And the king swore, saying, “As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my soul out of every adversity,

And Judah and Israel lived in safety, from Dan even to Beersheba, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, all the days of Solomon.

But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side. There is neither adversary nor misfortune.

And this house will become a heap of ruins. Everyone passing by it will be astonished and will hiss, and they will say, ‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’

For the king had 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.

Every one of them brought his present, articles of silver and gold, garments, myrrh, spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year.

For 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

(for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom).

‘Thus says the Lord, You shall not go up or fight against your relatives the people of Israel. Every man return to his home, for this thing is from me.’” So they listened to the word of the Lord and went home again, according to the word of the Lord.

therefore behold, I will bring harm upon the house of Jeroboam and will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both bond and free in Israel, and will burn up the house of Jeroboam, as a man burns up dung until it is all gone.

For they also built for themselves high places and pillars and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree,

He took away the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king's house. He took away everything. He also took away all the shields of gold that Solomon had made,

Yet I will leave seven thousand in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him.”

Behold, I will bring disaster upon you. I will utterly burn you up, and will cut off from Ahab every male, bond or free, in Israel.

And about sunset a cry went through the army, “Every man to his city, and every man to his country!”

He served Baal and worshiped him and provoked the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger in every way that his father had done.