Today’s
Reading : 1Kings 22; 2Kings 1-2 and 1Corinthians 11 (KJV)
1Kings 22
1Ki
22:1 And they continued three years without war
between Syria and Israel.
1Ki 22:2 And it came to pass in the third year, that
Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.
1Ki 22:3 And the king of Israel said unto his
servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be
still, and take it not out of the hand
of the king of Syria?
1Ki 22:4 And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go
with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshaphat
said to the king of Israel, I am as thou
art, my people as thy people, my horses
as thy horses.
1Ki 22:5 And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel,
Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD today.
1Ki 22:6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets
together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said,
Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it
into the hand of the king.
1Ki 22:7 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there
not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might inquire of him?
1Ki 22:8 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat,
There is
yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah,
by whom we may inquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy
good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
1Ki 22:9 Then the king of Israel called an officer,
and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah.
1Ki 22:10 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the
king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void
place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied
before them.
1Ki 22:11 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah
made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the
LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until
thou have consumed them.
1Ki 22:12 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying,
Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper: for the LORD
shall deliver it into the king's hand.
1Ki 22:13 And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spoke unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of
the prophets declare good unto the king
with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and
speak that which
is good.
1Ki 22:14 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth,
what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak.
1Ki 22:15 So he came to the king. And the king said
unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he
answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
1Ki 22:16 And the king said unto him, How many times
shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that
which is
true in the name of the LORD?
1Ki 22:17 And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon
the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no
master: let them return every man to his house in peace.
1Ki 22:18 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat,
Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?
1Ki 22:19 And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of
the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven
standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
1Ki 22:20 And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab,
that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one
said on this manner, and another said on that manner.
1Ki 22:21 And there came forth a spirit, and stood
before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.
1Ki 22:22 And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he
said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his
prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
1Ki 22:23 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a
lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken
evil concerning thee.
1Ki 22:24 But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah
went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said,
Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
1Ki 22:25 And Micaiah said,
Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
1Ki 22:26 And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon
the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's
son;
1Ki 22:27 And say, Thus saith
the king, Put this fellow in the prison,
and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I
come in peace.
1Ki 22:28 And Micaiah said,
If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said,
Hearken, O people, every one of you.
1Ki 22:29 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the
king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
1Ki 22:30 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat,
I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes.
And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.
1Ki 22:31 But the king of Syria commanded his thirty
and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with
small nor great, save only with the king of Israel.
1Ki 22:32 And it came to pass, when the captains of the
chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is
the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat
cried out.
1Ki 22:33 And it came to pass, when the captains of the
chariots perceived that it was not the
king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.
1Ki 22:34 And a certain
man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of
the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.
1Ki 22:35 And the battle increased that day: and the
king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and
the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot.
1Ki 22:36 And there went a proclamation throughout the
host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every
man to his own country.
1Ki 22:37 So the king died, and was brought to Samaria;
and they buried the king in Samaria.
1Ki 22:38 And one
washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood;
and they washed his armour; according unto the word of the LORD which he spoke.
1Ki 22:39 Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all
that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he
built, are they not written in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
1Ki 22:40 So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
1Ki 22:41 And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab
king of Israel.
1Ki 22:42 Jehoshaphat was
thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and
five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was
Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
1Ki 22:43 And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which
was right in the eyes of the LORD:
nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for
the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.
1Ki 22:44 And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of
Israel.
1Ki 22:45 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and
his might that he showed, and how he warred, are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
1Ki 22:46 And the remnant of the sodomites, which
remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out
of the land.
1Ki 22:47 There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
1Ki 22:48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish
to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the
ships were broken at Ezion-geber.
1Ki 22:49 Then said Ahaziah
the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the
ships. But Jehoshaphat would not.
1Ki 22:50 And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and
was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
1Ki 22:51 Ahaziah the son of
Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat
king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.
1Ki 22:52 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and
walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way
of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin:
1Ki 22:53 For he served Baal, and worshiped him, and
provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had
done.
2Kings 1
2Ki
1:1 Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the
death of Ahab.
2Ki 1:2 And Ahaziah fell
down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was
in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go,
inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron
whether I shall recover of this disease.
2Ki 1:3 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king
of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there
is not a God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baal-zebub
the god of Ekron?
2Ki 1:4 Now therefore thus saith
the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on
which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And
Elijah departed.
2Ki 1:5 And when the messengers turned back unto him,
he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?
2Ki 1:6 And they said unto him, There came a man up
to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and
say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not
because there is not a God in Israel, that
thou sendest to inquire of Baal-zebub
the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt
not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt
surely die.
2Ki 1:7 And he said unto them, What manner of man was he
which came up to meet you, and told you these words?
2Ki 1:8 And they answered him, He was a
hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
2Ki 1:9 Then the king sent unto him a captain of
fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of
a hill. And he spoke unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.
2Ki 1:10 And Elijah answered and said to the captain
of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let
fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down
fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
2Ki 1:11 Again also he sent unto him another captain
of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus
hath the king said, Come down quickly.
2Ki 1:12 And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven,
and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and
consumed him and his fifty.
2Ki 1:13 And he sent again a captain of the third
fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell
on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God,
I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious
in thy sight.
2Ki 1:14 Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and
burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore
let my life now be precious in thy sight.
2Ki 1:15 And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah,
Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him
unto the king.
2Ki 1:16 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to
inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron,
is it
not because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word?
therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on
which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
2Ki 1:17 So he died according to the word of the LORD
which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his
stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of
Jehoshaphat King of Judah: because he had no son.
2Ki 1:18 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
2Kings 2
2Ki
2:1 And it came to
pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that
Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
2Ki 2:2 And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I
pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth, and
as thy soul liveth,
I will not leave thee. So they went down to Bethel.
2Ki 2:3 And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto
him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy
master from thy head today? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
2Ki 2:4 And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here,
I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and
as thy soul liveth,
I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.
2Ki 2:5 And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto
him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy
master from thy head today? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
2Ki 2:6 And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee,
here; for the LORD hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and
as thy soul liveth,
I will not leave thee. And they two went on.
2Ki 2:7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets
went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.
2Ki 2:8 And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were
divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.
2Ki 2:9 And it came to pass, when they were gone
over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be
taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy
spirit be upon me.
2Ki 2:10 And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but
if not, it shall not be so.
2Ki 2:11 And it came to pass, as they still went on,
and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire,
and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
2Ki 2:12 And Elisha saw it,
and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen
thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent
them in two pieces.
2Ki 2:13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that
fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;
2Ki 2:14 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell
from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is
the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted
hither and thither: and Elisha went over.
2Ki 2:15 And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The
spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed
themselves to the ground before him.
2Ki 2:16 And they said unto him, Behold now, there be
with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy
master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast
him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.
2Ki 2:17 And when they urged him till he was ashamed,
he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but
found him not.
2Ki 2:18 And when they came again to him, (for he
tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
2Ki 2:19 And the men of the city said unto Elisha,
Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is
pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.
2Ki 2:20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put
salt therein. And they brought it to
him.
2Ki 2:21 And he went forth unto the spring of the
waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith
the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more
death or barren land.
2Ki 2:22 So the waters were healed unto this day,
according to the saying of Elisha which he spoke.
2Ki 2:23 And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and
as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the
city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou
bald head.
2Ki 2:24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and
cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of
the wood, and tore forty and two children of them.
2Ki 2:25 And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and
from thence he returned to Samaria.
1Corinthians 11
1Co
11:1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
1Co 11:2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember
me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.
1Co 11:3 But I would have you know, that the head of
every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is
the man; and the head of Christ is God.
1Co 11:4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth
his head.
1Co 11:5 But every woman that prayeth
or prophesieth with her
head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is
even all one as if she were shaven.
1Co 11:6 For if the woman be not covered, let her also
be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be
covered.
1Co 11:7 For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory
of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
1Co 11:8 For the man is not of the woman; but the
woman of the man.
1Co 11:9 Neither was the man created for the woman;
but the woman for the man.
1Co 11:10 For this cause ought the woman to have power
on her head because of the angels.
1Co 11:11 Nevertheless neither is the man without the
woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.
1Co 11:12 For as the woman is
of the man, even so is the man also by
the woman; but all things of God.
1Co 11:13 Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a
woman pray unto God uncovered?
1Co 11:14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that,
if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
1Co 11:15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory
to her: for her hair is given her for a
covering.
1Co 11:16 But if any man seem to be contentious, we
have no such custom, neither the churches of God.
1Co 11:17 Now in this that I declare unto you I
praise you not, that ye come together not
for the better, but for the worse.
1Co 11:18 For first of all, when ye come together in
the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.
1Co 11:19 For there must be also heresies among you,
that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.
1Co 11:20 When ye come together therefore into one
place, this is not to eat the Lord's
supper.
1Co 11:21 For in eating every one taketh
before other his own supper: and one is
hungry, and another is drunken.
1Co 11:22 What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink
in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I
say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you
not.
1Co 11:23 For I have received of the Lord that which
also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same
night in which he was betrayed took bread:
1Co 11:24 And when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, Take,
eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
1Co 11:25 After the same manner also he took
the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
1Co 11:26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink
this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he come.
1Co 11:27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and
drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily,
shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
1Co 11:28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him
eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
1Co 11:29 For he that eateth
and drinketh unworthily, eateth
and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the
Lord's body.
1Co 11:30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
1Co 11:31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should
not be judged.
1Co 11:32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of
the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
1Co 11:33 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together
to eat, tarry one for another.
1Co 11:34 And if any man hunger, let him eat at home;
that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order
when I come.