Today’s
Reading : 2Kings 9 - 11 and 1Corinthians
14 (KJV)
2Kings 9
2Ki
9:1 And Elisha the prophet called one of the
children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this
box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead:
2Ki 9:2 And when thou comest
thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his
brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber;
2Ki 9:3 Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith
the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee,
and tarry not.
2Ki 9:4 So the young man, even
the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.
2Ki 9:5 And when he came, behold, the captains of the
host were sitting; and he said, I have
an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all us? And he said,
To thee, O captain.
2Ki 9:6 And he arose, and went into the house; and he
poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith
the LORD God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel.
2Ki 9:7 And thou shalt
smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants
the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of
Jezebel.
2Ki 9:8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and
I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the
wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel:
2Ki 9:9 And I will make the house of Ahab like the
house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the
house of Baasha the son of Ahijah:
2Ki 9:10 And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion
of Jezreel, and there
shall be
none to bury her. And he opened the
door, and fled.
2Ki 9:11 Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his
lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know
the man, and his communication.
2Ki 9:12 And they said, It
is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus
and thus spoke he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD,
I have anointed thee king over Israel.
2Ki 9:13 Then they hasted, and took every man his
garment, and put it under him on the top
of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king.
2Ki 9:14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram.
(Now Joram had kept Ramoth-gilead,
he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.
2Ki 9:15 But king Joram was
returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which
the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael
king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then
let none go forth nor escape out of the
city to go to tell it in Jezreel.
2Ki 9:16 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And
Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.
2Ki 9:17 And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and
said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take a
horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is
it peace?
2Ki 9:18 So there went one on horseback to meet him,
and said, Thus saith the king, Is it
peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And
the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again.
2Ki 9:19 Then he sent out a second on horseback, which
came to them, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it
peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me.
2Ki 9:20 And the watchman told, saying, He came even
unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is
like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.
2Ki 9:21 And Joram said,
Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram
king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out,
each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion
of Naboth the Jezreelite.
2Ki 9:22 And it came to pass, when Joram
saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so
long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her
witchcrafts are so many?
2Ki 9:23 And Joram turned
his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is
treachery, O Ahaziah.
2Ki 9:24 And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength,
and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow
went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
2Ki 9:25 Then said Jehu
to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for
remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the
LORD laid this burden upon him;
2Ki 9:26 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith
the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith
the LORD. Now therefore take and cast
him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD.
2Ki 9:27 But when Ahaziah
the king of Judah saw this, he fled by
the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him
also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur,
which is by Ibleam.
And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.
2Ki 9:28 And his servants carried him in a chariot to
Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of
David.
2Ki 9:29 And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah
to reign over Judah.
2Ki 9:30 And when Jehu was come to Jezreel,
Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head,
and looked out at a window.
2Ki 9:31 And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said,
Had Zimri
peace, who slew his master?
2Ki 9:32 And he lifted up his face to the window, and
said, Who is on my side? who? And there
looked out to him two or three eunuchs.
2Ki 9:33 And he said, Throw her down. So they threw
her down: and some of her blood was
sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trod her under foot.
2Ki 9:34 And when he was come in, he did eat and drink,
and said, Go, see now this cursed woman,
and bury her: for she is a king's
daughter.
2Ki 9:35 And they went to bury her: but they found no
more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.
2Ki 9:36 Wherefore they came again, and told him. And
he said, This is the word of the LORD,
which he spoke by his servant Elijah the Tishbite,
saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the
flesh of Jezebel:
2Ki 9:37 And the carcass of Jezebel shall be as dung
upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel;
so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.
2Kings 10
2Ki
10:1 And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And
Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel,
to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab's children,
saying,
2Ki 10:2 Now as soon as this letter cometh to you,
seeing your master's sons are with you,
and there are
with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and armour;
2Ki 10:3 Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your
master's house.
2Ki 10:4 But they were exceedingly afraid, and said,
Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?
2Ki 10:5 And he that was
over the house, and he that was over the
city, the elders also, and the bringers up of
the children,
sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy
servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we
will not make any king: do thou that which is
good in thine eyes.
2Ki 10:6 Then he wrote a letter the second time to
them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the
heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel
by tomorrow this time. Now the king's sons, being
seventy persons, were with the great men
of the city, which brought them up.
2Ki 10:7 And it came to pass, when the letter came to
them, that they took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their
heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel.
2Ki 10:8 And there came a messenger, and told him,
saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye
them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.
2Ki 10:9 And it came to pass in the morning, that he
went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be
righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew
all these?
2Ki 10:10 Know now that there shall fall unto the earth
nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spoke concerning the house of
Ahab: for the LORD hath done that which
he spoke by his servant Elijah.
2Ki 10:11 So Jehu slew all that remained of the house
of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his
kinsfolk, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.
2Ki 10:12 And he arose and departed, and came to
Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house in the way,
2Ki 10:13 Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah;
and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the
queen.
2Ki 10:14 And he said, Take them alive. And they took
them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of
them.
2Ki 10:15 And when he was departed thence, he lighted
on Jehonadab the son of Rechab
coming to meet him: and he saluted him,
and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab
answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him
his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.
2Ki 10:16 And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal
for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.
2Ki 10:17 And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that
remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the
saying of the LORD, which he spoke to Elijah.
2Ki 10:18 And Jehu gathered all the people together,
and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but
Jehu shall serve him much.
2Ki 10:19 Now therefore call unto me all the prophets
of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have
a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall
not live. But Jehu did it in subtlety,
to the intent that he might destroy the worshipers of Baal.
2Ki 10:20 And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for
Baal. And they proclaimed it.
2Ki 10:21 And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the
worshipers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And
they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end
to another.
2Ki 10:22 And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for
all the worshipers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments.
2Ki 10:23 And Jehu went, and Jehonadab
the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said
unto the worshipers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none
of the servants of the LORD, but the worshipers of Baal only.
2Ki 10:24 And when they went in to offer sacrifices and
burnt offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your
hands escape, he that letteth him
go, his life shall
be for the life of him.
2Ki 10:25 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made
an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the
captains, Go in, and slay them; let none
come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and
the captains cast them out, and went to
the city of the house of Baal.
2Ki 10:26 And they brought forth the images out of the
house of Baal, and burned them.
2Ki 10:27 And they broke down the image of Baal, and
broke down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.
2Ki 10:28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
2Ki 10:29 Howbeit from
the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made
Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to
wit, the golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan.
2Ki 10:30 And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou
hast done well in executing that which is
right in mine eyes, and hast done unto
the house of Ahab according to all that was
in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation
shall sit on the throne of Israel.
2Ki 10:31 But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of
the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of
Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.
2Ki 10:32 In those days the LORD began to cut Israel
short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of
Israel;
2Ki 10:33 From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead,
the Gadites, and the Reubenites,
and the Manassites, from Aroer,
which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.
2Ki 10:34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all
that he did, and all his might, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
2Ki 10:35 And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they
buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned
in his stead.
2Ki 10:36 And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in
Samaria was twenty and eight years.
2Kings 11
2Ki
11:1 And when Athaliah
the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she
arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
2Ki 11:2 But Jehosheba, the
daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah,
took Joash the son of Ahaziah,
and stole him from among the king's sons which
were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
2Ki 11:3 And he was with her hid in the house of the
LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.
2Ki 11:4 And the seventh year Jehoiada
sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and
brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them,
and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and showed them the king's
son.
2Ki 11:5 And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of
you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be
keepers of the watch of the king's house;
2Ki 11:6 And a third part shall
be at the gate of Sur; and a third part
at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it
be not broken down.
2Ki 11:7 And two parts of all you that go forth on the
sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house
of the LORD about the king.
2Ki 11:8 And ye shall compass the king round about,
every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges,
let him be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth
out and as he cometh in.
2Ki 11:9 And the captains over the hundreds did
according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his
men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them
that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.
2Ki 11:10 And to the captains over hundreds did the
priest give king David's spears and shields, that were
in the temple of the LORD.
2Ki 11:11 And the guard stood, every man with his
weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to
the left corner of the temple, along by
the altar and the temple.
2Ki 11:12 And he brought forth the king's son, and put
the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and
anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.
2Ki 11:13 And when Athaliah
heard the noise of the guard and of the
people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD.
2Ki 11:14 And when she looked, behold, the king stood
by a pillar, as the manner was, and the
princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land
rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent
her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason.
2Ki 11:15 But Jehoiada the
priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and
said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said,
Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.
2Ki 11:16 And they laid hands on her; and she went by
the way by the which the horses came into the king's house: and there was she
slain.
2Ki 11:17 And Jehoiada made a
covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the
LORD's people; between the king also and the people.
2Ki 11:18 And all the people of the land went into the
house of Baal, and broke it down; his altars and his images broke they in
pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal
before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the
LORD.
2Ki 11:19 And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the
captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down
the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the
guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.
2Ki 11:20 And all the people of the land rejoiced, and
the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with
the sword beside the king's house.
2Ki 11:21 Seven years old was
Jehoash when he began to reign.
1Corinthians 14
1Co
14:1 Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
1Co 14:2 For he that speaketh
in an unknown tongue speaketh
not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh
mysteries.
1Co 14:3 But he that prophesieth
speaketh unto men to
edification, and exhortation, and comfort.
1Co 14:4 He that speaketh in
an unknown tongue edifieth
himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth
the church.
1Co 14:5 I would that ye all spake
with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth
than he that speaketh, with tongues, except he
interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
1Co 14:6 Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking
with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by
revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?
1Co 14:7 And even things without life giving sound,
whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall
it be known what is piped or harped?
1Co 14:8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound,
who shall prepare himself to the battle?
1Co 14:9 So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue
words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall
speak into the air.
1Co 14:10 There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices
in the world, and none of them is
without signification.
1Co 14:11 Therefore if I know not the meaning of the
voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian,
and he that speaketh shall
be a barbarian unto me.
1Co 14:12 Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of
spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel
to the edifying of the church.
1Co 14:13 Wherefore let him that speaketh
in an unknown tongue pray that he may
interpret.
1Co 14:14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth,
but my understanding is unfruitful.
1Co 14:15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit,
and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I
will sing with the understanding also.
1Co 14:16 Else when thou shalt
bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth
the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
1Co 14:17 For thou verily givest
thanks well, but the other is not edified.
1Co 14:18 I thank my God, I speak with tongues more
than ye all:
1Co 14:19 Yet in the church I had rather speak five
words with my understanding, that by my voice I
might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
1Co 14:20 Brethren, be not children in understanding:
howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
1Co 14:21 In the law it is written, With men of
other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all
that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.
1Co 14:22 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them
that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but
for them which believe.
1Co 14:23 If therefore the whole church be come
together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that
are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they
not say that ye are mad?
1Co 14:24 But if all prophesy, and there come in one
that believeth not, or one unlearned, he
is convinced of all, he is judged of all:
1Co 14:25 And thus are the secrets of his heart made
manifest; and so falling down on his
face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.
1Co 14:26 How is it then, brethren? when ye come
together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a
revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.
1Co 14:27 If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let
it be
by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret.
1Co 14:28 But if there be no interpreter, let him keep
silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.
1Co 14:29 Let the prophets speak two or three, and let
the other judge.
1Co 14:30 If any
thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.
1Co 14:31 For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all
may learn, and all may be comforted.
1Co 14:32 And the spirits of the prophets are subject
to the prophets.
1Co 14:33 For God is not the
author of confusion, but of peace, as in
all churches of the saints.
1Co 14:34 Let your women keep silence in the churches:
for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they
are commanded
to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
1Co 14:35 And if they will learn any thing, let them
ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.
1Co 14:36 What? came the word of God out from you? or
came it unto you only?
1Co 14:37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or
spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the
commandments of the Lord.
1Co 14:38 But if any man be ignorant, let him be
ignorant.
1Co 14:39 Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and
forbid not to speak with tongues.
1Co 14:40 Let all things be done decently and in order.