made in their stead shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king's house. 28And it was so, that as oft as the king went into the house of the LORD, the guard bore them, and brought them back into the guard-chamber. ' 29Now 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? 30And there was war between Reho- boam and Jeroboam^ continually. 31And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat began Abijam to reign over Judah. 2Three years reigned he in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom. 3And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him; and his heart was not whole with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father. Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem; 6because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that He commanded him all the days of his hf e, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. 6Now there was war between Rehoboam and Jero- boam all the days of his life, 7And the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not writ- ten in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
FIRST KINGS 8And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
9And in _ the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Asa to reign over Judah. 10And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom. uAnd Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father. 12And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and re- moved all the idols that his fathers had made. "And also Maacah his mother he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for^an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and burnt it at the brook Kidron. 14But the high places were not taken away; nevertheless the heart of Asa was whole with the LORD all his days. 18And he brought into the house of the LORD the things that his father had hallowed, and the •things that himself had hallowed, silver, and gold, and vessels.
16And there was war between Asa and Baasa king of Israel all their days. 17And Baasa king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. 18Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants; and king Asa sent them to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Aram, that dwelt at Damascus, saying: 19'There is a league between me and thee, between my father and thy father; be- hold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasa king of Israel, that he may depart from me/ 20And Ben- hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-beth-maacah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali. ^Aiid it came to pass, when Baasa heard thereof, that he left off building Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah. 22Then king Asa made a proclamation unto all Judah; none was exempted; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasa had build- ed; and king Asa built therewith Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
^Now the rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet. wAnd Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in ttye city of David his father; and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.
^And 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.
nd he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin. 27 And Baasa the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasa smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for 'Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon. 28Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasa slay him, and reigned in his stead, 29And it came to pass that, as soon as he was Mngj he smote all the house of Jeroboam,' FIRST KINGS FIRST KINGS he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him; according unto the saying of the LORD, which He spoke by the hand of His servant Ahijah the Shilonite; 30for the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and wherewith he made Israel to sin; because of his provoca- tion wherewith he provoked the LORD, the God of Israel.
31Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not writ- ten in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 32And there was war between Asa and Baasa king of Israel all their days.
^In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasa the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, and reigned twenty and four years. 34And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin. "1 £* And the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasa, saying* 2* Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over My people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made My people Israel to sin, to provoke Me with their sins; 3behold, I will utterly sweep away Baasa and his house; and I will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. 4Him that dieth of Baasa in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.'
6Now the rest of th6 acts of Baasa, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in. the book of the chronicles of the "kings of Israel? 6And Baasa slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and 'Elah his son reigned in his stead.
7And moreover by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasa, and against his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he smote him.
8In^the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasa to reign over Israel in Tirzah, and reigned two years. 9And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him; now he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah; 10and Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seyenth year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead. "And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he smote all the house of Baasa; he left him not a single man-child, neither of his kins- folks, nor of his friends. ^Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasa, according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke against Baasa by Jehu the prophet, 13for all the sins of Baasa, and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned, and wherewith they made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, with their vanities.
34Now 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?
15In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. Now the people were encamped against Gib- bethon, which belonged to the Philis- tines. 16And the people that were encamped heard say: ' Zimri hath con-i- FIRST KINGS spired, and hath also smitten the king7; wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp. 17And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah. 18And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the castle of the king's house, _ and burnt the king's house over him with fire, and died; 19for his sins which he sinned in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, in walking in the way of Jero- boam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin.
20Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
21Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri. ^But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath; so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.
^In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, and reigned twelve years; six years reigned he in Tirzah. ^And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill, Sa- maria. 25And Omri did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and dealt wickedly above all that were before him. 26For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sins wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, with their vanities.
27Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he showed, are they not written m the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 28And Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.
29And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel; and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years. 30And Ahab the son of Omri did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were be- fore him. 31And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him. 32And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. ^And AJiab made the Asherah; and Ahab did yet more to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, than all the kings of Israel that were before him.
MIn his days did Kiel the Beth- elite build Jericho; with Abiram his first-born he laid the foundation there- of, and with his youngest son Segub he set up the gates thereof; according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke by the hand of Joshua the son of Nun.
rr And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the settlers of Gilead, said unto Ahab: 'As the LORD, the God of Israel, liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my • word/ 2Aiid the word of the LORD came unto him, saying: 3<Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan. 4And it FIRST KINGS shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.' 5Sohewent and did according unto the word of the LORD; for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan. 6And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook. 7And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried' up, because there was no rain in the land.
8And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying: 9' Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there; behold, I have commanded a widow there to sus- tain thee.' 10So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks; and he called to her, and said: 'Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.' uAnd as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said: 'Bring me, I pray thee, a mor- sel of bread in thy hand.' ^And she said: 'As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, only a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the cruse; and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.' l3And Elijah said unto her: ' Fear not; go and do as thou hast said; but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it forth unto me, and afterward make for thee and for thy son. 14£or thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: The jar of meal shall not be spent, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the land.' 15And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah; and she, and he, and her house,, did eat many days.
16The jar of meal was not spent, neither did the cruse of oil fail, ac- cording to the word of the LORD, which He spoke by Elijah.
17And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him. 18And she said unto Elijah: 'What have I to do with thee, 0 thou man of God? art thou come unto me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?' 19And he said unto her: 'Give me thy son,' And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into the upper chamber, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed. 20And he cried unto the LORD, and said: '0 LORD my God, hast Thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?' 21And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said. '0 LORD my God, I pray Thee, let this child's soul come back into him.' ^And the LORD hearkened unto the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came back into him, and he revived. ^And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the upper chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother; and Elijah said: 'See, thy son liveth.' ^And the woman said to Elijah: 'Now I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.'
1 Q And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah, in the third year, say- ing: 'Go, show thyself unto Ahab, and I will send rain upon the land.' 2And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab.
And the famine was sore in Samaria. 8And Ahab called Obadiah, who was FIRST KINGS over the household. — Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly; *for it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LOKD, that Obadiah took a hun- dred prophets, and hid them fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water. — 5And Ahab said unto Oba- diah: 'Go through the land, unto all the springs of water, and unto all the brooks; perad venture we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.' 6So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
7And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him; and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said: 'Is it thou, my lord Elijah?' 8And he answered him: 'It is I; go, tell thy lord: Behold, Elijah is here/ 9And he said: 'Wherein have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me? 10As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee; and when they said: He is not here, he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not. nAnd now thou sayest: Go, tell thy lord: Behold, Elijah is here. ^And it will come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the spirit of the LORD will carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he will slay me; but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth. ^Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid a hundred men of the LORD'S prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water? "And now thou sayest: Go, tell thy lord: Behold, Elijah is here; and he will slay me.' 15And Elijah said: 'As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself unto him to-day.'
MSo Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah. 17And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him: 'Is it thou, thou troubler of Israel?' 18And he answered: 'I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have for- saken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed the Baahm. 19Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the Asherah four hundred, that eat at Jezebel's table.'
20And Ahab sent unto all the chil- dren of Israel, and gathered the proph- ets together unto mount Carmel.
nd Elijah came near unto all the people, and said: 'How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.' And the people answered him not a word, ^hen said Elijah unto the people: 'I, even I only, am left a prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men. ^Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under; and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under. ^And call ye on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD; and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God.' And all the people answered and said: ' It is well spoken.'
^And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal: 'Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for FIRST KINGS ye are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under.7 26And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying: '0 Baal, answer us/ But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they danced in halting wise about the altar which was made. 27And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said: /Cry aloud; for he is a god; either he is musing, or he is gone aside, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.' ^And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with swords and lances, till the ^blood gushed out upon them. 29And it was so, when midday was past, that they prophesied until the time of the offer- ing of the evening offering; but there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.
30And Elijah said unto all the people • 'Come near unto me'; and all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was thrown down. 31And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the num- ber of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying: 'Israel shall be thy name.' 32And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD; and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed. ^And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid it on the wood. 34And he said: 'Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the burnt- offering, and on the wood.7 And he said: 4Dp it the second time'; and they did it the second time. And he said: 'Do it the third time'; and they did it the third time. ^And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water. 36And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening offering, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said: '0 LORD, the God of Abra- ham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that Thou art God in Israel, and that I am Thy servant, and that I have done all these things at Thy word. 37Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that Thou, LORD, art God, for Thou didst turn their heart backward.' ^Then the fire of the LORD 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. 39And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said: 'The LORD, He is God; the LORD, He is God.' 40And Elijah said unto them: 'Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape.' And they took them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
^And Elijah said unto Ahab: 'Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.' ^So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees. ^And he said to his servant: 'Go up now, look toward the sea.' And he went up, and looked, and said: 'There is nothing.' And he said: 'Go again seven times.' ^And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said: 'Behold, there ariseth a cloud out of the sea, as small as a man's hand.' And he said: 'Go up, say unto Ahab: Make ready thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.' ^And it came to pass in a little while, that FIRST KINGS the heaven grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel. 46And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
1 Q And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. 2Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying: 'So let the gods do [to me], and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to-morrow about this time.' 3And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there. 4But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom-tree; and he requested for himself that he might die; and said: 'It is enough; now, 0 LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.' 6And he lay down and slept under a broom- tree; and, behold, an angel touched him, and said unto him: 'Arise and eat.' 6And he looked, and, behold, there was at his head a cake baked on the hot stones, and a cruse of water. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again. 7And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said: 'Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.' 8And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meal forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
9And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and He said unto him: 'What doest thou here, Elijah?' IOAnd he said: 'I have been very jealous for the LORD, God of hosts; for the children Israel have forsaken Thy thrown down Thine altars, and said: 'Go forth, and stand mount before the LORD.' And, behok^ the LORD passed by, and a great and" strong wind rent the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind; and after the wind an earth- quake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake; 12and after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice. "And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. And, be- hold, there came a voice unto him, and said: 'What doest thou here, Elijah?' 14And he said: 'I have been very jealous for the LORD, the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have for- saken Thy covenant, thrown down Thine altars, and slain Thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.'
16And the LORD said unto him: 'Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus; and when thou comest, thou shalt anoint Hazael to be king over Aram; lsand Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel; and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. 17And it shall come to pass, that him that eseapeth from the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay; and him that eseapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay. 18Yet will I leave seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which FIRST KINGS have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him/ 19So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing, with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth; and Elijah passed over unto him, and cast his mantle upon him. 20And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said: 'Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee.' And he said unto him: 'Go back; for what have I done to thee?' ^And he returned from following him, and took the yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.
OQ And Ben-hadad the king of u^ Aram gathered all his host to- gether; and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses and chariots; and he went up and be- sieged Samaria, and fought against it. 2And he sent messengers to Aiab king of Israel, into the city, 3and said unto him: 'Thus saith Ben-hadad: Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and tlry; children, even the goodliest, are mine.' 4And the king of Israel answered and said: 'It is according to thy saying, my lord, 0 king: I am thine, and all that I have.' 6And the messengers came again, and said: 'Thus speaketh Ben- hadad, saying: I sent indeed unto thee, saying: Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children; 6but I will send my servants unto thee to-morrow about this time, and they shall search thy house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that what- soever is pleasant in thine eyes, they I shall put it in their hand, and take it away.'
7Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said: 'Mark, I pray jrou, and see how this man seekoth mischief; for he sent unto me for my wives, and for m*7 children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.' 8And all the elders and all the people said unto him: ' Hearken thou not, neither consent.' 9Wheref ore he said unto the messengers of Ben-hadad: 'Tell my lord the king: All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do; but this thing I may not do.' And the messengers departed, and brought him back word. 10And Ben- hadad sent unto him, and said: 'The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.' uAnd the king of Israel an- swered and said: 'Tell him: Let not him that girdeth on his armour boast himself] as he that putteth it off.' ^And it came to pass, when [Ben- hadad] heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings, in the booths, that he said unto his servants: 'Set yourselves in array.' And they set themselves in array against the city.
13And, behold, a prophet came near unto Ahab king of Israel, and said: 'Thus saith the LORD: Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thy hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am the LOED.' 14And Ahab said: 'By whom?' And he said: 'Thus saith the LORD: By the young men of the princes of the provinces.' Then he said: 'Who shall begin the battle?' And he answered: 'Thou.' lfiThen he numbered the t young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were FIRST KINGS two hundred and thirty-two; and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.