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And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field:
Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what goodness the LORD shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee.
How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved?
So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.
His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:
For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.
And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.
And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.
They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.
And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.
That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?
