Today’s
Reading : 2Kings 12 - 14 and 1Corinthians
15 (KJV)
2Kings 12
2Ki
12:1 In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in
Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
2Ki 12:2 And Jehoash did that which
was right in the sight of the LORD all
his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
2Ki 12:3 But the high places were not taken away: the
people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
2Ki 12:4 And Jehoash said to
the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the
house of the LORD, even the money of
every one that passeth the
account, the money that every man is set
at, and all the money that cometh into
any man's heart to bring into the house of the LORD,
2Ki 12:5 Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and
let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever
any breach shall be found.
2Ki 12:6 But it was so,
that in the three and twentieth year of
king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the
breaches of the house.
2Ki 12:7 Then king Jehoash
called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye
not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it
for the breaches of the house.
2Ki 12:8 And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the
breaches of the house.
2Ki 12:9 But Jehoiada the
priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the
altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the
priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into
the house of the LORD.
2Ki 12:10 And it was so,
when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's
scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money
that was found in the house of the LORD.
2Ki 12:11 And they gave the money, being told, into the
hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the
LORD: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon
the house of the LORD,
2Ki 12:12 And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to
buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and
for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.
2Ki 12:13 Howbeit there were not made for the house of
the LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or
vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD:
2Ki 12:14 But they gave that to the workmen, and
repaired therewith the house of the LORD.
2Ki 12:15 Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into
whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt
faithfully.
2Ki 12:16 The trespass money and sin money was not
brought into the house of the LORD: it was the priests.
2Ki 12:17 Then Hazael king of
Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael
set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
2Ki 12:18 And Jehoash king of
Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram,
and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had
dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was
found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's house, and
sent it to Hazael
king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.
2Ki 12:19 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
2Ki 12:20 And his servants arose, and made a
conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.
2Ki 12:21 For Jozachar the
son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad
the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he
died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
2Kings 13
2Ki
13:1 In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of
Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over
Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.
2Ki 13:2 And he did that
which was
evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
2Ki 13:3 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against
Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael
king of Syria, and into the hand of Ben-hadad the son
of Hazael, all their
days.
2Ki 13:4 And Jehoahaz
besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression
of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.
2Ki 13:5 (And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that
they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel
dwelt in their tents, as formerly.
2Ki 13:6 Nevertheless they departed not from the sins
of the house of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but
walked therein: and there remained the grove also in Samaria.)
2Ki 13:7 Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten
thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them
like the dust by threshing.
2Ki 13:8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israel?
2Ki 13:9 And Jehoahaz slept
with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash
his son reigned in his stead.
2Ki 13:10 In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash
the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned
sixteen years.
2Ki 13:11 And he did that
which was
evil in the sight of the LORD; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam
the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin: but he walked therein.
2Ki 13:12 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he
fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the
chronicles of the kings of Israel?
2Ki 13:13 And Joash slept
with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash
was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
2Ki 13:14 Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness
whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came
down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the
chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
2Ki 13:15 And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows.
And he took unto him bow and arrows.
2Ki 13:16 And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it:
and Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands.
2Ki 13:17 And he said, Open the window eastward. And he
opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And
he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD's deliverance, and the arrow of
deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the
Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.
2Ki 13:18 And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite
upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed.
2Ki 13:19 And the man of God was wroth with him, and
said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times;
then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it:
whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.
2Ki 13:20 And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the
bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.
2Ki 13:21 And it came to pass, as they were burying a
man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of
Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he
revived, and stood up on his feet.
2Ki 13:22 But Hazael king of
Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
2Ki 13:23 And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had
compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them
from his presence as yet.
2Ki 13:24 So Hazael king of
Syria died; and Ben-hadad his son reigned in his
stead.
2Ki 13:25 And Jehoash the son
of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the
cities, which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz
his father by war. Three times did Joash beat him,
and recovered the cities of Israel.
2Kings 14
2Ki
14:1 In the second year of Joash
son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of
Judah.
2Ki 14:2 He was twenty and five years old when he began
to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name
was Jehoaddan
of Jerusalem.
2Ki 14:3 And he did that
which was
right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according
to all things as Joash his father did.
2Ki 14:4 Howbeit the high places were not taken away:
as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.
2Ki 14:5 And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom
was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king
his father.
2Ki 14:6 But the children of the murderers he slew
not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses,
wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for
the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man
shall be put to death for his own sin.
2Ki 14:7 He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten
thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel
unto this day.
2Ki 14:8 Then Amaziah sent
messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz
son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.
2Ki 14:9 And Jehoash the
king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying,
The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to
the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying,
Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trod down the thistle.
2Ki 14:10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this,
and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest
fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
2Ki 14:11 But Amaziah would
not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up;
and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another
in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.
2Ki 14:12 And Judah was put to the worse before Israel;
and they fled every man to their tents.
2Ki 14:13 And Jehoash king of
Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at
Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and broke down
the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four
hundred cubits.
2Ki 14:14 And he took all the gold and silver, and all
the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of
the king's house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.
2Ki 14:15 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with
Amaziah king of Judah, are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
2Ki 14:16 And Jehoash slept
with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and
Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.
2Ki 14:17 And Amaziah the son
of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of
Israel fifteen years.
2Ki 14:18 And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
2Ki 14:19 Now they made a conspiracy against him in
Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew
him there.
2Ki 14:20 And they brought him on horses: and he was
buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.
2Ki 14:21 And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was
sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.
2Ki 14:22 He built Elath, and
restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
2Ki 14:23 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah
the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned
forty and one years.
2Ki 14:24 And he did that
which was
evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam
the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
2Ki 14:25 He restored the coast of Israel from the
entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain,
according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spoke by the hand of
his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet,
which was of Gath-hepher.
2Ki 14:26 For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there
was not any shut up, nor any left, nor
any helper for Israel.
2Ki 14:27 And the LORD said not that he would blot out
the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam
the son of Joash.
2Ki 14:28 Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all
that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
2Ki 14:29 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his
son reigned in his stead.
1Corinthians 15
1Co
15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the
gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye
stand;
1Co 15:2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in
memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
1Co 15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that
which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the
Scriptures;
1Co 15:4 And that he was buried, and that he rose
again the third day according to the Scriptures:
1Co 15:5 And that he was seen of Cephas,
then of the twelve:
1Co 15:6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred
brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some
are fallen asleep.
1Co 15:7 After that, he was seen of James; then of all
the apostles.
1Co 15:8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of
one born out of due time.
1Co 15:9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am
not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
1Co 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and
his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured
more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with
me.
1Co 15:11 Therefore whether it
were I or they, so we preach, and so ye
believed.
1Co 15:12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from
the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
1Co 15:13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead,
then is Christ not risen:
1Co 15:14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
1Co 15:15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God;
because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not
up, if so be that the dead rise not.
1Co 15:16 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ
raised:
1Co 15:17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
1Co 15:18 Then they also which are fallen asleep in
Christ are perished.
1Co 15:19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ,
we are of all men most miserable.
1Co 15:20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits
of them that slept.
1Co 15:21 For since by man came
death, by man came also the resurrection
of the dead.
1Co 15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ
shall all be made alive.
1Co 15:23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his
coming.
1Co 15:24 Then cometh
the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father;
when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
1Co 15:25 For he must reign, till he hath put all
enemies under his feet.
1Co 15:26 The last enemy that
shall be destroyed is death.
1Co 15:27 For he hath put all things under his feet.
But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put
all things under him.
1Co 15:28 And when all things shall be subdued unto
him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things
under him, that God may be all in all.
1Co 15:29 Else what shall they do which are baptized
for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the
dead?
1Co 15:30 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?
1Co 15:31 I protest by your rejoicing which I have in
Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
1Co 15:32 If after the manner of men I have fought with
beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the
dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we die.
1Co 15:33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt
good manners.
1Co 15:34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some
have not the knowledge of God: I speak this
to your shame.
1Co 15:35 But some man
will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
1Co 15:36 Thou
fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except
it die:
1Co 15:37 And that which thou sowest,
thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare
grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
1Co 15:38 But God giveth it a
body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
1Co 15:39 All flesh is
not the same flesh: but there is one kind
of flesh of men, another flesh of
beasts, another of fishes, and another
of birds.
1Co 15:40 There are
also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory
of the terrestrial is another.
1Co 15:41 There is
one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the
stars: for one star differeth
from another star in glory.
1Co 15:42 So also is
the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
1Co 15:43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in
glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
1Co 15:44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a
spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
1Co 15:45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was
made a living soul; the last Adam was
made a quickening spirit.
1Co 15:46 Howbeit that was
not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that
which is spiritual.
1Co 15:47 The first man is
of the earth, earthy: the second man is
the Lord from heaven.
1Co 15:48 As is
the earthy, such are they also that are
earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
1Co 15:49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy,
we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
1Co 15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and
blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
1Co 15:51 Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all
sleep, but we shall all be changed,
1Co 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at
the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised
incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
1Co 15:53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must
put on immortality.
1Co 15:54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on
immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is
swallowed up in victory.
1Co 15:55 O death, where is
thy sting? O grave, where is thy
victory?
1Co 15:56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is
the law.
1Co 15:57 But thanks be
to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord
Jesus Christ.
1Co 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye
steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye
know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.