ahab, <q class="begin-double" qid="11018041.1" from="11018041.1" to="11018041.2"/>Go up, eat and drink, for there is a sound of the rushing of rain.<q class="end-double" qid="11018041.2" from="11018041.1" to="11018041.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018042"/>
+    <verse num="42">So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Mount Carmel. <crossref let="k" cid="c11018042.1"/>And he bowed himself down on the earth and put his face between his knees.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018043"/>
+    <verse num="43">And he said to his servant, <q class="begin-double" qid="11018043.1" from="11018043.1" to="11018043.2"/>Go up now, look toward the sea.<q class="end-double" qid="11018043.2" from="11018043.1" to="11018043.2"/> And he went up and looked and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11018043.3" from="11018043.3" to="11018043.4"/>There is nothing.<q class="end-double" qid="11018043.4" from="11018043.3" to="11018043.4"/> And he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11018043.5" from="11018043.5" to="11018043.6"/>Go again,<q class="end-double" qid="11018043.6" from="11018043.5" to="11018043.6"/> seven times.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018044"/>
+    <verse num="44">And at the seventh time he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11018044.1" from="11018044.1" to="11018044.2"/>Behold, <crossref let="l" cid="c11018044.1"/>a little cloud like a man&apos;s hand is rising from the sea.<q class="end-double" qid="11018044.2" from="11018044.1" to="11018044.2"/> And he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11018044.3" from="11018044.3" to="11018044.6"/>Go up, say to Ahab, <q class="begin-single" qid="11018044.4" from="11018044.4" to="11018044.5"/>Prepare your chariot and go down, lest the rain stop you.<q class="end-single" qid="11018044.5" from="11018044.4" to="11018044.5"/><q class="end-double" qid="11018044.6" from="11018044.3" to="11018044.6"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018045"/>
+    <verse num="45">And in a little while the heavens grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode and went to <crossref let="m" cid="c11018045.1"/>Jezreel.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11018046"/>
+    <verse num="46"><crossref let="n" cid="c11018046.1"/>And the hand of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> was on Elijah, <crossref let="o" cid="c11018046.2"/>and he gathered up his garment and ran before Ahab to the entrance of <crossref let="p" cid="c11018046.3"/>Jezreel.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11019001"/>
+  <chapter num="19">
+    <heading>Elijah Flees Jezebel</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how <crossref let="q" cid="c11019001.1"/>he had killed all the prophets with the sword.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11019002"/>
+    <verse num="2">Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, <crossref let="r" cid="c11019002.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="11019002.1" from="11019002.1" to="11019002.2"/>So may the gods do to me and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by this time tomorrow.<q class="end-double" qid="11019002.2" from="11019002.1" to="11019002.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11019003"/>
+    <verse num="3">Then he was afraid, and he arose and ran for his life and came to <crossref let="s" cid="c11019003.1"/>Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11019004"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="4">But he himself went a day&apos;s journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a broom tree. <crossref let="t" cid="c11019004.1"/>And he asked that he might die, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="11019004.1" from="11019004.1" to="11019004.2"/>It is enough; now, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.<q class="end-double" qid="11019004.2" from="11019004.1" to="11019004.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11019005"/>
+    <verse num="5">And he lay down and slept under a broom tree. And behold, an angel touched him and said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="11019005.1" from="11019005.1" to="11019005.2"/>Arise and eat.<q class="end-double" qid="11019005.2" from="11019005.1" to="11019005.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11019006"/>
+    <verse num="6">And he looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on hot stones and a jar of water. And he ate and drank and lay down again.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11019007"/>
+    <verse num="7">And the angel of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> came again a second time and touched him and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11019007.1" from="11019007.1" to="11019007.2"/>Arise and eat, for the journey is too great for you.<q class="end-double" qid="11019007.2" from="11019007.1" to="11019007.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11019008"/>
+    <verse num="8">And he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food <crossref let="u" cid="c11019008.1"/>forty days and forty nights to <crossref let="v" cid="c11019008.2"/>Horeb, the mount of God.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11019009"/>
+    <heading>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> Speaks to Elijah</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="9">There he came to a cave and lodged in it. And behold, <crossref let="w" cid="c11019009.1"/>the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> came to him, and he said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="11019009.1" from="11019009.1" to="11019009.2"/>What are you doing here, Elijah?<q class="end-double" qid="11019009.2" from="11019009.1" to="11019009.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11019010"/>
+    <verse num="10">He said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11019010.1" from="11019010.1" to="11019010.2"/>I have been very <crossref let="x" cid="c11019010.1"/>jealous for the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, <crossref let="y" cid="c11019010.2"/>thrown down your altars, and <crossref let="z" cid="c11019010.3"/>killed your prophets with the sword, <crossref let="a" cid="c11019010.4"/>and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.<q class="end-double" qid="11019010.2" from="11019010.1" to="11019010.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11019011"/>
+    <verse num="11">And he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11019011.1" from="11019011.1" to="11019011.2"/>Go out and <crossref let="b" cid="c11019011.1"/>stand on the mount before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.<q class="end-double" qid="11019011.2" from="11019011.1" to="11019011.2"/> And behold, the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> passed by, and <crossref let="c" cid="c11019011.2"/>a great and strong wind tore the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, but the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> was not in the wind. And after the wind <crossref let="d" cid="c11019011.3"/>an earthquake, but the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> was not in the earthquake.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11019012"/>
+    <verse num="12">And after the earthquake a fire, but the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> was not in the fire. And after the fire the sound of a low whisper.<note nid="n11019012.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11019013"/>
+    <verse num="13">And when Elijah heard it, <crossref let="e" cid="c11019013.1"/>he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. And behold, <crossref let="f" cid="c11019013.2"/>there came a voice to him and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11019013.1" from="11019013.1" to="11019013.2"/>What are you doing here, Elijah?<q class="end-double" qid="11019013.2" from="11019013.1" to="11019013.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11019014"/>
+    <verse num="14">He said, <crossref let="x" cid="c11019014.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="11019014.1" from="11019014.1" to="11019014.2"/>I have been very jealous for the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, <crossref let="y" cid="c11019014.2"/>thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.<q class="end-double" qid="11019014.2" from="11019014.1" to="11019014.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11019015"/>
+    <verse num="15">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="11019015.1" from="11019015.1" to="11019018.1"/>Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. And when you arrive, you shall anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11019016"/>
+    <verse num="16"><crossref let="g" cid="c11019016.1"/>And Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint to be king over Israel, and <crossref let="h" cid="c11019016.2"/>Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint to be prophet in your place.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11019017"/>
+    <verse num="17">And the one who escapes from <crossref let="i" cid="c11019017.1"/>the sword of Hazael <crossref let="j" cid="c11019017.2"/>shall Jehu put to death, and the one who escapes from the sword of Jehu <crossref let="k" cid="c11019017.3"/>shall Elisha put to death.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11019018"/>
+    <verse num="18"><crossref let="l" cid="c11019018.1"/>Yet I will leave seven thousand in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not <crossref let="m" cid="c11019018.2"/>kissed him.<q class="end-double" qid="11019018.1" from="11019015.1" to="11019018.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11019019"/>
+    <heading>The Call of Elisha</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="19">So he departed from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen in front of him, and he was with the twelfth. Elijah passed by him and cast <crossref let="n" cid="c11019019.1"/>his cloak upon him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11019020"/>
+    <verse num="20">And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, <crossref let="o" cid="c11019020.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="11019020.1" from="11019020.1" to="11019020.2"/>Let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.<q class="end-double" qid="11019020.2" from="11019020.1" to="11019020.2"/> And he said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="11019020.3" from="11019020.3" to="11019020.4"/>Go back again, for what have I done to you?<q class="end-double" qid="11019020.4" from="11019020.3" to="11019020.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11019021"/>
+    <verse num="21">And he returned from following him and took the yoke of oxen and sacrificed them and boiled their flesh <crossref let="p" cid="c11019021.1"/>with the yokes of the oxen and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and went after Elijah and assisted him.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020001"/>
+  <chapter num="20">
+    <heading>Ahab&apos;s Wars with Syria</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><crossref let="q" cid="c11020001.1"/>Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his army together. <crossref let="r" cid="c11020001.2"/>Thirty-two kings were with him, and horses and chariots. And he went up and closed in on <crossref let="s" cid="c11020001.3"/>Samaria and fought against it.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020002"/>
+    <verse num="2">And he sent messengers into the city to Ahab king of Israel and said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="11020002.1" from="11020002.1" to="11020003.3"/>Thus says Ben-hadad:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020003"/>
+    <verse num="3"><q class="begin-single" qid="11020003.1" from="11020003.1" to="11020003.2"/>Your silver and your gold are mine; your best wives and children also are mine.<q class="end-single" qid="11020003.2" from="11020003.1" to="11020003.2"/><q class="end-double" qid="11020003.3" from="11020002.1" to="11020003.3"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020004"/>
+    <verse num="4">And the king of Israel answered, <q class="begin-double" qid="11020004.1" from="11020004.1" to="11020004.2"/>As you say, my lord, O king, I am yours, and all that I have.<q class="end-double" qid="11020004.2" from="11020004.1" to="11020004.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020005"/>
+    <verse num="5">The messengers came again and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11020005.1" from="11020005.1" to="11020006.2"/>Thus says Ben-hadad: <q class="begin-single" qid="11020005.2" from="11020005.2" to="11020006.1"/>I sent to you, saying, <q class="begin-inner-double" qid="11020005.3" from="11020005.3" to="11020005.4"/>Deliver to me your silver and your gold, your wives and your children.<q class="end-inner-double" qid="11020005.4" from="11020005.3" to="11020005.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020006"/>
+    <verse num="6">Nevertheless I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, and they shall search your house and the houses of your servants and lay hands on whatever pleases you and take it away.<q class="end-single" qid="11020006.1" from="11020005.2" to="11020006.1"/><q class="end-double" qid="11020006.2" from="11020005.1" to="11020006.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020007"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="7">Then the king of Israel called all the <crossref let="t" cid="c11020007.1"/>elders of the land and said, <crossref let="u" cid="c11020007.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="11020007.1" from="11020007.1" to="11020007.2"/>Mark, now, and see how this man is seeking trouble, for he sent to me for my wives and my children, and for my silver and my gold, and I did not refuse him.<q class="end-double" qid="11020007.2" from="11020007.1" to="11020007.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020008"/>
+    <verse num="8">And all the elders and all the people said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="11020008.1" from="11020008.1" to="11020008.2"/>Do not listen or consent.<q class="end-double" qid="11020008.2" from="11020008.1" to="11020008.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020009"/>
+    <verse num="9">So he said to the messengers of Ben-hadad, <q class="begin-double" qid="11020009.1" from="11020009.1" to="11020009.4"/>Tell my lord the king, <q class="begin-single" qid="11020009.2" from="11020009.2" to="11020009.3"/>All that you first demanded of your servant I will do, but this thing I cannot do.<q class="end-single" qid="11020009.3" from="11020009.2" to="11020009.3"/><q class="end-double" qid="11020009.4" from="11020009.1" to="11020009.4"/> And the messengers departed and brought him word again.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020010"/>
+    <verse num="10">Ben-hadad sent to him and said, <crossref let="v" cid="c11020010.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="11020010.1" from="11020010.1" to="11020010.2"/>The gods do so to me and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people <crossref let="w" cid="c11020010.2"/>who follow me.<q class="end-double" qid="11020010.2" from="11020010.1" to="11020010.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020011"/>
+    <verse num="11">And the king of Israel answered, <q class="begin-double" qid="11020011.1" from="11020011.1" to="11020011.4"/>Tell him, <q class="begin-single" qid="11020011.2" from="11020011.2" to="11020011.3"/>Let not him who straps on his armor boast himself as he who takes it off.<q class="end-single" qid="11020011.3" from="11020011.2" to="11020011.3"/><q class="end-double" qid="11020011.4" from="11020011.1" to="11020011.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020012"/>
+    <verse num="12">When Ben-hadad heard this message as <crossref let="x" cid="c11020012.1"/>he was drinking with the kings in the booths, he said to his men, <q class="begin-double" qid="11020012.1" from="11020012.1" to="11020012.2"/>Take your positions.<q class="end-double" qid="11020012.2" from="11020012.1" to="11020012.2"/> And they took their positions against the city.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020013"/>
+    <heading>Ahab Defeats Ben-hadad</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="13">And behold, a prophet came near to Ahab king of Israel and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11020013.1" from="11020013.1" to="11020013.2"/>Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold, <crossref let="y" cid="c11020013.1"/>I will give it into your hand this day, <crossref let="z" cid="c11020013.2"/>and you shall know that I am the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.<q class="end-double" qid="11020013.2" from="11020013.1" to="11020013.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020014"/>
+    <verse num="14">And Ahab said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11020014.1" from="11020014.1" to="11020014.2"/>By whom?<q class="end-double" qid="11020014.2" from="11020014.1" to="11020014.2"/> He said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11020014.3" from="11020014.3" to="11020014.4"/>Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, By the servants of the governors of the districts.<q class="end-double" qid="11020014.4" from="11020014.3" to="11020014.4"/> Then he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11020014.5" from="11020014.5" to="11020014.6"/>Who shall begin the battle?<q class="end-double" qid="11020014.6" from="11020014.5" to="11020014.6"/> He answered, <q class="begin-double" qid="11020014.7" from="11020014.7" to="11020014.8"/>You.<q class="end-double" qid="11020014.8" from="11020014.7" to="11020014.8"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020015"/>
+    <verse num="15">Then he mustered the servants of the governors of the districts, and they were 232. And after them he mustered all the people of Israel, seven thousand.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020016"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="16">And they went out at noon, while Ben-hadad <crossref let="x" cid="c11020016.1"/>was drinking himself drunk in the booths, he and the thirty-two kings who helped him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020017"/>
+    <verse num="17">The servants of the governors of the districts went out first. And Ben-hadad sent out scouts, and they reported to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="11020017.1" from="11020017.1" to="11020017.2"/>Men are coming out from Samaria.<q class="end-double" qid="11020017.2" from="11020017.1" to="11020017.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020018"/>
+    <verse num="18">He said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11020018.1" from="11020018.1" to="11020018.2"/>If they have come out for peace, take them alive. Or if they have come out for war, take them alive.<q class="end-double" qid="11020018.2" from="11020018.1" to="11020018.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020019"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="19">So these went out of the city, the servants of the governors of the districts and the army that followed them.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020020"/>
+    <verse num="20">And each struck down his man. The Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them, but Ben-hadad king of Syria escaped on a horse with horsemen.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020021"/>
+    <verse num="21">And the king of Israel went out and struck the horses and chariots, and struck the Syrians with a great blow.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020022"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="22">Then <crossref let="a" cid="c11020022.1"/>the prophet came near to the king of Israel and said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="11020022.1" from="11020022.1" to="11020022.2"/>Come, strengthen yourself, and consider well what you have to do, for <crossref let="b" cid="c11020022.2"/>in the spring the king of Syria will come up against you.<q class="end-double" qid="11020022.2" from="11020022.1" to="11020022.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020023"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="23">And the servants of the king of Syria said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="11020023.1" from="11020023.1" to="11020025.1"/>Their gods are gods of the hills, and so they were stronger than we. But let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020024"/>
+    <verse num="24">And do this: remove the kings, each from his post, and put commanders in their places,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020025"/>
+    <verse num="25">and muster an army like the army that you have lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot. Then we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.<q class="end-double" qid="11020025.1" from="11020023.1" to="11020025.1"/> And he listened to their voice and did so.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020026"/>
+    <heading>Ahab Defeats Ben-hadad Again</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="26"><crossref let="b" cid="c11020026.1"/>In the spring, Ben-hadad mustered the Syrians and went up to <crossref let="c" cid="c11020026.2"/>Aphek to fight against Israel.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020027"/>
+    <verse num="27">And the people of Israel were mustered and were provisioned and went against them. The people of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of goats, but the Syrians filled the country.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020028"/>
+    <verse num="28">And a <crossref let="d" cid="c11020028.1"/>man of God came near and said to the king of Israel, <q class="begin-double" qid="11020028.1" from="11020028.1" to="11020028.6"/>Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <q class="begin-single" qid="11020028.2" from="11020028.2" to="11020028.5"/>Because the Syrians have said, <crossref let="e" cid="c11020028.2"/><q class="begin-inner-double" qid="11020028.3" from="11020028.3" to="11020028.4"/>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is a god of the hills but he is not a god of the valleys,<q class="end-inner-double" qid="11020028.4" from="11020028.3" to="11020028.4"/> therefore <crossref let="f" cid="c11020028.3"/>I will give all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.<q class="end-single" qid="11020028.5" from="11020028.2" to="11020028.5"/><q class="end-double" qid="11020028.6" from="11020028.1" to="11020028.6"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020029"/>
+    <verse num="29">And they encamped opposite one another seven days. Then on the seventh day the battle was joined. And the people of Israel struck down of the Syrians 100,000 foot soldiers in one day.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020030"/>
+    <verse num="30">And the rest fled into the city of <crossref let="c" cid="c11020030.1"/>Aphek, and the wall fell upon 27,000 men who were left.
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>Ben-hadad also fled and entered <crossref let="g" cid="c11020030.2"/>an inner chamber in the city.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020031"/>
+    <verse num="31">And his servants said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="11020031.1" from="11020031.1" to="11020031.2"/>Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. Let us <crossref let="h" cid="c11020031.1"/>put sackcloth around our waists and ropes on our heads and go out to the king of Israel. Perhaps he will spare your life.<q class="end-double" qid="11020031.2" from="11020031.1" to="11020031.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020032"/>
+    <verse num="32">So they <crossref let="h" cid="c11020032.1"/>tied sackcloth around their waists and put ropes on their heads and went to the king of Israel and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11020032.1" from="11020032.1" to="11020032.4"/>Your servant Ben-hadad says, <q class="begin-single" qid="11020032.2" from="11020032.2" to="11020032.3"/>Please, let me live.<q class="end-single" qid="11020032.3" from="11020032.2" to="11020032.3"/><q class="end-double" qid="11020032.4" from="11020032.1" to="11020032.4"/> And he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11020032.5" from="11020032.5" to="11020032.6"/>Does he still live? He is my brother.<q class="end-double" qid="11020032.6" from="11020032.5" to="11020032.6"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020033"/>
+    <verse num="33">Now the men were watching for a sign, and they quickly took it up from him and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11020033.1" from="11020033.1" to="11020033.2"/>Yes, your brother Ben-hadad.<q class="end-double" qid="11020033.2" from="11020033.1" to="11020033.2"/> Then he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11020033.3" from="11020033.3" to="11020033.4"/>Go and bring him.<q class="end-double" qid="11020033.4" from="11020033.3" to="11020033.4"/> Then Ben-hadad came out to him, and he caused him to come up into the chariot.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020034"/>
+    <verse num="34">And Ben-hadad said to him, <crossref let="i" cid="c11020034.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="11020034.1" from="11020034.1" to="11020034.2"/>The cities that my father took from your father I will restore, and you may establish bazaars for yourself in <crossref let="j" cid="c11020034.2"/>Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.<q class="end-double" qid="11020034.2" from="11020034.1" to="11020034.2"/> And Ahab said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11020034.3" from="11020034.3" to="11020034.4"/>I will let you go on these terms.<q class="end-double" qid="11020034.4" from="11020034.3" to="11020034.4"/> So he made a covenant with him and let him go.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020035"/>
+    <heading>A Prophet Condemns Ben-hadad&apos;s Release</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="35">And a certain man of <crossref let="k" cid="c11020035.1"/>the sons of the prophets said to his fellow <crossref let="l" cid="c11020035.2"/>at the command of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <q class="begin-double" qid="11020035.1" from="11020035.1" to="11020035.2"/>Strike me, please.<q class="end-double" qid="11020035.2" from="11020035.1" to="11020035.2"/> But the man refused to strike him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020036"/>
+    <verse num="36">Then he said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="11020036.1" from="11020036.1" to="11020036.2"/>Because you have not obeyed the voice of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, behold, as soon as you have gone from me, a lion shall strike you down.<q class="end-double" qid="11020036.2" from="11020036.1" to="11020036.2"/> And as soon as he had departed from him, <crossref let="m" cid="c11020036.1"/>a lion met him and struck him down.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020037"/>
+    <verse num="37">Then he found another man and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11020037.1" from="11020037.1" to="11020037.2"/>Strike me, please.<q class="end-double" qid="11020037.2" from="11020037.1" to="11020037.2"/> And the man struck him&emdash;struck him and wounded him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020038"/>
+    <verse num="38">So the prophet departed and waited for the king by the way, <crossref let="n" cid="c11020038.1"/>disguising himself with a bandage over his eyes.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020039"/>
+    <verse num="39">And as the king passed, he cried to the king and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11020039.1" from="11020039.1" to="11020040.1"/>Your servant went out into the midst of the battle, and behold, a soldier turned and brought a man to me and said, <q class="begin-single" qid="11020039.2" from="11020039.2" to="11020039.3"/>Guard this man; if by any means he is missing, <crossref let="o" cid="c11020039.1"/>your life shall be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent<note nid="n11020039.1"/> of silver.<q class="end-single" qid="11020039.3" from="11020039.2" to="11020039.3"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020040"/>
+    <verse num="40">And as your servant was busy here and there, he was gone.<q class="end-double" qid="11020040.1" from="11020039.1" to="11020040.1"/> The king of Israel said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="11020040.2" from="11020040.2" to="11020040.3"/>So shall your judgment be; you yourself have decided it.<q class="end-double" qid="11020040.3" from="11020040.2" to="11020040.3"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020041"/>
+    <verse num="41">Then he hurried to take the bandage away from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020042"/>
+    <verse num="42">And he said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="11020042.1" from="11020042.1" to="11020042.4"/>Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <q class="begin-single" qid="11020042.2" from="11020042.2" to="11020042.3"/>Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction,<note nid="n11020042.1"/> therefore <crossref let="o" cid="c11020042.1"/>your life shall be for his life, and your people for his people.<q class="end-single" qid="11020042.3" from="11020042.2" to="11020042.3"/><q class="end-double" qid="11020042.4" from="11020042.1" to="11020042.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11020043"/>
+    <verse num="43">And the king of Israel <crossref let="p" cid="c11020043.1"/>went to his house vexed and sullen and came to Samaria.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11021001"/>
+  <chapter num="21">
+    <heading>Naboth&apos;s Vineyard</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">Now Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in <crossref let="q" cid="c11021001.1"/>Jezreel, beside the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11021002"/>
+    <verse num="2">And after this Ahab said to Naboth, <crossref let="r" cid="c11021002.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="11021002.1" from="11021002.1" to="11021002.2"/>Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a vegetable garden, because it is near my house, and I will give you a better vineyard for it; or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its value in money.<q class="end-double" qid="11021002.2" from="11021002.1" to="11021002.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11021003"/>
+    <verse num="3">But Naboth said to Ahab, <q class="begin-double" qid="11021003.1" from="11021003.1" to="11021003.2"/>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> forbid <crossref let="s" cid="c11021003.1"/>that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers.<q class="end-double" qid="11021003.2" from="11021003.1" to="11021003.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11021004"/>
+    <verse num="4">And Ahab <crossref let="t" cid="c11021004.1"/>went into his house vexed and sullen because of what Naboth the Jezreelite had said to him, for he had said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11021004.1" from="11021004.1" to="11021004.2"/>I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.<q class="end-double" qid="11021004.2" from="11021004.1" to="11021004.2"/> And he lay down on his bed and turned away his face and would eat no food.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11021005"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="5">But Jezebel his wife came to him and said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="11021005.1" from="11021005.1" to="11021005.2"/>Why is your spirit so vexed that you eat no food?<q class="end-double" qid="11021005.2" from="11021005.1" to="11021005.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11021006"/>
+    <verse num="6">And he said to her, <q class="begin-double" qid="11021006.1" from="11021006.1" to="11021006.6"/>Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and said to him, <q class="begin-single" qid="11021006.2" from="11021006.2" to="11021006.3"/>Give me your vineyard for money, or else, if it please you, I will give you another vineyard for it.<q class="end-single" qid="11021006.3" from="11021006.2" to="11021006.3"/> And he answered, <q class="begin-single" qid="11021006.4" from="11021006.4" to="11021006.5"/>I will not give you my vineyard.<q class="end-single" qid="11021006.5" from="11021006.4" to="11021006.5"/><q class="end-double" qid="11021006.6" from="11021006.1" to="11021006.6"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11021007"/>
+    <verse num="7">And Jezebel his wife said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="11021007.1" from="11021007.1" to="11021007.2"/>Do you now govern Israel? Arise and eat bread and let your heart be cheerful; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.<q class="end-double" qid="11021007.2" from="11021007.1" to="11021007.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11021008"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="8"><crossref let="u" cid="c11021008.1"/>So she wrote letters in Ahab&apos;s name and sealed them with his seal, and she sent the letters to <crossref let="v" cid="c11021008.2"/>the elders and the leaders who lived with Naboth in his city.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11021009"/>
+    <verse num="9">And she wrote in the letters, <q class="begin-double" qid="11021009.1" from="11021009.1" to="11021010.3"/>Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11021010"/>
+    <verse num="10">And set two <crossref let="w" cid="c11021010.1"/>worthless men opposite him, and let them bring a charge against him, saying, <crossref let="x" cid="c11021010.2"/><q class="begin-single" qid="11021010.1" from="11021010.1" to="11021010.2"/>You have cursed<note nid="n11021010.1"/> God and the king.<q class="end-single" qid="11021010.2" from="11021010.1" to="11021010.2"/> Then take him out and stone him to death.<q class="end-double" qid="11021010.3" from="11021009.1" to="11021010.3"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11021011"/>
+    <verse num="11">And the men of his city, <crossref let="v" cid="c11021011.1"/>the elders and the leaders who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent word to them. As it was written in the letters that she had sent to them,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11021012"/>
+    <verse num="12"><crossref let="y" cid="c11021012.1"/>they proclaimed a fast and set Naboth at the head of the people.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11021013"/>
+    <verse num="13">And the two worthless men came in and sat opposite him. And the worthless men brought a charge against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="11021013.1" from="11021013.1" to="11021013.2"/>Naboth cursed God and the king.<q class="end-double" qid="11021013.2" from="11021013.1" to="11021013.2"/> So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11021014"/>
+    <verse num="14">Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="11021014.1" from="11021014.1" to="11021014.2"/>Naboth has been stoned; he is dead.<q class="end-double" qid="11021014.2" from="11021014.1" to="11021014.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11021015"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="15">As soon as Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, Jezebel said to Ahab, <q class="begin-double" qid="11021015.1" from="11021015.1" to="11021015.2"/>Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money, for Naboth is not alive, but dead.<q class="end-double" qid="11021015.2" from="11021015.1" to="11021015.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11021016"/>
+    <verse num="16">And as soon as Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, Ahab arose to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11021017"/>
+    <heading>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> Condemns Ahab</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="17"><crossref let="z" cid="c11021017.1"/>Then the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11021018"/>
+    <verse num="18"><q class="begin-double" qid="11021018.1" from="11021018.1" to="11021019.9"/>Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in <crossref let="a" cid="c11021018.1"/>Samaria; behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone to take possession.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11021019"/>
+    <verse num="19">And you shall say to him, <q class="begin-single" qid="11021019.1" from="11021019.1" to="11021019.4"/>Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <q class="begin-inner-double" qid="11021019.2" from="11021019.2" to="11021019.3"/>Have you killed and also taken possession?<q class="end-inner-double" qid="11021019.3" from="11021019.2" to="11021019.3"/><q class="end-single" qid="11021019.4" from="11021019.1" to="11021019.4"/> And you shall say to him, <q class="begin-single" qid="11021019.5" from="11021019.5" to="11021019.8"/>Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>: <crossref let="b" cid="c11021019.1"/><q class="begin-inner-double" qid="11021019.6" from="11021019.6" to="11021019.7"/>In the place where dogs licked up the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your own blood.<q class="end-inner-double" qid="11021019.7" from="11021019.6" to="11021019.7"/><q class="end-single" qid="11021019.8" from="11021019.5" to="11021019.8"/><q class="end-double" qid="11021019.9" from="11021018.1" to="11021019.9"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11021020"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="20">Ahab said to Elijah, <crossref let="c" cid="c11021020.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="11021020.1" from="11021020.1" to="11021020.2"/>Have you found me, O my enemy?<q class="end-double" qid="11021020.2" from="11021020.1" to="11021020.2"/> He answered, <q class="begin-double" qid="11021020.3" from="11021020.3" to="11021024.1"/>I have found you, because <crossref let="d" cid="c11021020.2"/>you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the sight of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11021021"/>
+    <verse num="21">Behold, I will bring disaster upon you. I will utterly burn you up, and <crossref let="e" cid="c11021021.1"/>will cut off from Ahab every male, bond or free, in Israel.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11021022"/>
+    <verse num="22">And I will make your house like <crossref let="f" cid="c11021022.1"/>the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like <crossref let="g" cid="c11021022.2"/>the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the anger to which you have provoked me, and because you <crossref let="h" cid="c11021022.3"/>have made Israel to sin.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11021023"/>
+    <verse num="23">And of Jezebel the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> also said, <crossref let="i" cid="c11021023.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="11021023.1" from="11021023.1" to="11021023.2"/>The dogs shall eat Jezebel within <crossref let="j" cid="c11021023.2"/>the walls of Jezreel.<q class="end-single" qid="11021023.2" from="11021023.1" to="11021023.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11021024"/>
+    <verse num="24"><crossref let="k" cid="c11021024.1"/>Anyone belonging to Ahab who dies in the city the dogs shall eat, and anyone of his who dies in the open country the birds of the heavens shall eat.<q class="end-double" qid="11021024.1" from="11021020.3" to="11021024.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11021025"/>
+    <heading>Ahab&apos;s Repentance</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="25">(<crossref let="l" cid="c11021025.1"/>There was none who sold himself to do what was evil in the sight of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> like Ahab, whom Jezebel his wife incited.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11021026"/>
+    <verse num="26">He acted very abominably in going after <crossref let="m" cid="c11021026.1"/>idols, as <crossref let="n" cid="c11021026.2"/>the Amorites had done, whom the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> cast out before the people of Israel.)</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11021027"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="27">And when Ahab heard those words, he <crossref let="o" cid="c11021027.1"/>tore his clothes and <crossref let="p" cid="c11021027.2"/>put sackcloth on his flesh and <crossref let="q" cid="c11021027.3"/>fasted and lay in sackcloth and went about dejectedly.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11021028"/>
+    <verse num="28">And the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11021029"/>
+    <verse num="29"><q class="begin-double" qid="11021029.1" from="11021029.1" to="11021029.2"/>Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring the disaster in his days; <crossref let="r" cid="c11021029.1"/>but in his son&apos;s days I will bring the disaster upon his house.<q class="end-double" qid="11021029.2" from="11021029.1" to="11021029.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022001"/>
+  <chapter num="22">
+    <heading>Ahab and the False Prophets</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">For three years Syria and Israel continued without war.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022002"/>
+    <verse num="2"><crossref let="s" cid="c11022002.1"/>But in the third year <crossref let="t" cid="c11022002.2"/>Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022003"/>
+    <verse num="3">And the king of Israel said to his servants, <q class="begin-double" qid="11022003.1" from="11022003.1" to="11022003.2"/>Do you know that <crossref let="u" cid="c11022003.1"/>Ramoth-gilead belongs to us, and we keep quiet and do not take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?<q class="end-double" qid="11022003.2" from="11022003.1" to="11022003.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022004"/>
+    <verse num="4">And he said to Jehoshaphat, <q class="begin-double" qid="11022004.1" from="11022004.1" to="11022004.2"/>Will you go with me to battle at Ramoth-gilead?<q class="end-double" qid="11022004.2" from="11022004.1" to="11022004.2"/> And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, <crossref let="v" cid="c11022004.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="11022004.3" from="11022004.3" to="11022004.4"/>I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.<q class="end-double" qid="11022004.4" from="11022004.3" to="11022004.4"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022005"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="5">And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, <q class="begin-double" qid="11022005.1" from="11022005.1" to="11022005.2"/>Inquire first for the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.<q class="end-double" qid="11022005.2" from="11022005.1" to="11022005.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022006"/>
+    <verse num="6">Then the king of Israel <crossref let="w" cid="c11022006.1"/>gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, <q class="begin-double" qid="11022006.1" from="11022006.1" to="11022006.2"/>Shall I go to battle against Ramoth-gilead, or shall I refrain?<q class="end-double" qid="11022006.2" from="11022006.1" to="11022006.2"/> And they said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11022006.3" from="11022006.3" to="11022006.4"/>Go up, for the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.<q class="end-double" qid="11022006.4" from="11022006.3" to="11022006.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022007"/>
+    <verse num="7">But <crossref let="x" cid="c11022007.1"/>Jehoshaphat said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11022007.1" from="11022007.1" to="11022007.2"/>Is there not here another prophet of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> of whom we may inquire?<q class="end-double" qid="11022007.2" from="11022007.1" to="11022007.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022008"/>
+    <verse num="8">And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, <q class="begin-double" qid="11022008.1" from="11022008.1" to="11022008.2"/>There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, Micaiah the son of Imlah, but I hate him, for he never prophesies good concerning me, but evil.<q class="end-double" qid="11022008.2" from="11022008.1" to="11022008.2"/> And Jehoshaphat said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11022008.3" from="11022008.3" to="11022008.4"/>Let not the king say so.<q class="end-double" qid="11022008.4" from="11022008.3" to="11022008.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022009"/>
+    <verse num="9">Then the king of Israel summoned an officer and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11022009.1" from="11022009.1" to="11022009.2"/>Bring quickly Micaiah the son of Imlah.<q class="end-double" qid="11022009.2" from="11022009.1" to="11022009.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022010"/>
+    <verse num="10">Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting on their thrones, arrayed in their robes, at the threshing floor <crossref let="y" cid="c11022010.1"/>at the entrance of the gate of Samaria, and all the prophets were prophesying before them.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022011"/>
+    <verse num="11">And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made for himself <crossref let="z" cid="c11022011.1"/>horns of iron and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11022011.1" from="11022011.1" to="11022011.4"/>Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <q class="begin-single" qid="11022011.2" from="11022011.2" to="11022011.3"/>With these <crossref let="a" cid="c11022011.2"/>you shall push the Syrians until they are destroyed.<q class="end-single" qid="11022011.3" from="11022011.2" to="11022011.3"/><q class="end-double" qid="11022011.4" from="11022011.1" to="11022011.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022012"/>
+    <verse num="12">And all the prophets prophesied so and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11022012.1" from="11022012.1" to="11022012.2"/>Go up to Ramoth-gilead and triumph; the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will give it into the hand of the king.<q class="end-double" qid="11022012.2" from="11022012.1" to="11022012.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022013"/>
+    <heading>Micaiah Prophesies Against Ahab</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="13">And the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="11022013.1" from="11022013.1" to="11022013.2"/>Behold, the words of the prophets with one accord are favorable to the king. Let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak favorably.<q class="end-double" qid="11022013.2" from="11022013.1" to="11022013.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022014"/>
+    <verse num="14">But Micaiah said, <crossref let="b" cid="c11022014.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="11022014.1" from="11022014.1" to="11022014.2"/>As the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> lives, <crossref let="c" cid="c11022014.2"/>what the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> says to me, that I will speak.<q class="end-double" qid="11022014.2" from="11022014.1" to="11022014.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022015"/>
+    <verse num="15">And when he had come to the king, the king said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="11022015.1" from="11022015.1" to="11022015.2"/>Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we refrain?<q class="end-double" qid="11022015.2" from="11022015.1" to="11022015.2"/> And he answered him, <q class="begin-double" qid="11022015.3" from="11022015.3" to="11022015.4"/>Go up and triumph; the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will give it into the hand of the king.<q class="end-double" qid="11022015.4" from="11022015.3" to="11022015.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022016"/>
+    <verse num="16">But the king said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="11022016.1" from="11022016.1" to="11022016.2"/>How many times shall I make you swear that you speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>?<q class="end-double" qid="11022016.2" from="11022016.1" to="11022016.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022017"/>
+    <verse num="17">And he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11022017.1" from="11022017.1" to="11022017.4"/>I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, <crossref let="d" cid="c11022017.1"/>as sheep that have no shepherd. And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said, <q class="begin-single" qid="11022017.2" from="11022017.2" to="11022017.3"/>These have no master; let each return to his home in peace.<q class="end-single" qid="11022017.3" from="11022017.2" to="11022017.3"/><q class="end-double" qid="11022017.4" from="11022017.1" to="11022017.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022018"/>
+    <verse num="18">And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, <crossref let="e" cid="c11022018.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="11022018.1" from="11022018.1" to="11022018.2"/>Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?<q class="end-double" qid="11022018.2" from="11022018.1" to="11022018.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022019"/>
+    <verse num="19">And Micaiah said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11022019.1" from="11022019.1" to="11022023.1"/>Therefore hear the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>: <crossref let="f" cid="c11022019.1"/>I saw the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> sitting on his throne, <crossref let="g" cid="c11022019.2"/>and all the host of heaven standing beside him on his right hand and on his left;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022020"/>
+    <verse num="20">and the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said, <q class="begin-single" qid="11022020.1" from="11022020.1" to="11022020.2"/>Who will entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?<q class="end-single" qid="11022020.2" from="11022020.1" to="11022020.2"/> And one said one thing, and another said another.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022021"/>
+    <verse num="21">Then a spirit came forward and stood before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, saying, <q class="begin-single" qid="11022021.1" from="11022021.1" to="11022021.2"/>I will entice him.<q class="end-single" qid="11022021.2" from="11022021.1" to="11022021.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022022"/>
+    <verse num="22">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to him, <q class="begin-single" qid="11022022.1" from="11022022.1" to="11022022.2"/>By what means?<q class="end-single" qid="11022022.2" from="11022022.1" to="11022022.2"/> And he said, <q class="begin-single" qid="11022022.3" from="11022022.3" to="11022022.4"/>I will go out, and will be <crossref let="h" cid="c11022022.1"/>a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.<q class="end-single" qid="11022022.4" from="11022022.3" to="11022022.4"/> And he said, <q class="begin-single" qid="11022022.5" from="11022022.5" to="11022022.6"/>You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go out and do so.<q class="end-single" qid="11022022.6" from="11022022.5" to="11022022.6"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022023"/>
+    <verse num="23">Now therefore behold, the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has declared disaster for you.<q class="end-double" qid="11022023.1" from="11022019.1" to="11022023.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022024"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="24">Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near <crossref let="i" cid="c11022024.1"/>and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11022024.1" from="11022024.1" to="11022024.2"/>How did the Spirit of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> go from me to speak to you?<q class="end-double" qid="11022024.2" from="11022024.1" to="11022024.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022025"/>
+    <verse num="25">And Micaiah said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11022025.1" from="11022025.1" to="11022025.2"/>Behold, you shall see on that day when you go <crossref let="j" cid="c11022025.1"/>into an inner chamber to hide yourself.<q class="end-double" qid="11022025.2" from="11022025.1" to="11022025.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022026"/>
+    <verse num="26">And the king of Israel said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11022026.1" from="11022026.1" to="11022027.5"/>Seize Micaiah, and take him back to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king&apos;s son,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022027"/>
+    <verse num="27">and say, <q class="begin-single" qid="11022027.1" from="11022027.1" to="11022027.4"/>Thus says the king, <crossref let="k" cid="c11022027.1"/><q class="begin-inner-double" qid="11022027.2" from="11022027.2" to="11022027.3"/>Put this fellow in prison and feed him meager rations of bread and water, <crossref let="l" cid="c11022027.2"/>until I come in peace.<q class="end-inner-double" qid="11022027.3" from="11022027.2" to="11022027.3"/><q class="end-single" qid="11022027.4" from="11022027.1" to="11022027.4"/><q class="end-double" qid="11022027.5" from="11022026.1" to="11022027.5"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022028"/>
+    <verse num="28">And Micaiah said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11022028.1" from="11022028.1" to="11022028.2"/>If you return in peace, <crossref let="m" cid="c11022028.1"/>the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has not spoken by me.<q class="end-double" qid="11022028.2" from="11022028.1" to="11022028.2"/> And he said, <crossref let="n" cid="c11022028.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="11022028.3" from="11022028.3" to="11022028.4"/>Hear, all you peoples!<q class="end-double" qid="11022028.4" from="11022028.3" to="11022028.4"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022029"/>
+    <heading>Ahab Killed in Battle</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="29">So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022030"/>
+    <verse num="30">And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, <crossref let="o" cid="c11022030.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="11022030.1" from="11022030.1" to="11022030.2"/>I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your robes.<q class="end-double" qid="11022030.2" from="11022030.1" to="11022030.2"/> And the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022031"/>
+    <verse num="31">Now the king of Syria had commanded <crossref let="p" cid="c11022031.1"/>the thirty-two captains of his chariots, <q class="begin-double" qid="11022031.1" from="11022031.1" to="11022031.2"/>Fight with neither small nor great, but only with the king of Israel.<q class="end-double" qid="11022031.2" from="11022031.1" to="11022031.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022032"/>
+    <verse num="32">And when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, <q class="begin-double" qid="11022032.1" from="11022032.1" to="11022032.2"/>It is surely the king of Israel.<q class="end-double" qid="11022032.2" from="11022032.1" to="11022032.2"/> So they turned to fight against him. And Jehoshaphat cried out.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022033"/>
+    <verse num="33">And when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022034"/>
+    <verse num="34">But a certain man drew his bow at random<note nid="n11022034.1"/> and struck the king of Israel between the scale armor and the breastplate. Therefore he said to the driver of his chariot, <q class="begin-double" qid="11022034.1" from="11022034.1" to="11022034.2"/>Turn around and carry me out of the battle, <crossref let="q" cid="c11022034.1"/>for I am wounded.<q class="end-double" qid="11022034.2" from="11022034.1" to="11022034.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022035"/>
+    <verse num="35">And the battle continued that day, and the king was propped up in his chariot facing the Syrians, until at evening he died. And the blood of the wound flowed into the bottom of the chariot.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022036"/>
+    <verse num="36">And about sunset a cry went through the army, <q class="begin-double" qid="11022036.1" from="11022036.1" to="11022036.2"/>Every man to his city, and every man to his country!<q class="end-double" qid="11022036.2" from="11022036.1" to="11022036.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022037"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="37">So the king died, and was brought to Samaria. And they buried the king in Samaria.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022038"/>
+    <verse num="38">And they washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria, and the dogs licked up his blood, and the prostitutes washed themselves in it, <crossref let="r" cid="c11022038.1"/>according to the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> that he had spoken.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022039"/>
+    <verse num="39">Now the rest of the acts of Ahab and all that he did, and <crossref let="s" cid="c11022039.1"/>the ivory house that he built and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022040"/>
+    <verse num="40">So Ahab slept with his fathers, and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022041"/>
+    <heading>Jehoshaphat Reigns in Judah</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="41"><crossref let="t" cid="c11022041.1"/>Jehoshaphat the son of <crossref let="u" cid="c11022041.2"/>Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022042"/>
+    <verse num="42">Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother&apos;s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022043"/>
+    <verse num="43"><crossref let="v" cid="c11022043.1"/>He walked in all the way of Asa his father. He did not turn aside from it, doing what was right in the sight of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. Yet <crossref let="w" cid="c11022043.2"/>the high places were not taken away, and the people still sacrificed and made offerings on the high places.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022044"/>
+    <verse num="44"><crossref let="x" cid="c11022044.1"/>Jehoshaphat also made peace with the king of Israel.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022045"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="45">Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he showed, and how he warred, are they not written <crossref let="y" cid="c11022045.1"/>in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022046"/>
+    <verse num="46">And from the land he exterminated the remnant <crossref let="z" cid="c11022046.1"/>of the male cult prostitutes who remained in the days of his father Asa.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022047"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="47"><crossref let="a" cid="c11022047.1"/>There was no king in Edom; a deputy was king.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022048"/>
+    <verse num="48">Jehoshaphat made <crossref let="b" cid="c11022048.1"/>ships of Tarshish to go to <crossref let="c" cid="c11022048.2"/>Ophir for gold, but they did not go, for the ships were wrecked at <crossref let="d" cid="c11022048.3"/>Ezion-geber.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022049"/>
+    <verse num="49">Then Ahaziah the son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, <q class="begin-double" qid="11022049.1" from="11022049.1" to="11022049.2"/>Let my servants go with your servants in the ships,<q class="end-double" qid="11022049.2" from="11022049.1" to="11022049.2"/> but Jehoshaphat was not willing.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022050"/>
+    <verse num="50"><crossref let="e" cid="c11022050.1"/>And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father, and Jehoram his son reigned in his place.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022051"/>
+    <heading>Ahaziah Reigns in Israel</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="51">Ahaziah the son of Ahab <crossref let="f" cid="c11022051.1"/>began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over Israel.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022052"/>
+    <verse num="52">He did what was evil in the sight of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> <crossref let="g" cid="c11022052.1"/>and walked in the way of his father and in the way of his mother and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v11022053"/>
+    <verse num="53"><crossref let="h" cid="c11022053.1"/>He served Baal and worshiped him and provoked the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the God of Israel, to anger <crossref let="i" cid="c11022053.2"/>in every way that his father had done.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+</book>
+</crossway-bible>