Bible Reading
July 26
The World English Bible
July
26
2
Chronicles 10-12
2Ch
10:1 Rehoboam went to Shechem; for all Israel were come to Shechem
to make him king.
2Ch
10:2 It happened, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it, (for
he was in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of king
Solomon), that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
2Ch
10:3 They sent and called him; and Jeroboam and all Israel came, and
they spoke to Rehoboam, saying,
2Ch
10:4 Your father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make you the
grievous service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on
us, lighter, and we will serve you.
2Ch
10:5 He said to them, Come again to me after three days. The people
departed.
2Ch
10:6 King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood
before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel do
you give me to return answer to this people?
2Ch
10:7 They spoke to him, saying, If you are kind to this people, and
please them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your
servants forever.
2Ch
10:8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given
him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him,
who stood before him.
2Ch
10:9 He said to them, What counsel do you give, that we may return
answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke
that your father did put on us lighter?
2Ch
10:10 The young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying,
Thus you shall tell the people who spoke to you, saying, Your father
made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter on us; thus you shall say to
them, My little finger is thicker than my father's waist.
2Ch
10:11 Now whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will
add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will
chastise you with scorpions.
2Ch
10:12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day,
as the king bade, saying, Come to me again the third day.
2Ch
10:13 The king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the
counsel of the old men,
2Ch
10:14 and spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying,
My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father
chastised you with whips, but I will
chastise you with scorpions.
2Ch
10:15 So the king didn't listen to the people; for it was brought
about of God, that Yahweh might establish his word, which he spoke by
Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
2Ch
10:16 When all Israel saw that the king didn't listen to them, the
people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David?
neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your
tents, Israel: now see to your own house, David. So all Israel
departed to their tents.
2Ch
10:17 But as for the children of Israel who lived in the cities of
Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
2Ch
10:18 Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the men subject
to forced labor; and the children of Israel stoned him to death with
stones. King Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to
flee to Jerusalem.
2Ch
10:19 So Israel rebelled against the house of David to this day.
2Ch
11:1 When Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of
Judah and Benjamin, one hundred eighty thousand chosen men, who were
warriors, to fight against Israel, to bring the kingdom again to
Rehoboam.
2Ch
11:2 But the word of Yahweh came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
2Ch
11:3 Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all
Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
2Ch
11:4 Thus says Yahweh, You shall not go up, nor fight against your
brothers: return every man to his house; for this thing is of me. So
they listened to the words of Yahweh, and returned from going against
Jeroboam.
2Ch
11:5 Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in
Judah.
2Ch
11:6 He built Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
2Ch
11:7 Beth Zur, and Soco, and Adullam,
2Ch
11:8 and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
2Ch
11:9 and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
2Ch
11:10 and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in
Benjamin, fortified cities.
2Ch
11:11 He fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and
stores of food, and oil and wine.
2Ch
11:12 In every city he put
shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong. Judah and
Benjamin belonged to him.
2Ch
11:13 The priests and the Levites who were in all Israel resorted to
him out of all their border.
2Ch
11:14 For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and
came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons cast them off,
that they should not execute the priest's office to Yahweh;
2Ch
11:15 and he appointed him priests for the high places, and for the
male goats, and for the calves which he had made.
2Ch
11:16 After them, out of all the tribes of Israel, such as set their
hearts to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to
sacrifice to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
2Ch
11:17 So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam
the son of Solomon strong, three years; for they walked three years
in the way of David and Solomon.
2Ch
11:18 Rehoboam took him a wife, Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth
the son of David, and of
Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
2Ch
11:19 and she bore him sons: Jeush, and Shemariah, and Zaham.
2Ch
11:20 After her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bore
him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
2Ch
11:21 Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom above all his
wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and sixty
concubines, and became the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty
daughters.)
2Ch
11:22 Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, even
the prince among his brothers; for he
was minded to make him king.
2Ch
11:23 He dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his sons throughout all
the lands of Judah and Benjamin, to every fortified city: and he gave
them food in abundance. He sought for
them many wives.
2Ch
12:1 It happened, when the kingdom of Rehoboam was established, and
he was strong, that he forsook the law of Yahweh, and all Israel with
him.
2Ch
12:2 It happened in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak
king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had trespassed
against Yahweh,
2Ch
12:3 with twelve hundred chariots, and sixty thousand horsemen. The
people were without number who came with him out of Egypt: the Lubim,
the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians.
2Ch
12:4 He took the fortified cities which pertained to Judah, and came
to Jerusalem.
2Ch
12:5 Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the princes
of Judah, who were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak,
and said to them, Thus says Yahweh, You have forsaken me, therefore
have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
2Ch
12:6 Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and
they said, Yahweh is righteous.
2Ch
12:7 When Yahweh saw that they humbled themselves, the word of
Yahweh came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves: I will
not destroy them; but I will grant them some deliverance, and my
wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
2Ch
12:8 Nevertheless they shall be his servants, that they may know my
service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
2Ch
12:9 So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took
away the treasures of the house of Yahweh, and the treasures of the
king's house: he took all away: he took away also the shields of gold
which Solomon had made.
2Ch
12:10 King Rehoboam made in their place shields of brass, and
committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept
the door of the king's house.
2Ch
12:11 It was so, that as often as the king entered into the house of
Yahweh, the guard came and bore them, and brought them back into the
guard chamber.
2Ch
12:12 When he humbled himself, the wrath of Yahweh turned from him,
so as not to destroy him altogether: and moreover in Judah there were
good things found.
2Ch
12:13 So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and
reigned: for Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which Yahweh
had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there:
and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
2Ch
12:14 He did that which was evil, because he didn't set his heart to
seek Yahweh.
2Ch
12:15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, aren't they written
in the histories of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer, after
the manner of genealogies? There were wars between Rehoboam and
Jeroboam continually.
2Ch
12:16 Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of
David: and Abijah his son reigned in his place.
Jul.
26, 27
Acts
16
Act
16:1 He came to Derbe and Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was
there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who believed; but his
father was a Greek.
Act
16:2 The brothers who were at Lystra and Iconium gave a good
testimony about him.
Act
16:3 Paul wanted to have him go out with him, and he took and
circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts; for they
all knew that his father was a Greek.
Act
16:4 As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered
the decrees to them to keep which had been ordained by the apostles
and elders who were at Jerusalem.
Act
16:5 So the assemblies were strengthened in the faith, and increased
in number daily.
Act
16:6 When they had gone through the region of Phrygia and Galatia,
they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.
Act
16:7 When they had come opposite Mysia, they tried to go into
Bithynia, but the Spirit didn't allow them.
Act
16:8 Passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.
Act
16:9 A vision appeared to Paul in the night. There was a man of
Macedonia standing, begging him, and saying, "Come over into
Macedonia and help us."
Act
16:10 When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go out
to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the
Good News to them.
Act
16:11 Setting sail therefore from Troas, we made a straight course
to Samothrace, and the day following to Neapolis;
Act
16:12 and from there to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the
foremost of the district, a Roman colony. We were staying some days
in this city.
Act
16:13 On the Sabbath day we went forth outside of the city by a
riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat
down, and spoke to the women who had come together.
Act
16:14 A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city
of Thyatira, one who worshiped God, heard us; whose heart the Lord
opened to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul.
Act
16:15 When she and her household were baptized, she begged us,
saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come
into my house, and stay." So she persuaded us.
Act
16:16 It happened, as we were going to prayer, that a certain girl
having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much
gain by fortune telling.
Act
16:17 Following Paul and us, she cried out, "These men are
servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us a way of
salvation!"
Act
16:18 She was doing this for many days. But Paul, becoming greatly
annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, "I command you in the
name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!" It came out that very
hour.
Act
16:19 But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone,
they seized Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace
before the rulers.
Act
16:20 When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said,
"These men, being Jews, are agitating our city,
Act
16:21 and set forth customs which it is not lawful for us to accept
or to observe, being Romans."
Act
16:22 The multitude rose up together against them, and the
magistrates tore their clothes off of them, and commanded them to be
beaten with rods.
Act
16:23 When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into
prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely,
Act
16:24 who, having received such a command, threw them into the inner
prison, and secured their feet in the stocks.
Act
16:25 But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing
hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
Act
16:26 Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations
of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened,
and everyone's bonds were loosened.
Act
16:27 The jailer, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison
doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing
that the prisoners had escaped.
Act
16:28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, "Don't harm
yourself, for we are all here!"
Act
16:29 He called for lights and sprang in, and, fell down trembling
before Paul and Silas,
Act
16:30 and brought them out and said, "Sirs, what must I do to
be saved?"
Act
16:31 They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you
will be saved, you and your household."
Act
16:32 They spoke the word of the Lord to him, and to all who were in
his house.
Act
16:33 He took them the same hour of the night, and washed their
stripes, and was immediately baptized, he and all his household.
Act
16:34 He brought them up into his house, and set food before them,
and rejoiced greatly, with all his household, having believed in God.
Act
16:35 But when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants,
saying, "Let those men go."
Act
16:36 The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, "The
magistrates have sent to let you go; now therefore come out, and go
in peace."
Act
16:37 But Paul said to them, "They have beaten us publicly,
without a trial, men who are Romans, and have cast us into prison! Do
they now release us secretly? No, most certainly, but let them come
themselves and bring us out!"
Act
16:38 The sergeants reported these words to the magistrates, and
they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans,
Act
16:39 and they came and begged them. When they had brought them out,
they asked them to depart from the city.
Act
16:40 They went out of the prison, and entered into Lydia's house.
When they had seen the brothers, they encouraged them, and departed.
