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Tue 2024-02-13 2 Chronicles8 3 John1 Habakkuk3 Luke22
2 Chronicles 8.
8:1 At the end of twenty years, during which Solomon built the temple of the LORD and his own palace,
8:2 Solomon rebuilt the villages that Hiram had given him, and settled Israelites in them.
8:3 Solomon then went to Hamath Zobah and captured it.
8:4 He also built up Tadmor in the desert and all the store cities he had built in Hamath.
8:5 He rebuilt Upper Beth Horon and Lower Beth Horon as fortified cities, with walls and with gates and bars,
8:6 as well as Baalath and all his store cities, and all the cities for his chariots and for his horses--whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon and throughout all the territory he ruled.
8:7 All the people left from the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites (these peoples were not Israelites),
8:8 that is, their descendants remaining in the land, whom the Israelites had not destroyed--these Solomon conscripted for his slave labor force, as it is to this day.
8:9 But Solomon did not make slaves of the Israelites for his work; they were his fighting men, commanders of his captains, and commanders of his chariots and charioteers.
8:10 They were also King Solomon's chief officials--two hundred and fifty officials supervising the men.
8:11 Solomon brought Pharaoh's daughter up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her, for he said, "My wife must not live in the palace of David king of Israel, because the places the ark of the LORD has entered are holy."
8:12 On the altar of the LORD that he had built in front of the portico, Solomon sacrificed burnt offerings to the LORD,
8:13 according to the daily requirement for offerings commanded by Moses for Sabbaths, New Moons and the three annual feasts--the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks and the Feast of Tabernacles.
8:14 In keeping with the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their duties, and the Levites to lead the praise and to assist the priests according to each day's requirement. He also appointed the gatekeepers by divisions for the various gates, because this was what David the man of God had ordered.
8:15 They did not deviate from the king's commands to the priests or to the Levites in any matter, including that of the treasuries.
8:16 All Solomon's work was carried out, from the day the foundation of the temple of the LORD was laid until its completion. So the temple of the LORD was finished.
8:17 Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and Elath on the coast of Edom.
8:18 And Hiram sent him ships commanded by his own officers, men who knew the sea. These, with Solomon's men, sailed to Ophir and brought back four hundred and fifty talents of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.
3 John 1.
1:1 The elder, To my dear friend Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
1:2 Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.
1:3 It gave me great joy to have some brothers come and tell about your faithfulness to the truth and how you continue to walk in the truth.
1:4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
1:5 Dear friend, you are faithful in what you are doing for the brothers, even though they are strangers to you.
1:6 They have told the church about your love. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.
1:7 It was for the sake of the Name that they went out, receiving no help from the pagans.
1:8 We ought therefore to show hospitality to such men so that we may work together for the truth.
1:9 I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will have nothing to do with us.
1:10 So if I come, I will call attention to what he is doing, gossiping maliciously about us. Not satisfied with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers. He also stops those who want to do so and puts them out of the church.
1:11 Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. Anyone who does what is good is from God. Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God.
1:12 Demetrius is well spoken of by everyone--and even by the truth itself. We also speak well of him, and you know that our testimony is true.
1:13 I have much to write you, but I do not want to do so with pen and ink.
Habakkuk 3.
3:1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet. On shigionoth.
3:2 LORD, I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds, O LORD. Renew them in our day, in our time make them known; in wrath remember mercy.
3:3 God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens and his praise filled the earth.
3:4 His splendor was like the sunrise; rays flashed from his hand, where his power was hidden.
3:5 Plague went before him; pestilence followed his steps.
3:6 He stood, and shook the earth; he looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains crumbled and the age-old hills collapsed. His ways are eternal.
3:7 I saw the tents of Cushan in distress, the dwellings of Midian in anguish.
3:8 Were you angry with the rivers, O LORD? Was your wrath against the streams? Did you rage against the sea when you rode with your horses and your victorious chariots?
3:9 You uncovered your bow, you called for many arrows. Selah You split the earth with rivers;
3:10 the mountains saw you and writhed. Torrents of water swept by; the deep roared and lifted its waves on high.
3:11 Sun and moon stood still in the heavens at the glint of your flying arrows, at the lightning of your flashing spear.
3:12 In wrath you strode through the earth and in anger you threshed the nations.
3:13 You came out to deliver your people, to save your anointed one. You crushed the leader of the land of wickedness, you stripped him from head to foot. Selah
3:14 With his own spear you pierced his head when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though about to devour the wretched who were in hiding.
3:15 You trampled the sea with your horses, churning the great waters.
3:16 I heard and my heart pounded, my lips quivered at the sound; decay crept into my bones, and my legs trembled. Yet I will wait patiently for the day of calamity to come on the nation invading us.
3:17 Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls,
3:18 yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my Savior.
Luke 22.
22:1 Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching,
22:2 and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some way to get rid of Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.
22:3 Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, one of the Twelve.
22:4 And Judas went to the chief priests and the officers of the temple guard and discussed with them how he might betray Jesus.
22:5 They were delighted and agreed to give him money.
22:6 He consented, and watched for an opportunity to hand Jesus over to them when no crowd was present.
22:7 Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed.
22:8 Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover."
22:9 "Where do you want us to prepare for it?" they asked.
22:10 He replied, "As you enter the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him to the house that he enters,
22:11 and say to the owner of the house, 'The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?'
22:12 He will show you a large upper room, all furnished. Make preparations there."
22:13 They left and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover.
22:14 When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles reclined at the table.
22:15 And he said to them, "I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.
22:16 For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God."
22:17 After taking the cup, he gave thanks and said, "Take this and divide it among you.
22:18 For I tell you I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes."
22:19 And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me."
22:20 In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
22:21 But the hand of him who is going to betray me is with mine on the table.
22:22 The Son of Man will go as it has been decreed, but woe to that man who betrays him."
22:23 They began to question among themselves which of them it might be who would do this.
22:24 Also a dispute arose among them as to which of them was considered to be greatest.
22:25 Jesus said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who exercise authority over them call themselves Benefactors.
22:26 But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves.
22:27 For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.
22:28 You are those who have stood by me in my trials.
22:29 And I confer on you a kingdom, just as my Father conferred one on me,
22:30 so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
22:31 "Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift you as wheat.
22:32 But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers."
22:33 But he replied, "Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death."
22:34 Jesus answered, "I tell you, Peter, before the rooster crows today, you will deny three times that you know me."
22:35 Then Jesus asked them, "When I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you lack anything?" "Nothing," they answered.
22:36 He said to them, "But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.
22:37 It is written: 'And he was numbered with the transgressors'; and I tell you that this must be fulfilled in me. Yes, what is written about me is reaching its fulfillment."
22:38 The disciples said, "See, Lord, here are two swords." "That is enough," he replied.
22:39 Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him.
22:40 On reaching the place, he said to them, "Pray that you will not fall into temptation."
22:41 He withdrew about a stone's throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed,
22:42 "Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done."
22:43 An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him.
22:44 And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.
22:45 When he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.
22:46 "Why are you sleeping?" he asked them. "Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation."
22:47 While he was still speaking a crowd came up, and the man who was called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus to kiss him,
22:48 but Jesus asked him, "Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?"
22:49 When Jesus' followers saw what was going to happen, they said, "Lord, should we strike with our swords?"
22:50 And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear.
22:51 But Jesus answered, "No more of this!" And he touched the man's ear and healed him.
22:52 Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders, who had come for him, "Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come with swords and clubs?
22:53 Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on me. But this is your hour--when darkness reigns."
22:54 Then seizing him, they led him away and took him into the house of the high priest. Peter followed at a distance.
22:55 But when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter sat down with them.
22:56 A servant girl saw him seated there in the firelight. She looked closely at him and said, "This man was with him."
22:57 But he denied it. "Woman, I don't know him," he said.
22:58 A little later someone else saw him and said, "You also are one of them." "Man, I am not!" Peter replied.
22:59 About an hour later another asserted, "Certainly this fellow was with him, for he is a Galilean."
22:60 Peter replied, "Man, I don't know what you're talking about!" Just as he was speaking, the rooster crowed.
22:61 The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him: "Before the rooster crows today, you will disown me three times."
22:62 And he went outside and wept bitterly.
22:63 The men who were guarding Jesus began mocking and beating him.
22:64 They blindfolded him and demanded, "Prophesy! Who hit you?"
22:65 And they said many other insulting things to him.
22:66 At daybreak the council of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and teachers of the law, met together, and Jesus was led before them.
22:67 "If you are the Christ," they said, "tell us." Jesus answered, "If I tell you, you will not believe me,
22:68 and if I asked you, you would not answer.
22:69 But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God."
22:70 They all asked, "Are you then the Son of God?" He replied, "You are right in saying I am."
22:71 Then they said, "Why do we need any more testimony? We have heard it from his own lips."