Today’s
Reading : 2Kings 15 - 17 and 1Corinthians
16 (KJV)
2Kings 15
2Ki
15:1 In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam
king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.
2Ki 15:2 Sixteen years old was he when he began to
reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiah of
Jerusalem.
2Ki 15:3 And he did that
which was
right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;
2Ki 15:4 Save that the high places were not removed:
the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
2Ki 15:5 And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a
leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son was
over the house, judging the people of the land.
2Ki 15:6 And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
2Ki 15:7 So Azariah slept
with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David:
and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
2Ki 15:8 In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam
reign over Israel in Samaria six months.
2Ki 15:9 And he did that
which was
evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done: he departed not from
the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made
Israel to sin.
2Ki 15:10 And Shallum the son
of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before
the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
2Ki 15:11 And the rest of the acts of Zachariah,
behold, they are written in the book of
the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
2Ki 15:12 This was
the word of the LORD which he spoke unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on
the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation.
And so it came to pass.
2Ki 15:13 Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in
Samaria.
2Ki 15:14 For Menahem the son
of Gadi went up from Tirzah,
and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
2Ki 15:15 And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel.
2Ki 15:16 Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were
therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because
they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and
all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.
2Ki 15:17 In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem
the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned
ten years in Samaria.
2Ki 15:18 And he did that
which was
evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not all his days from the sins of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
2Ki 15:19 And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand
talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in
his hand.
2Ki 15:20 And Menahem exacted
the money of Israel, even of all the
mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king
of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the
land.
2Ki 15:21 And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
2Ki 15:22 And Menahem slept
with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his
stead.
2Ki 15:23 In the fiftieth year of Azariah
king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem
began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and
reigned two years.
2Ki 15:24 And he did that
which was
evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the
son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
2Ki 15:25 But Pekah the son
of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him,
and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him
fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and
reigned in his room.
2Ki 15:26 And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel.
2Ki 15:27 In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the
son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in
Samaria, and reigned
twenty years.
2Ki 15:28 And he did that
which was
evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the
son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
2Ki 15:29 In the days of Pekah
king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria,
and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead,
and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
2Ki 15:30 And Hoshea the son
of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah
the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and
reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham
the son of Uzziah.
2Ki 15:31 And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the
kings of Israel.
2Ki 15:32 In the second year of Pekah
the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of
Judah to reign.
2Ki 15:33 Five and twenty years old was he when he
began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's
name was Jerusha,
the daughter of Zadok.
2Ki 15:34 And he did that
which was
right in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
2Ki 15:35 Howbeit the high places were not removed: the
people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the
higher gate of the house of the LORD.
2Ki 15:36 Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
2Ki 15:37 In those days the LORD began to send against
Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
2Ki 15:38 And Jotham slept
with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his
father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
2Kings 16
2Ki
16:1 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of
Judah began to reign.
2Ki 16:2 Twenty years old was
Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen
years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was
right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.
2Ki 16:3 But he walked in the way of the kings of
Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the
abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of
Israel.
2Ki 16:4 And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the
high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
2Ki 16:5 Then Rezin king of
Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah
king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.
2Ki 16:6 At that time Rezin
king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drove the
Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day.
2Ki 16:7 So Ahaz sent
messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying,
I am thy servant and thy son: come up,
and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the
king of Israel, which rise up against me.
2Ki 16:8 And Ahaz took the
silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures
of the king's house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.
2Ki 16:9 And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him:
for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir,
and slew Rezin.
2Ki 16:10 And king Ahaz went
to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria,
and saw an altar that was at Damascus:
and king Ahaz sent to Urijah
the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all
the workmanship thereof.
2Ki 16:11 And Urijah the
priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz
had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz
came from Damascus.
2Ki 16:12 And when the king was come from Damascus, the
king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.
2Ki 16:13 And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat
offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace
offerings, upon the altar.
2Ki 16:14 And he brought also the brazen altar, which was before the LORD, from the forefront of the
house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the
north side of the altar.
2Ki 16:15 And king Ahaz
commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great
altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the
king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all
the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and
sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the
sacrifice: and the brazen altar shall be for me to inquire by.
2Ki 16:16 Thus did Urijah the
priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
2Ki 16:17 And king Ahaz cut
off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took
down the sea from off the brazen oxen that were
under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones.
2Ki 16:18 And the covert for the sabbath
that they had built in the house, and the king's entry without, turned he from
the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria.
2Ki 16:19 Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
2Ki 16:20 And Ahaz slept with
his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah
his son reigned in his stead.
2Kings 17
2Ki
17:1 In the twelfth year of Ahaz
king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.
2Ki 17:2 And he did that
which was
evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before
him.
2Ki 17:3 Against him came up Shalmaneser
king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and
gave him presents.
2Ki 17:4 And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and
brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he
had done
year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in
prison.
2Ki 17:5 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout
all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
2Ki 17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea
the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and
placed them in Halah and in Habor
by the river of Gozan,
and in the cities of the Medes.
2Ki 17:7 For so
it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God,
which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of
Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods,
2Ki 17:8 And walked in the statutes of the heathen,
whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of
Israel, which they had made.
2Ki 17:9 And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were
not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all
their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
2Ki 17:10 And they set them up images and groves in
every high hill, and under every green tree:
2Ki 17:11 And there they burnt incense in all the high
places, as did the heathen whom the LORD
carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to
anger:
2Ki 17:12 For they served idols, whereof the LORD had
said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.
2Ki 17:13 Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and
against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil
ways, and keep my commandments and my
statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I
sent to you by my servants the prophets.
2Ki 17:14 Notwithstanding they would not hear, but
hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe
in the LORD their God.
2Ki 17:15 And they rejected his statutes, and his
covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he
testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went
after the heathen that were round about
them, concerning whom the LORD had
charged them, that they should not do like them.
2Ki 17:16 And they left all the commandments of the
LORD their God, and made them molten images, even
two calves, and made a grove, and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served
Baal.
2Ki 17:17 And they caused their sons and their
daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and
sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
2Ki 17:18 Therefore the LORD was very angry with
Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of
Judah only.
2Ki 17:19 Also Judah kept not the commandments of the
LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
2Ki 17:20 And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel,
and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had
cast them out of his sight.
2Ki 17:21 For he rent Israel from the house of David;
and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and
Jeroboam drove Israel from following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin.
2Ki 17:22 For the children of Israel walked in all the
sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them;
2Ki 17:23 Until the LORD removed Israel out of his
sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried
away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.
2Ki 17:24 And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah,
and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them
in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed
Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
2Ki 17:25 And so
it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that
they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew some of them.
2Ki 17:26 Wherefore they spoke to the king of Assyria,
saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of
Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent
lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner
of the God of the land.
2Ki 17:27 Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying,
Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go
and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land.
2Ki 17:28 Then one of the priests whom they had carried
away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should
fear the LORD.
2Ki 17:29 Howbeit every nation made gods of their own,
and put them in the houses of the high
places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they
dwelt.
2Ki 17:30 And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth
made Nergal, and the men of Hamath
made Ashima,
2Ki 17:31 And the Avites made
Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods
of Sepharvaim.
2Ki 17:32 So they feared the LORD, and made unto
themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed
for them in the houses of the high places.
2Ki 17:33 They feared the LORD, and served their own
gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.
2Ki 17:34 Unto this day they do after the former
manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after
their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the
children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
2Ki 17:35 With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and
charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them,
nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them:
2Ki 17:36 But the LORD, who brought you up out of the
land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and
him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice.
2Ki 17:37 And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the
law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do
forevermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.
2Ki 17:38 And the covenant that I have made with you ye
shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods.
2Ki 17:39 But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he
shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.
2Ki 17:40 Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did
after their former manner.
2Ki 17:41 So these nations feared the LORD, and served
their graven images, both their children, and their children's children: as did
their fathers, so do they unto this day.
1Corinthians 16
1Co
16:1 Now concerning the collection for the saints,
as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye.
1Co 16:2 Upon the first day
of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no
gatherings when I come.
1Co 16:3 And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve
by your letters, them will I send to
bring your liberality unto Jerusalem.
1Co 16:4 And if it be meet that I go also, they shall
go with me.
1Co 16:5 Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass
through Macedonia: for I do pass through Macedonia.
1Co 16:6 And it may be that I will abide, yea, and
winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go.
1Co 16:7 For I will not see you now by the way; but I
trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.
1Co 16:8 But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.
1Co 16:9 For a great door and effectual is opened unto
me, and there are many adversaries.
1Co 16:10 Now if Timothy come, see that he may be with
you without fear: for he worketh the work of the
Lord, as I also do.
1Co 16:11 Let no man therefore despise him: but conduct
him forth in peace, that he may come unto me: for I look for him with the
brethren.
1Co 16:12 As touching our
brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come unto
you with the brethren: but his will was not at all to come at this time; but he
will come when he shall have convenient time.
1Co 16:13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you
like men, be strong.
1Co 16:14 Let all your things be done with charity.
1Co 16:15 I beseech you, brethren, ye (know the house
of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits
of Achaia, and that they have addicted
themselves to the ministry of the saints,)
1Co 16:16 That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to
every one that helpeth with us, and laboureth.
1Co 16:17 I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they have
supplied.
1Co 16:18 For they have refreshed my spirit and yours:
therefore acknowledge ye them that are such.
1Co 16:19 The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and
Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house.
1Co 16:20 All the brethren greet you. Greet ye one
another with a holy kiss.
1Co 16:21 The salutation of me
Paul with mine own hand.
1Co 16:22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ,
let him be Anathema Maranatha.
1Co 16:23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
1Co 16:24 My love be
with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.