A Walk Through The Word

July 23, 2022

The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Saturday July 23, 2022 (NIV)

2 Chronicles 8:11-10:19

¹¹^(A)Solomon brought Pharaoh's daughter up from the city of David to the house that he had built for her, for he said, “My wife shall not live in the house of David king of Israel, for the places to which the ark of the Lord has come are holy.”

¹²Then Solomon offered up burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar of the Lord ^(B)that he had built before the vestibule, ¹³^(C)as the duty of each day required, offering ^(D)according to the commandment of Moses for the Sabbaths, the new moons, and the ^(E)three annual feasts—the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Booths. ¹⁴According to the ruling of David his father, he appointed ^(F)the divisions of the priests for their service, ^(G)and the Levites for their offices of praise and ^(H)ministry before the priests ^(I)as the duty of each day required, and ^(J)the gatekeepers in their divisions at each gate, for so David ^(K)the man of God had commanded. ¹⁵And they did not turn aside from what the king had commanded the priests and Levites concerning any matter and concerning the treasuries.

¹⁶Thus was accomplished all the work of Solomon from^[a] the day the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid until it was finished. So the house of the Lord was completed.

¹⁷Then Solomon went to ^(L)Ezion-geber and ^(M)Eloth on the shore of the sea, in the land of Edom. ¹⁸And Hiram sent to him by the hand of his servants ships and servants familiar with the sea, and they went to Ophir together with the servants of Solomon and brought from there ^(N)450 talents^[b] of gold and brought it to King Solomon.

The Queen of Sheba

9 ^(O)Now when ^(P)the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions, having a very great retinue and camels bearing spices and very much gold and precious stones. And when she came to Solomon, she told him all that was on her mind. ²And Solomon answered all her questions. There was nothing hidden from Solomon that he could not explain to her. ³And when ^(Q)the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built, ⁴the food of his table, the seating of his officials, and the attendance of his servants, and their clothing, his cupbearers, and their clothing, and his burnt offerings that he offered at the house of the Lord, there was no more breath in her.

⁵And she said to the king, “The report was true that I heard in my own land of your words and of your wisdom, ⁶but I did not believe the^[c] reports until I came and my own eyes had seen it. And behold, half the greatness of your wisdom was not told me; you surpass the report that I heard. ⁷Happy are your wives!^[d] Happy are these your servants, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom! ⁸Blessed be the Lord your God, who has delighted in you ^(R)and set you on his throne as king for the Lord your God! ^(S)Because your God loved Israel and would establish them forever, he has made you king over them, that you may execute justice and righteousness.” ⁹Then she gave the king 120 talents^[e] of gold, and a very great quantity of spices, and precious stones. There were no spices such as those that the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

¹⁰Moreover, the servants of Hiram and the servants of Solomon, ^(T)who brought gold from Ophir, brought algum wood and precious stones. ¹¹And the king made from the algum wood ^(U)supports for the house of the Lord and for the king's house, lyres also and harps for the singers. There never was seen the like of them before in the land of Judah.

¹²And King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all that she desired, whatever she asked ^(V)besides what she had brought to the king. So she turned and went back to her own land with her servants.

Solomon's Wealth

¹³^(W)Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was 666 talents of gold, ¹⁴besides that which the explorers and merchants brought. ^(X)And all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the land brought gold and silver to Solomon. ¹⁵King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold; 600 shekels^[f] of beaten gold went into each shield. ¹⁶And he made 300 shields of beaten gold; ^(Y)300 shekels of gold went into each shield; and the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon. ¹⁷The king also made a great ivory throne and overlaid it with pure gold. ¹⁸The throne had six steps and a footstool of gold, which were attached to the throne, and on each side of the seat were armrests and two lions standing beside the armrests, ¹⁹while twelve lions stood there, one on each end of a step on the six steps. Nothing like it was ever made for any kingdom. ²⁰All King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. Silver was not considered as anything in the days of Solomon. ²¹For the king's ships went to ^(Z)Tarshish with the servants of Hiram. Once every three years the ships of Tarshish used to come bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.^[g]

²²Thus King Solomon ^(AA)excelled all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom. ²³And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind. ²⁴Every one of them brought his present, articles of silver and of gold, garments, myrrh,^[h] spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year. ²⁵And Solomon had ^(AB)4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 horsemen, whom he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. ²⁶^(AC)And he ruled over all the kings ^(AD)from the Euphrates^[i] to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt. ²⁷^(AE)And the king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stone, and he made cedar as plentiful as the sycamore of the Shephelah. ²⁸^(AF)And horses were imported for Solomon from Egypt and from all lands.

Solomon's Death

²⁹^(AG)Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, from ^(AH)first to last, are they not written in the history of ^(AI)Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of ^(AJ)Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of ^(AK)Iddo ^(AL)the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat? ³⁰Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. ³¹And Solomon slept with his fathers and was buried in ^(AM)the city of David his father, and Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.

The Revolt Against Rehoboam

10 ^(AN)Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king. ²And as soon as Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was in Egypt, ^(AO)where he had fled from King Solomon), then Jeroboam returned from Egypt. ³And they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all Israel came and said to Rehoboam, ⁴^(AP)“Your father made our yoke heavy. Now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke on us, and we will serve you.” ⁵He said to them, “Come to me again in three days.” So the people went away.

⁶Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men,^[j] who had stood before Solomon his father while he was yet alive, saying, “How do you advise me to answer this people?” ⁷And they said to him, ^(AQ)“If you will be good to this people and please them and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.” ⁸But he abandoned the counsel that the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men who had grown up with him and stood before him. ⁹And he said to them, “What do you advise that we answer this people who have said to me, ‘Lighten the yoke that your father put on us’?” ¹⁰And the young men who had grown up with him said to him, “Thus shall you speak to the people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you lighten it for us’; thus shall you say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father's thighs. ¹¹And now, whereas my father laid on you a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.’”

¹²So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king said, “Come to me again the third day.” ¹³And the king answered them harshly; and forsaking the counsel of the old men, ¹⁴King Rehoboam spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it. My father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.” ¹⁵So the king did not listen to the people, for it was a turn of affairs brought about by God that the Lord might fulfill his word, ^(AR)which he spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

¹⁶And when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, “What portion have we in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. ^(AS)Each of you to your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, David.” So all Israel went to their tents. ¹⁷But Rehoboam reigned over the people of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah. ¹⁸Then King Rehoboam sent ^(AT)Hadoram,^[k] who was taskmaster over the forced labor, and the people of Israel stoned him to death with stones. And King Rehoboam quickly mounted his chariot to flee to Jerusalem. ¹⁹So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.

Footnotes:

2 Chronicles 8:16 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew to
2 Chronicles 8:18 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
2 Chronicles 9:6 Hebrew their
2 Chronicles 9:7 Septuagint (compare 1 Kings 10:8); Hebrew men
2 Chronicles 9:9 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
2 Chronicles 9:15 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
2 Chronicles 9:21 Or baboons
2 Chronicles 9:24 Or armor
2 Chronicles 9:26 Hebrew the River
2 Chronicles 10:6 Or the elders; also verses 8, 13
2 Chronicles 10:18 Spelled Adoram in 1 Kings 12:18

Cross references:

English Standard Version (ESV)

Romans 8:9-25

⁹You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact ^(A)the Spirit of God dwells in you. ^(B)Anyone who does not have ^(C)the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. ¹⁰But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. ¹¹If the Spirit of ^(D)him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus^[a] from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies ^(E)through his Spirit who dwells in you.

Heirs with Christ

¹²So then, brothers,^[b] we are debtors, ^(F)not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. ¹³For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you ^(G)put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. ¹⁴For all who are ^(H)led by the Spirit of God are ^(I)sons^[c] of God. ¹⁵For ^(J)you did not receive ^(K)the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of ^(L)adoption as sons, by whom we cry, ^(M)“Abba! Father!” ¹⁶^(N)The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, ¹⁷and if children, then ^(O)heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, ^(P)provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

Future Glory

¹⁸For I consider that the sufferings of this present time ^(Q)are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. ¹⁹For the creation waits with eager longing for ^(R)the revealing of the sons of God. ²⁰For the creation ^(S)was subjected to futility, not willingly, but ^(T)because of him who subjected it, in hope ²¹that ^(U)the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. ²²For we know that ^(V)the whole creation ^(W)has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. ²³And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have ^(X)the firstfruits of the Spirit, ^(Y)groan inwardly as ^(Z)we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, ^(AA)the redemption of our bodies. ²⁴For ^(AB)in this hope we were saved. Now ^(AC)hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? ²⁵But if we hope for what we do not see, we ^(AD)wait for it with patience.

Footnotes:

Romans 8:11 Some manuscripts lack Jesus
Romans 8:12 Or brothers and sisters; also verse 29
Romans 8:14 See discussion on “sons” in the Preface

Cross references:

English Standard Version (ESV)

Psalm 18:16-36

¹⁶He ^(A)sent from on high, he took me;
he ^(B)drew me out of ^(C)many waters.
¹⁷He rescued me from my strong enemy
and from those who hated me,
for they were ^(D)too mighty for me.
¹⁸They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
but the Lord was my support.
¹⁹He brought me out into ^(E)a broad place;
he rescued me, because he ^(F)delighted in me.

²⁰The Lord dealt with me ^(G)according to my righteousness;
according to ^(H)the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.
²¹For I have ^(I)kept the ways of the Lord,
and have not wickedly departed from my God.
²²For ^(J)all his rules^[a] were before me,
and his statutes I did not put away from me.
²³I was ^(K)blameless before him,
and I kept myself from my guilt.
²⁴So the Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness,
according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

²⁵With ^(L)the merciful you show yourself merciful;
with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;
²⁶with the purified you show yourself pure;
and with ^(M)the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
²⁷For you save ^(N)a humble people,
but ^(O)the haughty eyes you bring down.
²⁸For it is you who light my ^(P)lamp;
the Lord my God lightens my darkness.
²⁹For by you I can run against a troop,
and by my God I can ^(Q)leap over ^(R)a wall.
³⁰This God—his way is ^(S)perfect;^[b]
the word of the Lord ^(T)proves true;
he is ^(U)a shield for all those who ^(V)take refuge in him.

³¹For ^(W)who is God, but the Lord?
And who is ^(X)a rock, except our God?—
³²the God who ^(Y)equipped me with strength
and made my way ^(Z)blameless.
³³He made my feet like the feet of a ^(AA)deer
and set me secure on ^(AB)the heights.
³⁴He ^(AC)trains my hands for war,
so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
³⁵You have given me the shield of your salvation,
and your right hand ^(AD)supported me,
and your ^(AE)gentleness made me great.
³⁶You ^(AF)gave a wide place for my steps under me,
and my feet did not slip.

Footnotes:

Psalm 18:22 Or just decrees
Psalm 18:30 Or blameless

Cross references:

English Standard Version (ESV)

Proverbs 19:26

²⁶He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother
is ^(A)a son who brings shame and reproach.

Cross references:

Proverbs 19:26 : ch. 10:5; 17:2

English Standard Version (ESV)

July 22, 2022

07/22/2022 DAB Transcript

2 Chronicles 6:12-8:10, Romans 7:14-8:8, Psalm 18:1-15, Proverbs 19:24-25

Today is the 22nd day of July, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I’m Brian. It is truly an honor and a privilege, to be here with you today, as we gather around the Global Campfire and take our next step forward through the Scriptures. It is awesome to be here together with you, today. So, let’s take that next step forward, which will lead us back into the book of second Chronicles and the reign of King Solomon. We’re reading from the English Standard Version this week, second Chronicles chapter 6 verse 12 through 8 verse 10.

Commentary:

Okay so, in the letter to the Romans today, Paul had some things to say that everybody should be able to fully, completely, understand and relate to. Even though, this letter is thousands of years old, it’s immediate. Paul said, I don’t understand my own actions. I do not do what I want but I do the very thing I hate. We can probably all relate to that; we probably have all found ourselves in those predicaments before. And how does this work, with all that Paul has been saying about being free from the claims of sin and the law just being there to reveal our transgression like, how does this work? He’s saying, basically, I know what’s right, but I can’t do it. Paul goes on to say, if I do what I do not want, I agree with the law that it is good. So, it’s not I who do it, it’s sin that’s with in me. So, Paul is saying this battle between good and evil, right and wrong, darkness and light, is a war that is waged within ourselves and the choices that we make reveal the Victor, and what becomes apparent is we can’t do this anymore than anyone could obey the law perfectly. So, what do we do? Paul says, wretched man that I am, who will deliver me from this body of death. Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Then, he goes on to say something very famous; there is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus, from the law of sin and death. So, the law is a good thing because it reveals sin, which is a bad thing. But the law cannot save you from your sins, it can simply reveal them to you, only Jesus can remove them from you and save you. The law is a revealer, not a Redeemer. The work of Christ didn’t condemn the law, it condemned the sin that the law reveals. Or quoting Paul “the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God is done with the law, weakened by the flesh could not do by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh”. And then, He goes on to say, for those who live according to the flesh, set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, set their minds on the things of the Spirit, for to set the mind on the flesh his death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. And we live in the tension between the two. And if this sounds like a fairly, highly theological formula, just consider that there is a practical option here. We can walk by the flesh or walk by the Spirit, we can follow the path of sin to its conclusion or we can turn to the Spirit and walk the path of peace. And so, when something comes up in our lives, whether it’s a compulsion or an addiction or a person or an item or whatever, when we feel pulled toward that thing, knowing that it’s not good for us, what if we just try what Paul is saying and understand that we can turn to the Spirit and walk by the Spirit, turning away from something that will be harmful for us and reaching to God for mercy in the moment, to give us the strength that we need. Like, what would be the downside of just trying to live that way, the way that Paul is suggesting. What if we practice it today and if Paul is right, and I believe he’s right, maybe we can practice it tomorrow and then practice it the next day and keep practicing it and see the fruit of it, see how it begins to shape our lives.

Prayer:

And so, Holy Spirit, we certainly need You in that, we’re talking about You, we’re talking about turning to You, when we turned to other things for comfort. You are the comforter, and we turned to all kinds of other things to bring comfort to us that really just steal things from us in the end. And we are grateful and humbled and do not deserve forgiveness. We don’t deserve the mercy, that You bestow upon us every single day, but we do accept it. We can’t earn it, but we do accept it. And in response, we should just turn away from it and do everything that will destroy us. We should turn to You, who have offered such grace and mercy in our lives. So, Holy Spirit, that’s what we do now, we turn to You and walk with You, but we ask for Your help as we feel the pull to all kinds of other things throughout the course of this day, in the coming days because this is the nature of life. May we turn to You, the one who actually knows it’s a narrow path that leads to life. Holy Spirit, come into this we pray, in the name of Jesus, we ask. Amen.

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Prayer and Encouragements:

Hi family, this is Rula from Sydney, Australia. I was just calling to answer one of the prayer requests that was made on the 15th of July, Justin from Virginia. I just wanted to reach out to you. I’ve recorded a message over 20 times and I have struggled to place words together to pray for you, not because I’m not praying with you or praying for you but because I just struggle with prayer and I struggle with words. So, I’ve tried to pray for you, to record the prayer but I just don’t know what to say. Because that’s just me, I don’t know what to say. I can’t, it takes me forever to type an email for work. It takes me forever to string together my thoughts. It takes me forever to put together a prayer. I’m praying for you, I love you. I heard your cries; I heard your prayers. And I know the whole family is praying for you. And I was listening to, in my attempt to record something or to pray for you, I thought, I’d listen to the podcast on the 18th of July and I’ll tell you what Justin, it, everything, from the reading, from Brian’s words and from the prayers that happened afterwards and even to the two minute silence at the end of the prayers. All of it spoke to my heart and it’s exactly what I wanted to say to you. I just wanted to say when the enemy attacks, just plug yourself into the word, plug yourself into the Daily Audio Bible community and into the Daily Audio Bible. And that gives you strength and that gives you a peace that transcends all understanding. Praying for you Justin. Be strong.

Hello everybody. This is God’s Smile Puddle and Peter Puddle. The reason why we said that, is because in the UK, yesterday and today it is really, really hot. It’s above 30 degrees. I know a lot of you, American, USA, are in Fahrenheit. So, you’ll have to work that out but, yeah, were in Centigrade over here. We rarely go over the 20’s the low 20’s here in the UK. We’re not climatized to this at all, are we Peter? No, and we’re only having two days of it so, you know, ha ha ha, weeeee. We got three fans running in the house, we have no a/c over here in the UK because you know, by the time the heat comes, it’s gone at some point. Yeah, it’s going tonight. I hope it goes. Back down to 20 degrees tomorrow. Sleeping with no clothes on, no covers. Bed clothes on, ah, well, be clothes on. I stand corrected, Peter, shall we sing quickly. Have we got time to sing? We’ve got a minute, come on, let’s squeeze it in. Father in heaven, How we love you. We lift your name in all the earth. May your kingdom be established in your graces. And your people declare your mighty works. Blessed be the Lord God Almighty, who was and is, and is to come. Blessed be the Lord God Almighty, who reigns forevermore. Thank you Lord that You reign. I’ve been through a bit of a storm these last few weeks. So, I’ll be quiet and times ticking away. Kiss kiss, bye bye.

Hi, this is Victorious Soldier, just calling to pray for the person that, the precious little boy that’s 18 months old that choked. I want to pray for that mom and that little precious boy that God will work a miracle of the kind of God he is. Gracious Father, we just ask you to touch that precious little baby and what he’s going through Lord. Oh Father, and touch that mother and that family. Lord, in the name of Jesus, you are a miracle worker, nothings impossible for you. You touch those doctors, you touch their mind Lord, everlasting to the everlasting. Father, you have your way. You touch Father, those who are going through anxiety, those who are going through depression. Lord, and you also, we ask you to touch Renzo, Lord, and encourage him and let him know that the Lord is with him. He said he would never leave us, nor forsake us. Let it be in the praise, God, and let God have his way. When the praises go up the blessings come down. Let God have his way. And I say that to those going through anxiety and to praise up the Lord. And even in your anxiety, He will give you joy unspeakable and full of glory. And Lord, we give you the glory. I want to thank Brian and Jill and all and tell Jill a belated Happy Birthday. And to all the people of God. Joe the Protector, it’s good to hear from you. We are still praying for your daughter. And I’m still praying for Blind Tony’s family. And all the people of God. Have a great day. Love you all.

Good morning my DAB family. It’s Susan from Canada, God’s Yellow Flower calling. And I just heard July 20th I think it’s Janet from the UK, who’s mom had a bad fall and she has to fly to the U.S. to make a decision. So, let’s pray family. Lord God, you know this situation better than anybody. You know exactly what’s wrong, where the bleeding is, you know Janet’s mothers lifespan. You have every step planned from before she was born. So, we pray Your hand in this whole situation. We pray for a smooth travels for Janet to come to the U.S., we pray for traveling mercies and safety. And we pray for wisdom and strength as she goes through this very difficult decisions she has to make and seeing her mother so very, very ill. We pray, Lord God, in the blessed name of Jesus, that you would grant Jan this wisdom she needs. Jesus, Jesus, the strength she needs, the courage she needs and the rest she needs. She needs rest in You, dear Lord. Bring her the peace that surpasses all understanding. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.

Hello, this is Leanne, Lily of the Valley. I’ve been listening to the Daily Audio Bible for a few years now. I’m from Florida. And I just want to say, thank you Brian and Jill for all that you’ve done and continue to do for us. But I’m calling to pray for the young lady that’s in London and going through the nursing test. Just keep the faith. I am doing the same thing with taking the state board test in Florida. It’s not easy but just knowing that God is in control. And the right time is your time. And I’m calling regarding the young man that saying that he’s too old to, to become a pastor or a priest. You’re never too old if that’s what God calls you to do. I am coming in from the nursing field and now, I mean an accountant and now I’m going into the nursing field. I thank God for every step that he has made in my life. And he will continue to do the same for you. Thank you Daily Audio Family, love you guys.

July 22, 2022

The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Friday July 22, 2022 (NIV)

2 Chronicles 6:12-8:10

Solomon's Prayer of Dedication

¹²Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands. ¹³^(A)Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits^[a] long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the court, and he stood on it. ^(B)Then he knelt on his knees in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven, ¹⁴and said, “O Lord, God of Israel, ^(C)there is no God like you, in heaven or on earth, ^(D)keeping covenant and showing steadfast love to your servants who walk before you with all their heart, ¹⁵^(E)who have kept with your servant David my father what you declared to him. You spoke with your mouth, and with your hand have fulfilled it this day. ¹⁶Now therefore, O Lord, God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father what you have promised him, saying, ^(F)‘You shall not lack a man to sit before me on the throne of Israel, ^(G)if only your sons pay close attention to their way, to walk in my law as you have walked before me.’ ¹⁷Now therefore, O Lord, God of Israel, let your word be confirmed, which you have spoken to your servant David.

¹⁸“But will God indeed dwell with man on the earth? Behold, ^(H)heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this house that I have built! ¹⁹Yet have regard to the prayer of your servant and to his plea, O Lord my God, listening to the cry and to the prayer that your servant prays before you, ²⁰^(I)that your eyes may be open day and night toward this house, the place where you have promised to set your name, that you may listen to the prayer that your servant offers toward this place. ²¹And listen to the pleas of your servant and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. And listen from heaven your dwelling place, ^(J)and when you hear, forgive.

²²“If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath and comes and swears his oath before your altar in this house, ²³then hear from heaven and act and judge your servants, repaying the guilty by bringing his conduct on his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.

²⁴“If your people Israel are defeated before the enemy because they have sinned against you, and they turn again and acknowledge your name and pray and plead with you in this house, ²⁵^(K)then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them again to the land that you gave to them and to their fathers.

²⁶^(L)“When heaven is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, if they pray toward this place and acknowledge your name and turn from their sin, when you afflict^[b] them, ²⁷^(M)then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel, when you teach them the good way^[c] in which they should walk, and grant rain upon your land, which you have given to your people as an inheritance.

²⁸^(N)“If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence or blight or mildew or locust or caterpillar, if their enemies besiege them in the land at their gates, whatever plague, whatever sickness there is, ²⁹whatever prayer, whatever plea is made by any man or by all your people Israel, each knowing his own affliction and his own sorrow and stretching out his hands toward this house, ³⁰^(O)then hear from heaven your dwelling place and forgive and render to each whose heart you know, according to all his ways, ^(P)for you, you only, know the hearts of the children of mankind, ³¹that they may fear you and walk in your ways all the days that they live in the land that you gave to our fathers.

³²“Likewise, when a foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, comes from a far country for the sake of your great name and your mighty hand and your outstretched arm, when he comes and prays toward this house, ³³hear from heaven your dwelling place and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to you, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that this house ^(Q)that I have built is called by your name.

³⁴“If your people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to you toward this city that you have chosen and the house that I have built for your name, ³⁵then hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and maintain their cause.

³⁶“If they sin against you—^(R)for there is no one who does not sin—and you are angry with them and give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive to a land far or near, ³⁷yet if they turn their heart in the land to which they have been carried captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their captivity, saying, ‘We have sinned and have acted perversely and wickedly,’ ³⁸if they repent with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity to which they were carried captive, and pray toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city that you have chosen and the house that I have built for your name, ³⁹then hear from heaven your dwelling place their prayer and their pleas, and maintain their cause and forgive your people who have sinned against you. ⁴⁰Now, O my God, ^(S)let your eyes be open ^(T)and your ears attentive to the prayer of this place.

⁴¹“And now arise, O Lord God, and go to your ^(U)resting place,
you and the ark of your might.
Let your priests, O Lord God, be ^(V)clothed with salvation,
and let your saints ^(W)rejoice in your goodness.
⁴²O Lord God, ^(X)do not turn away the face of your anointed one!
^(Y)Remember your steadfast love for David your servant.”

Fire from Heaven

7 ^(Z)As soon as Solomon finished his prayer, ^(AA)fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, ^(AB)and the glory of the Lord filled the temple. ²And the priests could not enter the house of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord filled the Lord's house. ³When all the people of Israel saw the fire come down and the glory of the Lord on the temple, they bowed down with their faces to the ground on the pavement and worshiped and gave thanks to the Lord, saying, “For he is good, ^(AC)for his steadfast love endures forever.”

The Dedication of the Temple

⁴^(AD)Then the king and all the people offered sacrifice before the Lord. ⁵King Solomon offered as a sacrifice 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God. ⁶The priests stood at their posts; ^(AE)the Levites also, with the instruments for music to the Lord that King David had made for giving thanks to the Lord—^(AF)for his steadfast love endures forever—whenever David offered praises by their ministry;^[d] ^(AG)opposite them the priests sounded trumpets, and all Israel stood.

⁷^(AH)And Solomon consecrated the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord, for there he offered the burnt offering and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar Solomon had made could not hold the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat.

⁸At that time Solomon held the feast for seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly, from ^(AI)Lebo-hamath to the ^(AJ)Brook of Egypt. ⁹And on the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for they had kept the dedication of the altar seven days and the feast seven days. ¹⁰On the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people away to their homes, joyful and glad of heart for the prosperity^[e] that the Lord had granted to David and to Solomon and to Israel his people.

If My People Pray

¹¹^(AK)Thus Solomon finished the house of the Lord and the king's house. All that Solomon had planned to do in the house of the Lord and in his own house he successfully accomplished. ¹²Then the Lord appeared to Solomon in the night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer ^(AL)and have chosen this place for myself as a house of sacrifice. ¹³^(AM)When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people, ¹⁴if my people who are called by my name ^(AN)humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. ¹⁵^(AO)Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place. ¹⁶^(AP)For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that my name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there for all time. ¹⁷And as for you, if you will walk before me as David your father walked, doing according to all that I have commanded you and keeping my statutes and my rules, ¹⁸then I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with David your father, saying, ^(AQ)‘You shall not lack a man to rule Israel.’

¹⁹^(AR)“But if you^[f] turn aside and forsake my statutes and my commandments that I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, ²⁰^(AS)then I will pluck you^[g] up from my land that I have given you, and this house that I have consecrated for my name, I will cast out of my sight, and I will make it ^(AT)a proverb and a byword among all peoples. ²¹And at this house, which was exalted, everyone passing by will be astonished and say, ^(AU)‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’ ²²Then they will say, ‘Because they abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods and worshiped them and served them. Therefore he has brought all this disaster on them.’”

Solomon's Accomplishments

8 ^(AV)At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the house of the Lord and his own house, ²Solomon rebuilt the cities that Hiram had given to him, and settled the people of Israel in them.

³And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and took it. ⁴He built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the store cities that he built in Hamath. ⁵He also built ^(AW)Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon, ^(AX)fortified cities ^(AY)with walls, gates, and bars, ⁶and Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had and all the cities for his chariots and the cities for his horsemen, and whatever Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion. ⁷^(AZ)All the people who were left of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel, ⁸from their descendants who were left after them in the land, whom the people of Israel had not destroyed—these Solomon drafted ^(BA)as forced labor, and so they are to this day. ⁹But of the people of Israel Solomon made no slaves for his work; they were soldiers, and his officers, the commanders of his chariots, and his horsemen. ¹⁰And these were the chief officers of King Solomon, 250, who exercised authority over the people.

Footnotes:

2 Chronicles 6:13 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
2 Chronicles 6:26 Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew answer
2 Chronicles 6:27 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate (compare 1 Kings 8:36); Hebrew toward the good way
2 Chronicles 7:6 Hebrew by their hand
2 Chronicles 7:10 Or good
2 Chronicles 7:19 The Hebrew for you is plural here
2 Chronicles 7:20 Hebrew them; twice in this verse

Cross references:

English Standard Version (ESV)

Romans 7:14-8:8

¹⁴For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, ^(A)sold under sin. ¹⁵For I do not understand my own actions. For ^(B)I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. ¹⁶Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with ^(C)the law, that it is good. ¹⁷So now ^(D)it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. ¹⁸For I know that nothing good dwells ^(E)in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. ¹⁹^(F)For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. ²⁰Now if I do what I do not want, ^(G)it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.

²¹So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. ²²For ^(H)I delight in the law of God, ^(I)in my inner being, ²³but I see in my members ^(J)another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. ²⁴Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from ^(K)this body of death? ²⁵Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.

Life in the Spirit

8 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.^[a] ²For the law of ^(L)the Spirit of life ^(M)has set you^[b] free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. ³For ^(N)God has done what the law, ^(O)weakened by the flesh, ^(P)could not do. ^(Q)By sending his own Son ^(R)in the likeness of sinful flesh and ^(S)for sin,^[c] he condemned sin in the flesh, ⁴in order that ^(T)the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, ^(U)who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. ⁵For ^(V)those who live according to the flesh set their minds on ^(W)the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on ^(X)the things of the Spirit. ⁶For to set ^(Y)the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. ⁷For the mind that is set on the flesh is ^(Z)hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; ^(AA)indeed, it cannot. ⁸Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

Footnotes:

Romans 8:1 Some manuscripts add who walk not according to the flesh (but according to the Spirit)
Romans 8:2 Some manuscripts me
Romans 8:3 Or and as a sin offering

Cross references:

English Standard Version (ESV)

Psalm 18:1-15

The Lord Is My Rock and My Fortress

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, ^(A)the servant of the Lord, ^(B)who addressed the words of this ^(C)song to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said:

18 I love you, O Lord, my strength.
²The Lord is my ^(D)rock and my ^(E)fortress and my deliverer,
my God, my ^(F)rock, in ^(G)whom I take refuge,
my ^(H)shield, and ^(I)the horn of my salvation, my ^(J)stronghold.
³I call upon the Lord, who is ^(K)worthy to be praised,
and I am saved from my enemies.

⁴^(L)The cords of death encompassed me;
^(M)the torrents of destruction assailed me;^[a]
⁵^(N)the cords of Sheol entangled me;
the snares of death confronted me.

⁶^(O)In my distress I called upon the Lord;
to my God I cried for help.
From his ^(P)temple he heard my voice,
and my cry to him reached his ears.

⁷Then the earth ^(Q)reeled and rocked;
the foundations also of the mountains trembled
and quaked, because he was angry.
⁸Smoke went up from his nostrils,^[b]
and devouring ^(R)fire from his mouth;
glowing coals flamed forth from him.
⁹He ^(S)bowed the heavens and ^(T)came down;
^(U)thick darkness was under his feet.
¹⁰He rode on a cherub and flew;
he came swiftly on ^(V)the wings of the wind.
¹¹He made darkness his covering, his ^(W)canopy around him,
thick clouds ^(X)dark with water.
¹²Out of the brightness before him
^(Y)hailstones and coals of fire broke through his clouds.

¹³The Lord also ^(Z)thundered in the heavens,
and the Most High uttered his ^(AA)voice,
hailstones and coals of fire.
¹⁴And he sent out his ^(AB)arrows and scattered them;
he flashed forth lightnings and ^(AC)routed them.
¹⁵Then ^(AD)the channels of the sea were seen,
and the foundations of the world were laid bare
at your ^(AE)rebuke, O Lord,
at the blast of ^(AF)the breath of your nostrils.

Footnotes:

Psalm 18:4 Or terrified me
Psalm 18:8 Or in his wrath

Cross references:

English Standard Version (ESV)

Proverbs 19:24-25

²⁴^(A)The sluggard buries his hand in ^(B)the dish
and will not even bring it back to his mouth.
²⁵^(C)Strike ^(D)a scoffer, and the simple will ^(E)learn prudence;
^(F)reprove a man of understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

Cross references:

English Standard Version (ESV)

July 21, 2022

07/21/2022 DAB Transcript

2 Chronicles 4:1-6:11, Romans 7:1-13, Psalms 17:1-15, Proverbs 19:22-23

Today is the 21^st day of July welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I’m Brian it is wonderful to gather around the Global Campfire, come in together, find a place, set everything down, set all the cares and responsibilities and obligations down just for a few minutes and give ourselves permission to just focus our hearts attention on the Scriptures and our hearts affection on the Lord and take the next step forward together. And that next step forward leaves…or leads us back into the book of second Chronicles, which we’ve just begun. Second Chronicles picks up the story of Solomon’s reign in the same way that second Kings picks up the story of Solomon’s reign. And, so, let’s pick up the story of Solomon’s reign. Second Chronicles chapter 4 verse 1 through six, verse 11 today.

Commentary:

Okay. So, we’re getting kind of in the thick of it now with Paul in the letter to the Romans. And he has been talking about freedom from the law, which we know is the Mosaic law. And we’ve already talked about Paul looking through a Hebrew lens. And, so, his awareness of the law and in fact the entire worldview is apparent. And, so, it’s easy enough for him to say we’re free from the law or we’re not under the law and just immediately feel as if the law has become an obsolete thing or is not a perfect thing or isn’t even a good thing since we’re free from it out. And what Paul is explaining today is there’s nothing wrong with the law. The law is what revealed the transgression, right? And, so, Paul says, like, how would I have known not to covet if there hadn’t been a rule or a law that said coveting is a bad thing? So, lets just bring this immediate. Stop signs are at corners for reason and if you didn’t have the stop sign, you wouldn’t know to slow down and so you could move through the intersection and get hammered. The stop sign is there to let you know you should stop for your own good. And disobeying the stop sign put you in peril and others. Well the law that we should stop at an intersection is…is prudent and valuable, with or without the stop sign. The stop sign makes you aware that there’s a law in place. You better stop. But Paul, he’s telling us that the wall reveals sin. But the thing is, sin doesn’t have a claim to us anymore. And Paul uses another analogy we can completely understand. If you’re married, you’re bound to the covenant. If one spouse dies, the covenant of marriage is ended. And, so, the person that in the future falls in love again and maybe remarries again isn’t breaking any covenant, the law of marriage. And, so, in the same way when we have faith in Jesus, we’ve died the person that sin had a claim to that the law could reveal sin in and are resurrected in Christ who is blameless, faultless and perfect. And through Christ sin has no claim to us. Again, a lot of these things are so important to the foundation of our faith, but as Paul is speaking then in the first century, they are really revolutionary thought to the point of Paul’s branded a heretic for it while Paul is saying is the law isn’t the problem, sin is the problem, and the law reveals sin when we transgress against it. So, when we break the law, breaking God’s law we have entered into sin, we’ve broken the law. The law isn’t the problem. Sin is the problem. But through Jesus there is no claim of sin against us. Through Jesus we no longer have to atone for ourselves. We don’t have to sacrifice a sheep or a goat or a bull. We go boldly before our Father, requesting mercy and grace and forgiveness. And according to the Scriptures, we are forgiven as if the transgression never happened, which does not mean we don’t face the repercussions of our choices because we all know where sin leads. And, so, when we operate from that place, we know the direction that we are headed. So, how do we sum this up? The law isn’t a bad thing. Obeying the law is actually walking a good solid path instituted by God. Disobeying the law brings us into sin. Grace and mercy cover the sin so that we get back up and keep moving knowing that there is no good in us to obey the law righteously. We can do our best but we will fall down. But mercy gives us a way to stand back up. And we will certainly explore this further, not only in Romans but in the other letters of Paul.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for where we are in this letter to the Romans and we thank You that we can take it in bite-size portions and kinda look at things and discuss things as we move forward and we are grateful for the opportunity. And we invite Your Holy Spirit to plant truths in our lives that grow into full blossoming truth inside of us. Lead us into all truth we pray. In the name of Jesus, we ask. Amen

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Community Prayer and Praise:

Hi Daily Audio Bible this is Kate from __ New Zealand. I’m wanting to do two things. First is to pray for our brother Renzo. I’ve always had a heart from him since I’ve heard him speaking. I’ve only been on this for 18 months but I hear __ and he’s lost a lot of his spark. So, Lord I pray for Renzo, that You’ll restore his hope and his strength and his joy, that You’ll encompass him with Your love and grace and You would lead him forward, where he’s been beaten down that You will restore and lift and enliven by Your Spirit by Your truth by Your strength and Your sword, that You’ll bring Your word to him to lift him, You’ll bring Your angels around him and You’ll guide him in his circumstances with his family and his…yeah his direction for his future, that You’ll be the one that guides his next step forward. Thank You for Renzo and for the witness he’s being to so many people, encouragement he’s been to his family and to those around him, the circle of…his circle of influence that he’s had. Lord, I bless him and Jesus mighty name. Secondly, I’d like to ask for prayer for my eldest son Howani who has been through a very dark place, is in a very dark place, has been for years, has rejected God a long time ago, has tried everything else, is now at the end of his rope. I pray Lord, would you join with me, I pray Lord that You will bring Howani to his knees, that he will cry out in desperation for something outside of himself instead of trying to do it all in his own strength, that he’ll cry out to You Lord Jesus, Lord God to show Yourself to him. And absolutely engulf him with Your love, Your grace, Your forgiveness, and strength, that he will come to know You, he will come to know You. Thank You, Jesus and thank You for Your prayers people. Amen.

Hello Daily Audio Bible family this is anonymous from Colorado. Today is July 18^th. I just finished listening through the reading for today. Particularly Romans 4 was very encouraging to me as I’ve been dealing with a lot of feelings of hopelessness and just despair. I…still working through an assault that happened 20 years prior and feel great inadequacy as I try to establish healthy relationships. I’m in my 30s and praying that I can eventually have a family and that…that God will continue to bring healing as He has. But I just…been struggling and feel very burdened as of recently. I would very much appreciate prayer.

Hello DAB family I don’t call in very often and don’t often even listen to the prayer requests but when I do I feel so connected and some of the ones that I happen to hear often and really really enjoy our Victoria Soldier and Blind Tony and Renzo. And just last week I was driving home from work and Renzo was on my heart, so I began to pray for him and that stayed on my heart for a couple of days. And I didn’t call in or I didn’t do anything and honestly didn’t even hear any prayer requests last week. But today I ended up listening through the prayer requests and heard somebody praying for Renzo. So, he must have called in and asked for prayer and just…I wanted to call in and just encourage everyone that those of you that we hear on this platform, even if we don’t call in and pray for you God still puts you on our hearts. And here I was up here in the Black Hills of South Dakota praying for Renzo without even hearing anything. And that’s just totally the work of the Holy Spirit. So, I just wanted to call with that encouragement and then just pray over those of you who are in my heart often right here, especially for Renzo, whatever that prayer request is. Father God just be with him, be with him. Speak to his heart. Help him to sort out the…the voice of truth from all of the other voices. Help them to understand this…this process of sanctification of being like Christ, that it isn’t just an instant thing but it is a process of growth. So, I just bless him in his growth even though it feels like uncomfortable challenges to him, that he would be encouraged and just ground in tight to the word of God and Jesus name. Amen.

Hey DAB family it’s Ryan from Alberta Canada here. I just heard the story of the mother and a baby who choked on some food, Jill and Gus. And Gus is currently in the Children’s Hospital. I just want to hold that little baby up in prayer. How precious life is and how hard it is to come by for a lot of people. In my family having kids wasn’t easy. It’s a struggle when you want something so precious. It’s a struggle that we have something so precious __ is __ is how it’s doing. So, we just pray…little Gus we pray you work a miracle in his life. We pray you would help us be bold, to be willing to pray for these things, to not be ashamed of the God we believe in, the God who does miraculous things, the God that has changed all of our lives, to speak, to preach about you and your goodness to those who don’t know you so they too could pray to you, could know you, could experience the change of life that you’ve done in so many of our lives.

Hey DAB family this is your sister Ashely from California and I’m calling in to…I'm…I’ve been on the struggle bus, and I just listened to yesterday July 18^th’s broadcast and Val from Vegas called in and she said when you’re on the struggle bus that there’s a miracle coming around the corner and to call in. And right now, y'all I am struggling. The grief from my grandmommy Jody passing and the dysfunction and the…and the…the just like…hiccups…I don’t know what they are. But just the unharmonious relationships in my family. Lord it is hard. It is so hard. And just missing my grandmother. And guys I know she’s in heaven. I know she’s with Jesus and I know she is good but here it is real rough. It is so rough, and we need…we need the Lord, we need renewing of our minds. We need that worship music. And I’m gonna do that. So, I’m gonna blast that when I’m at her house and we’re cleaning it up and we’re trying to do that. And I’m gonna do what that beautiful sister who had her purse stolen did for relatives that I feel like are not showing the love of Jesus even though they claim to love Him. So, I’m going to be praying for them and asking the Lord for help. So, please keep my family and your prayers DAB family. I love you Val. I love you so much. And guys thank you. I love you. Bye.

July 21, 2022

The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Thursday July 21, 2022 (NIV)

2 Chronicles 4:1-6:11

The Temple's Furnishings

4 He made ^(A)an altar of bronze, twenty cubits^[a] long and twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high. ²^(B)Then he made the sea of cast metal. It was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference. ³Under it were figures of gourds,^[b] for ten cubits, compassing the sea all around. The gourds were in two rows, cast with it when it was cast. ⁴It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The sea was set on them, and all their rear parts were inward. ⁵Its thickness was a handbreadth.^[c] And its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. ^(C)It held 3,000 baths.^[d] ⁶^(D)He also made ten basins in which to wash, and set five on the south side, and five on the north side. In these they were to rinse off what was used for the burnt offering, and the sea was for the priests to wash in.

⁷And he made ten golden lampstands ^(E)as prescribed, and set them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. ⁸^(F)He also made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. And he made a hundred basins of gold. ⁹He made ^(G)the court of the priests ^(H)and the great court and doors for the court and overlaid their doors with bronze. ¹⁰^(I)And he set the sea at the southeast corner of the house.

¹¹^(J)^(K)Hiram also made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. ^(L)So Hiram finished the work that he did for King Solomon on the house of God: ¹²the two pillars, ^(M)the bowls, and the two capitals on the top of the pillars; and the two latticeworks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars; ¹³^(N)and the 400 pomegranates for the two latticeworks, two rows of pomegranates for each latticework, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars. ¹⁴^(O)He made the stands also, and the basins on the stands, ¹⁵and the one sea, and the twelve oxen underneath it. ¹⁶The pots, the shovels, ^(P)the forks, and all the equipment for these ^(Q)^(R)Huram-abi made of burnished bronze for King Solomon for the house of the Lord. ¹⁷In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah.^[e] ¹⁸^(S)Solomon made all these things in great quantities, for the weight of the bronze was not sought.

¹⁹So Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of God: the golden altar, ^(T)the tables for the bread of the Presence, ²⁰the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold ^(U)to burn before the inner sanctuary, as prescribed; ²¹the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of purest gold; ²²the snuffers, basins, dishes for incense, and fire pans, of pure gold, and the sockets^[f] of the temple, for the inner doors to the Most Holy Place and for the doors of the nave of the temple were of gold.

5 ^(V)Thus all the work that Solomon did for the house of the Lord was finished. And Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated, and stored the silver, the gold, and all the vessels in the treasuries of the house of God.

The Ark Brought to the Temple

²Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers' houses of the people of Israel, in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of ^(W)the city of David, which is Zion. ³And all the men of Israel assembled before the king at the feast that is in the seventh month. ⁴And all the elders of Israel came, ^(X)and the Levites took up the ark. ⁵And they brought up the ark, the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the tent; ^(Y)the Levitical priests brought them up. ⁶And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who had assembled before him, were before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered. ⁷Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place, in the inner sanctuary of the house, in the Most Holy Place, underneath the wings of the cherubim. ⁸The cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim made a covering above the ark and its poles. ⁹And the poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen ^(Z)from the Holy Place before the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from outside. And they are^[g] there to this day. ¹⁰There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets ^(AA)that Moses put there at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the people of Israel, when they came out of Egypt. ¹¹And when the priests came out of the Holy Place (for all the priests who were present had consecrated themselves, without regard to ^(AB)their divisions, ¹²and all the Levitical ^(AC)singers, ^(AD)Asaph, ^(AE)Heman, and Jeduthun, their sons and kinsmen, arrayed in fine linen, with ^(AF)cymbals, harps, and lyres, stood east of the altar with 120 ^(AG)priests who were trumpeters; ¹³and it was the duty of the trumpeters and singers to make themselves heard in unison in praise and thanksgiving to the Lord), and when the song was raised, ^(AH)with trumpets and cymbals and other musical instruments, in praise to the Lord,

^(AI)“For he is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever,”

the house, the house of the Lord, was filled with a cloud, ¹⁴so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, ^(AJ)for the glory of the Lord filled the house of God.

Solomon Blesses the People

6 ^(AK)Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he would dwell in thick darkness. ²But I have built you ^(AL)an exalted house, a place for you to dwell in forever.” ³Then the king turned around and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood. ⁴And he said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his hand has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to David my father, saying, ⁵‘Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, that my name might be there, and I chose no man as prince over my people Israel; ⁶^(AM)but I have chosen Jerusalem that my name may be there, ^(AN)and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’ ⁷^(AO)Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. ⁸But the Lord said to David my father, ‘Whereas ^(AP)it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart. ⁹Nevertheless, it is not you who shall build the house, but your son who shall be born to you shall build the house for my name.’ ¹⁰Now the Lord has fulfilled his promise that he made. For I have risen in the place of David my father and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and I have built the house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. ¹¹And there I have set the ark, ^(AQ)in which is the covenant of the Lord that he made with the people of Israel.”

Footnotes:

2 Chronicles 4:1 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
2 Chronicles 4:3 Compare 1 Kings 7:24; Hebrew oxen; twice in this verse
2 Chronicles 4:5 A handbreadth was about 3 inches or 7.5 centimeters
2 Chronicles 4:5 A bath was about 6 gallons or 22 liters
2 Chronicles 4:17 Spelled Zarethan in 1 Kings 7:46
2 Chronicles 4:22 Compare 1 Kings 7:50; Hebrew the entrance of the house
2 Chronicles 5:9 Hebrew it is

Cross references:

English Standard Version (ESV)

Romans 7:1-13

Released from the Law

7 Or do you not know, brothers^[a]—for I am speaking to those who know the law—that the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives? ²For ^(A)a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage.^[b] ³Accordingly, ^(B)she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she marries another man she is not an adulteress.

⁴Likewise, my brothers, ^(C)you also have died ^(D)to the law ^(E)through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, ^(F)in order that we may bear fruit for God. ⁵For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work ^(G)in our members ^(H)to bear fruit for death. ⁶But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the ^(I)new way of ^(J)the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.^[c]

The Law and Sin

⁷What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, ^(K)I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if ^(L)the law had not said, “You shall not covet.” ⁸But sin, ^(M)seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. ^(N)For apart from the law, sin lies dead. ⁹I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin came alive and I died. ¹⁰The very commandment ^(O)that promised life proved to be death to me. ¹¹For sin, ^(P)seizing an opportunity through the commandment, ^(Q)deceived me and through it killed me. ¹²So ^(R)the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.

¹³Did that which is good, then, bring death to me? By no means! It was sin, producing death in me through what is good, in order that sin might be shown to be sin, and through the commandment might become sinful beyond measure.

Footnotes:

Romans 7:1 Or brothers and sisters; also verse 4
Romans 7:2 Greek law concerning the husband
Romans 7:6 Greek of the letter

English Standard Version (ESV)

Psalm 17

In the Shadow of Your Wings

A ^(A)Prayer of David.

17 Hear a just cause, O Lord; ^(B)attend to my cry!
Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit!
²From your presence ^(C)let my vindication come!
Let your eyes behold the right!

³You have ^(D)tried my heart, you have ^(E)visited me by ^(F)night,
you have ^(G)tested me, and you will find nothing;
I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.
⁴With regard to the works of man, by the word of your lips
I have avoided the ways of the violent.
⁵My steps have ^(H)held fast to your paths;
my feet have not slipped.

⁶I ^(I)call upon you, for you will answer me, O God;
^(J)incline your ear to me; hear my words.
⁷^(K)Wondrously show^[a] your steadfast love,
O Savior of those who seek refuge
from ^(L)their adversaries at your right hand.

⁸Keep me as ^(M)the apple of your eye;
hide me in ^(N)the shadow of your wings,
⁹from the wicked who do me violence,
my deadly enemies who ^(O)surround me.

¹⁰^(P)They close their hearts to pity;
with their mouths they ^(Q)speak arrogantly.
¹¹They have now surrounded our ^(R)steps;
they set their eyes to ^(S)cast us to the ground.
¹²He is like a lion eager to tear,
as a young lion ^(T)lurking in ambush.

¹³Arise, O Lord! Confront him, subdue him!
Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword,
¹⁴from men by your hand, O Lord,
from ^(U)men of the world whose ^(V)portion is in this life.^[b]
You fill their womb with treasure;^[c]
they are satisfied with ^(W)children,
and they leave their abundance to their infants.

¹⁵As for me, I shall ^(X)behold your face in righteousness;
when I ^(Y)awake, I shall be ^(Z)satisfied with your likeness.

Footnotes:

Psalm 17:7 Or Distinguish me by
Psalm 17:14 Or from men whose portion in life is of the world
Psalm 17:14 Or As for your treasured ones, you fill their womb

Cross references:

English Standard Version (ESV)

Proverbs 19:22-23

²²What is desired in a man is steadfast love,
and a poor man is better than a liar.
²³The fear of the Lord ^(A)leads to life,
and whoever has it rests ^(B)satisfied;
he will ^(C)not be visited by harm.

Cross references:

English Standard Version (ESV)

July 20, 2022

7/20/2022 DAB Transcript

2 Chronicles 1:1-3:17, Romans 6:1-23, Psalm 16:1-11, Proverbs 19:20-21

Today is the 20th day of July, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I’m Brian. It is fantastic to be here with you today, as we continue our journey through this month of July and continue our journey, step-by-step and day-by-day through the Scriptures. We concluded the book of first Chronicles yesterday in yesterday’s reading. And so, today we open with the beginning of second Chronicles and we won’t do a whole flyby with this because first and second Chronicles were one text and so we’re not moving into new territory, we’re just moving into what comes next. Very similar to the way first and second Kings worked and so, when we got the second Kings we began with Solomon’s reign, that’s where we find ourselves as were moving into second Chronicles. Whereas the book of Kings the books of Kings, kind of look at this piece of history through the lens of the royalty. We are looking in the books of Chronicles through the view of the priesthood but it’s the same point in history, and so a number of these stories may sound familiar to us, like maybe I’ve heard that before, probably we did in first Kings or second Kings. But we’re looking at it through just a little bit of a different lens. And so, as…as I just said we’re moving into second Chronicles, which moves us into the reign of King Solomon. And if we remember, from…from the books of Kings, Solomon brought the children of Israel to their finest hour. He was able to build the temple of God, he was able to deeply develop the infrastructure of the nation and he was the final King to have a united monarchy where there was Israel, the United tribes altogether. After Solomon, we remember that the kingdoms break into two, the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah. But we’re jumping into second Chronicles before all that and beginning with Solomon’s reign. So, let’s begin, second Chronicles chapters 1, 2, and 3 today.

Commentary:

Okay so, we have come to a point in the book of Romans now, where we can kind of look back and see what Paul has been laying out and what the implications are. And let’s remember that although Paul certainly did believe and agree with the fact that Gentile people were being welcomed into the family of God. Paul is a Jew. And so, what Paul is speaking is through a Jewish lens or from a Hebrew perspective. And Paul is connecting Jesus to the Hebrew story because the work of Christ, what Jesus did in rescuing humanity, came through a Hebrew context and was a fulfillment of promises made to the Hebrew people by God. Let’s just pause there for second like, if we hadn’t, if we had no knowledge of the Hebrew culture in the Hebrew customs in the Hebrew religion in any way, which we do from the Bible, but if we didn’t, we’d have a hard time making sense of it because it would be a foreign culture, with foreign customs, foreign rituals, foreign holidays like, a whole different way of doing things. But we would be hard-pressed to truly understand. Paul is a Jewish Pharisee. What he believes Jesus to be, which is what we believe Jesus to be, is the promised Messiah. So, Paul doesn’t attempt to divorce Jesus from the Hebrew story, he’s smack in the center of the Hebrew story. He’s a major fulfillment in the Hebrew story. Because the main goal here, was to obey God and become righteous before God by obeying the law of God. But as hard as Paul and others had attempted to do exactly that, the conclusion was nobody’s righteous, nobody can obey this. So even though this may be a pathway to righteousness before God, what it ultimately does is reveal our inability to get there on our own, in our own strength. None of us are good enough. There is none righteous right, no, not one. That hasn’t changed Paul desire to be righteous before God. And so, he’s searching and he sees when the law of Moses was given and he understands that there were things going on before that and he goes back to Abraham and realizes that according to the Hebrew Scriptures, Abraham became righteous because of his faith in God, because he believed God. Not because he obeyed God or did anything specific or followed a law that didn’t exist yet. He believed God. He had faith. And for Paul this faith is key and it allows Paul to say like, even while we were the enemies of God, even while we might have been making any attempt that we could to be righteous before God, but failing, even while we couldn’t possibly have a hope of becoming righteous before God, God still came to rescue us, through Jesus our Lord. Revealing that Jesus fulfilled the law of God and our faith, like Abraham’s faith in God, our faith in Jesus allows us to participate in the fulfillment of this promise. So, that we are made righteous before God, not by anything that we have achieved but through our faith in Jesus. Just like Abraham had faith in God in the promise. We believe this to be true and it becomes true. And the implications of that are, that we are made righteous before God and are being made sanctified to before God, and sin that leads to death has no claim to who we are anymore. We are set free from transgression, through faith in Jesus. Our faith in Jesus, actually brought to an end, the sinful person that we were. And in the waters of baptism, we experience this death, burial and resurrection movement. We are made new again. We’re not the person that we once were. That person died, we have been resurrected as a new creation, a new preacher. We’re not who we were, we are a new creation before God. So, then the obvious question is, okay great, I’m free from sin like, sin has no claim to me anymore. So now, I can do whatever I want like, whatever happens, any mistake that I make, whether accidental or willful, can be forgiven. Like, I have achieved this place of righteousness before God, through Jesus. And so, sin isn’t a problem anymore and I don’t have to worry about it anymore. And Paul essentially says in today’s reading, not so fast, little buddy like, not so fast. That’s not what’s going on here. Jesus rescue of our souls and setting us free from the claims of sin in our lives, doesn’t give us permission to sin even more, because we think the debts paid and it’s all taken care of. Sin leads to death, that has been true all along, sin leads to death. And if you’re going to obey the pathway of sin, then you’re going to become a slave of whatever you’re willing to submit to. The point is, not that you have lost your ability to transgress against your brothers and sisters or against God, the point is, this is not an inevitability. We don’t have to live that way, we don’t have to try to walk this fence and at half of ourselves in the darkness and have of ourselves in the light and then we just turn around backwards the next days, bur we’re still in the darkness right, we’re still halfway in each place. We don’t have to live that way anymore. There is no claim to us. The person who used to have that story has died. We have been made new. So, we have been granted freedom to sin, we’ve been granted freedom from sin and that might be a really good thing to ponder today. We have been given freedom in Christ to sin, we’ve been given freedom in Christ from sin and that is a big difference.

Prayer:

So, Holy Spirit, we invite You into that. You have given us enormous freedoms, plenty of volition, plenty of opportunity for us to make choices, and for those choices to matter. So often, we find ourselves dabbling in things that are going nowhere, things that we have ultimately been set free from. We ask Holy Spirit, that You would come and open our spiritual eyes, give us eyes to see and ears to hear, what it looks like to truly be free, to walk away, to cut ties from the things that will ultimately destroy us and ultimately pull us apart, estrange us yet again, from You. You have set us free. May we live to find out what that really looks and feels like in this world. We pray this in the mighty name of Jesus. Amen.

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Prayer and Encouragements:

Hello family, Drew from the Bay Area. Calling in today, I know it’s been a while. You are my family, we’re one in Christ, even though we don’t feel like it very often. I want you to pray, pray for a man named Eron: E-R-O-N. And then, I also wanted to pray with you. A long time ago I prayed something like this: heavenly Father, Lord God, Jesus, if You’re there, come into me. I know I don’t deserve You. And I’m looking to find joy in this world. But Lord, I can’t find joy in anything that I do or anyone. Lord, I’m happy here and there but I realize my life is not, is not a good life, not what it could be, not what you could make it. So, Lord, if You’re there, prove it to me, walk with me so that I can be better at what You want me to do. Give me your power, Lord. I can’t do it on my own. It’s in Jesus name, I call on Jesus. Jesus come into me.

Hello, Caleb from New Mexico. I just wanted to welcome you to the Daily Audio Bible. And I heard your request for prayer on podcast July 17, 2022. And you said that you wanted a prayer because your battling discouragement and you feel that you will always be alone. And I just wanted to let you know that that is Satan because that is a lie, it’s a deception from him. Because Jesus promise in Matthew 20:20, that He will always be with you. And so, I wanted to encourage you to keep on going and you have a lot of us praying for you and wishing you the best. You can always reach me in the Prayer Wall. And many people who are new, do not know that you can go into the Prayer Wall and post your request. So, thank you for calling Caleb. And we love you and may God richly bless you and your son. And continue on because the Lord loves you and so do I. Blessings to you Caleb.

Good afternoon Daily Audio Bible family, this is Janet from the UK and I need your prayers, family. So, my mom and a really bad fall a couple days ago. She was found in the morning by the care-er and now she’s in ICU. She has two areas of bleeding on her brain, she is constantly having seizures. So, they’re not able to do an MRI scan to see like, where the bleeding are or what is actually bleeding. So, they’ve been given her medication but she’s still bleeding and she’s still bleeding, she’s still having seizures. I spoke to the doctor, the doctor said the only, the last resort is to put her on life support and do the MRI scan to find out what is going on or where the bleedings are. But then if they put her on life support at 85 with all her, all that she’s going on with her, there not sure if they’ll be able to bring her back. As her power of attorney, as her legal guardian basically, I now have a decision to make as to what I want done. I am flying to the U.S. from the UK on Wednesday. So, I’m asking you family, to please pray safe journey and for me to make the right decisions for my mom. And not get scared and more trust in God. I’m scared, I’m very scared, I’m trusting God that He, cause He knows about my mom before she was even born, so He has all her lifespan in His hand. He knows exactly what is gonna happen. I just need your prayers for a good decision. Thank you, family, thank you so much.

Hey fam, it’s Sparky. It’s the 17th and I’m finally doing my Long Walk. And it’s been a good one. God has been talking to me and He tells me “When you met your wife, you’ll had a small flat apartment. When ya’ll got out of that small flat apartment and got rent house, that was when she told you that you need to find God.” And, I was a blasphemer, I was. And what God has told me through this, I’m walking through my neighborhood and I’m not kidding you on when I met my wife, I lived in a camp trailer, a camp trailer. And she pretty much gave me a place to stay. And the last time I got thrown in jail she said, this is gonna be the last of it. You need to start praying, you need to find God. And then I found God. And I walked through this neighborhood an I said, here I go. Oh my gosh, can I, would I ever imagine this? I was so sorrowful, so negative, so depressed. I still fight depression. Would you ever dream that you could make it all up? And you could make it out of your slump and have a better life once you make it out of that slump? I love you guys, you’re the best church family in the world. Be well.

Hello my DAB family, this is Jamie in New Jersey, Standing on the Word of God. Please pray with me. Dear Father in Heaven, we come into your presence so aware of our human frailty and yet overwhelmed for Your love for us. We thank You that there is no experience that we can walk through where Your love cannot reach us. We climb the highest mountain, You are there. And yet, if we find ourselves in the darkest valley of our lives, You are there. Teach us today to love You more. Help us to rest in that love that asks nothing more than a simple trust as the heart of a child. Help us to get our eyes off the mountain before us and put our eyes on You, the God who moves the mountains. Turn our lives into a powerful demonstration of what trust in You looks like. Father, help us to grow that mustard seed of faith that You have given us, that we may have a testimony for Your kingdom. We pray in Jesus name. Amen. Thank you for praying with me my brothers and sisters. I love you all dearly. May God move the mountains in your life. Have a good night.

July 20, 2022

The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Wednesday July 20, 2022 (NIV)

2 Chronicles 1-3

Solomon Worships at Gibeon

1 ^(A)Solomon the son of David established himself in his kingdom, ^(B)and the Lord his God was with him and made him exceedingly great.

²Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the ^(C)commanders of thousands and of hundreds, to the judges, and to all the leaders in all Israel, the heads of fathers' houses. ³And Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to ^(D)the high place that was at Gibeon, ^(E)for ^(F)the tent of meeting of God, which Moses the servant of the Lord had made in the wilderness, was there. ⁴^(G)(But David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place that David had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.) ⁵Moreover, ^(H)the bronze altar that ^(I)Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, had made, was there before the tabernacle of the Lord. And Solomon and the assembly ^(J)sought it^[a] out. ⁶And Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before the Lord, which was at the tent of meeting, ^(K)and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.

Solomon Prays for Wisdom

⁷^(L)In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, “Ask what I shall give you.” ⁸And Solomon said to God, “You have shown great and steadfast love to David my father, ^(M)and have made me king in his place. ⁹O Lord God, ^(N)let your word to David my father be now fulfilled, for you have made me king over a people as numerous ^(O)as the dust of the earth. ¹⁰Give me now wisdom and knowledge to ^(P)go out and come in before this people, for who can govern this people of yours, which is so great?” ¹¹God answered Solomon, “Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked for ^(Q)possessions, wealth, honor, or the life of those who hate you, and have not even asked for long life, but have asked for wisdom and knowledge for yourself that you may govern my people over whom I have made you king, ¹²wisdom and knowledge are granted to you. I will also give you ^(R)riches, possessions, and honor, ^(S)such as none of the kings had who were before you, and none after you shall have the like.” ¹³So Solomon came from^[b] the ^(T)high place at Gibeon, from before ^(U)the tent of meeting, to Jerusalem. And he reigned over Israel.

Solomon Given Wealth

¹⁴^(V)Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen. ^(W)He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, whom he stationed ^(X)in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. ¹⁵And the king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stone, and he made cedar as plentiful as the sycamore of the Shephelah. ¹⁶And Solomon's import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king's traders would buy them from Kue for a price. ¹⁷They imported a chariot from Egypt for 600 shekels^[c] of silver, and a horse for 150. Likewise through them these were exported to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Syria.

Preparing to Build the Temple

2 ^[d] ^(Y)Now Solomon purposed to build a temple for the name of the Lord, and a royal palace for himself. ²^[e] ^(Z)And Solomon assigned 70,000 men to bear burdens and 80,000 to quarry in the hill country, and ^(AA)3,600 to oversee them. ³^(AB)And Solomon sent word to Hiram the king of Tyre: ^(AC)“As you dealt with David my father and sent him cedar to build himself a house to dwell in, so deal with me. ⁴Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of the Lord my God and dedicate it to him for the burning of ^(AD)incense of sweet spices before him, and for ^(AE)the regular arrangement of the showbread, and for ^(AF)burnt offerings morning and evening, ^(AG)on the Sabbaths and the new moons and the appointed feasts of the Lord our God, as ordained forever for Israel. ⁵The house that I am to build will be great, ^(AH)for our God is greater than all gods. ⁶^(AI)But who is able to build him a house, since ^(AJ)heaven, even highest heaven, cannot contain him? Who am I to build a house for him, except as a place to make offerings before him? ⁷So now ^(AK)send me a man skilled to work in gold, silver, bronze, and iron, and in purple, crimson, and blue fabrics, trained also in engraving, to be with the skilled workers who are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, ^(AL)whom David my father provided. ⁸Send me also cedar, cypress, and algum timber from Lebanon, for I know that ^(AM)your servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon. And my servants will be with your servants, ⁹to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the house I am to build will be great and wonderful. ¹⁰^(AN)I will give for your servants, the woodsmen who cut timber, 20,000 cors^[f] of crushed wheat, 20,000 cors of barley, 20,000 baths^[g] of wine, and 20,000 baths of oil.”

¹¹Then Hiram the king of Tyre answered in a letter that he sent to Solomon, ^(AO)“Because the Lord loves his people, he has made you king over them.” ¹²Hiram also said, “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, ^(AP)who made heaven and earth, who has given King David a wise son, who has discretion and understanding, ^(AQ)who will build a temple for the Lord and a royal palace for himself.

¹³“Now I have sent a skilled man, who has understanding, Huram-abi, ¹⁴^(AR)the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre. He is ^(AS)trained to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, and in purple, blue, and crimson fabrics and fine linen, and to do all sorts of engraving and execute any design that may be assigned him, with your craftsmen, the craftsmen of my lord, David your father. ¹⁵Now therefore the wheat and barley, oil and wine, ^(AT)of which my lord has spoken, let him send to his servants. ¹⁶^(AU)And we will cut whatever timber you need from Lebanon and bring it to you in rafts by sea to ^(AV)Joppa, so that you may take it up to Jerusalem.”

¹⁷Then Solomon counted all the resident aliens who were in the land of Israel, ^(AW)after the census of them that David his father had taken, and there were found 153,600. ¹⁸^(AX)Seventy thousand of them he assigned to bear burdens, 80,000 to quarry in the hill country, and 3,600 as overseers to make the people work.

Solomon Builds the Temple

3 ^(AY)Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem ^(AZ)on Mount Moriah, where the Lord^[h] had appeared to David his father, at the place that David had appointed, ^(BA)on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. ²He began to build in the second month of the fourth year of his reign. ³These are Solomon's ^(BB)measurements^[i] for building the house of God: ^(BC)the length, in cubits^[j] of the old standard, was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. ⁴The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits long, equal to the width of the house,^[k] and its height was 120 cubits. He overlaid it on the inside with pure gold. ⁵^(BD)The nave he lined with cypress and covered it with fine gold ^(BE)and made palms and chains on it. ⁶He adorned the house with settings of precious stones. The gold was gold of Parvaim. ⁷So he lined the house with gold—its beams, its thresholds, its walls, and its doors—^(BF)and he carved cherubim on the walls.

⁸^(BG)And he made the Most Holy Place. Its length, corresponding to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and its breadth was twenty cubits. He overlaid it with 600 talents^[l] of fine gold. ⁹The weight of gold for the nails was fifty shekels.^[m] And he overlaid ^(BH)the upper chambers with gold.

¹⁰^(BI)In the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim of wood^[n] and overlaid^[o] them with gold. ¹¹The wings of the cherubim together extended twenty cubits: one wing of the one, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and its other wing, of five cubits, touched the wing of the other cherub; ¹²and of this cherub, one wing, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and the other wing, also of five cubits, was joined to the wing of the first cherub. ¹³The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits. The cherubim^[p] stood on their feet, ^(BJ)facing the nave. ¹⁴^(BK)And he made the veil of blue and purple and crimson fabrics and fine linen, and he worked cherubim on it.

¹⁵^(BL)In front of the house he made two pillars thirty-five cubits high, with a capital of five cubits on the top of each. ¹⁶He made chains like a necklace^[q] and put them on the tops of the pillars, and he made a hundred pomegranates and put them on the chains. ¹⁷^(BM)He set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south, the other on the north; that on the south he called Jachin, and that on the north Boaz.

Footnotes:

2 Chronicles 1:5 Or him
2 Chronicles 1:13 Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew to
2 Chronicles 1:17 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
2 Chronicles 2:1 Ch 1:18 in Hebrew
2 Chronicles 2:2 Ch 2:1 in Hebrew
2 Chronicles 2:10 A cor was about 6 bushels or 220 liters
2 Chronicles 2:10 A bath was about 6 gallons or 22 liters
2 Chronicles 3:1 Septuagint; Hebrew lacks the Lord
2 Chronicles 3:3 Syriac; Hebrew foundations
2 Chronicles 3:3 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
2 Chronicles 3:4 Compare 1 Kings 6:3; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
2 Chronicles 3:8 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
2 Chronicles 3:9 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
2 Chronicles 3:10 Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
2 Chronicles 3:10 Hebrew they overlaid
2 Chronicles 3:13 Hebrew they
2 Chronicles 3:16 Hebrew chains in the inner sanctuary

Cross references:

English Standard Version (ESV)

Romans 6

Dead to Sin, Alive to God

6 What shall we say then? ^(A)Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? ²By no means! How can ^(B)we who died to sin still live in it? ³Do you not know that all of us ^(C)who have been baptized ^(D)into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? ⁴We were ^(E)buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as ^(F)Christ was raised from the dead by ^(G)the glory of the Father, we too might walk in ^(H)newness of life.

⁵For ^(I)if we have been united with him in ^(J)a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. ⁶We know that ^(K)our old self^[a] ^(L)was crucified with him in order that ^(M)the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. ⁷For ^(N)one who has died ^(O)has been set free^[b] from sin. ⁸Now ^(P)if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. ⁹We know that ^(Q)Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; ^(R)death no longer has dominion over him. ¹⁰For the death he died he died to sin, ^(S)once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. ¹¹So you also must consider yourselves ^(T)dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

¹²Let not ^(U)sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. ¹³^(V)Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but ^(W)present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. ¹⁴For ^(X)sin ^(Y)will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.

Slaves to Righteousness

¹⁵What then? ^(Z)Are we to sin ^(AA)because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! ¹⁶Do you not know that if you present yourselves ^(AB)to anyone as obedient slaves,^[c] you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? ¹⁷But ^(AC)thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the ^(AD)standard of teaching to which you were committed, ¹⁸and, ^(AE)having been set free from sin, ^(AF)have become slaves of righteousness. ¹⁹^(AG)I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For ^(AH)just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members ^(AI)as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification.

²⁰^(AJ)For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. ²¹^(AK)But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things ^(AL)of which you are now ashamed? ^(AM)For the end of those things is death. ²²But now that you ^(AN)have been set free from sin and ^(AO)have become slaves of God, ^(AP)the fruit you get leads to sanctification and ^(AQ)its end, eternal life. ²³^(AR)For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Footnotes:

Romans 6:6 Greek man
Romans 6:7 Greek has been justified
Romans 6:16 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; twice in this verse; also verses 17, 19 (twice), 20

Cross references:

English Standard Version (ESV)

Psalm 16

You Will Not Abandon My Soul

A ^(A)Miktam^[a] of David.

16 Preserve me, O God, for in you I ^(B)take refuge.
²I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
^(C)I have no good apart from you.”

³As for ^(D)the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,
in whom is all my delight.^[b]

⁴The sorrows of those who run after^[c] another god shall multiply;
their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
or ^(E)take their names on my lips.

⁵The Lord is ^(F)my chosen portion and my ^(G)cup;
you hold my ^(H)lot.
⁶^(I)The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

⁷I bless the Lord who ^(J)gives me counsel;
in ^(K)the night also my ^(L)heart instructs me.^[d]
⁸^(M)I have ^(N)set the Lord always before me;
because he is at my ^(O)right hand, I shall not be ^(P)shaken.

⁹Therefore my heart is glad, and my ^(Q)whole being^[e] rejoices;
my flesh also dwells secure.
¹⁰For you will not abandon my soul to ^(R)Sheol,
^(S)or let your ^(T)holy one see ^(U)corruption.^[f]

¹¹You make known to me ^(V)the path of life;
in your presence there is ^(W)fullness of joy;
at your right hand are ^(X)pleasures forevermore.

Footnotes:

Psalm 16:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Psalm 16:3 Or To the saints in the land, the excellent in whom is all my delight, I say:
Psalm 16:4 Or who acquire
Psalm 16:7 Hebrew my kidneys instruct me
Psalm 16:9 Hebrew my glory
Psalm 16:10 Or see the pit

Cross references:

English Standard Version (ESV)

Proverbs 19:20-21

²⁰Listen to advice and accept instruction,
that you may gain wisdom in ^(A)the future.
²¹^(B)Many are the plans in the mind of a man,
but ^(C)it is the purpose of the Lord ^(D)that will stand.

Cross references:

English Standard Version (ESV)

July 19, 2022

07/19/2022 DAB Transcript

1 Chronicles 28:1-29:30, Romans 5:6-21, Psalms 15:1-5, Proverbs 19:18-19

Today is the 19^th day of July welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I’m Brian it’s great to be here with you today just like it is every day. It’s wonderful to be able to have this rhythm. Brings us back together each day for the next step forward together. And that next step leads us back into the book of first Chronicles, which we will actually be concluding today and move forward into second Chronicles tomorrow. So, we are reading from the English Standard Version this week. And today, first Chronicles chapters 28 and 29.

Commentary:

Okay. So, we are kinda getting settled into the letter to the Romans and some of the things that Paul said in that letter today are…well…they’re foundational, but they’re profound. Foundational in our faith in Jesus. Profound in the implications of what Jesus did. So, we began our reading today while we were still weak…“for while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.” So, if we just stopped there with that verse. That’s a whole verse, verse six. That verse pretty much sums up everything. When we couldn’t do anything about it Jesus came for us. When all hope of us becoming righteous before God was lost, Jesus came. And Paul goes on to say, like it’s a super unusual thing for somebody to die, like literally end their human life so that another one may live. But Paul acknowledges maybe…maybe if that person is a really good person, somebody might even dare to give up their life so that they might live. But that’s not what God did. God came while we were still sinners while we were estranged from Him hopeless to be reunited with Him while we were still His enemies, He came for us. And Paul’s drawing that out because it’s like who does that? Nobody dies for anybody else. But even if that were to happen maybe somebody would die for a really really good person for a really good reason. But who dies for their enemies while they’re still enemies? That’s the magnitude of what Paul is saying. That’s the magnitude of what we believe, that when we were hopeless, while we were still enemies, while we were still sinners, while there was still nothing, we could possibly do about it, Jesus came and did something about it and restored us and reconciled us to God. Like, all debts are paid before God. Like, that is foundational to our Christian faith but that is mind boggling stuff right there, because in effect what is being said is when we were hopeless for anything, Jesus came and gave us everything. And then we…we see Paul kind of always looking back. Like, yes, everyone in Judaism was centered around the law of Moses’s and really the following of Moses teachings. Paul went back to Abraham and said this is where the story started, and now he’s going all the way back to Adam and saying this is where another part of the story actually started way before Moses, way before the law. Sin came into the world through one man, and death entered the world through sin, and so death spread to everybody because everybody sinned. Adam had been created sinless, but subsequently introduced sin into the species, into this story. Sin leads to death. And Paul says Jesus is essentially the antidote. I quote Paul. “For if many died through one man’s trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man, Jesus Christ.” Paul goes on to say, “for if, because of one man’s trespass death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ.” Okay so as foundational as that is and is easy enough as it is for us to say, yeah, I understand the concept, like I’ve heard this lots and lots of times and yes, it’s profound and yes I’m paying attention, but I have heard this before, it’s the implications that get me. Because the implications are that sin doesn’t have claim, that sin may indeed be in the world and evil may be here, but it doesn’t have claim to us who believe. This is what we believe as Christians. When we were utterly hopeless Jesus came. And I realize there’s a lot going on in all of our lives. Like who doesn’t have something going on? Who’s just waking up in the morning going, ahhh…another day of complete bliss? Let me figure out what blissful thing I might do today. That’s gonna be my biggest struggle, is figuring out what blissful thing I might do today. Like, that’s not how life usually works. So, I realize like there’s stuff going on. Some of them are hardships. Some of them are simply struggles that we have to continue to endure and move through. And, so, it’s really easy for us to get really focused on these things that are bringing pain into our lives in some sort of way, or discomfort in some sort of way. And, so, it’s easy enough for us to lose our place in the story, like to lose the plot. What we’re being told at its core in the book of Romans is that God is for us and not against us, which doesn’t necessarily mean He is for everything that we choose to get involved in or do but he is for us, so much so that while we were still enemies, He came to reconcile us, to get us back to restore us. We are restored. And so often when we’re kind of focusing in on the cares of this life we forget these basic truths. This is in a nutshell why the gospel is good news. This is the good news, that there is no claim to us anymore. We are reconciled to God. He is not looking at us as an enemy. He is looking at us as a child, which is indeed good news. And, so, no matter what is going on in our neck of the woods in our rolling hills in our flat planes in our rainy seasons or dry seasons nothing has the power to take us away from God. Sometimes we need to simply get back to the basics or boil it back down to the essential core and understand okay, first and foremost, no matter what else is going on in my life that distracting me, first and foremost, God is present, God is for me. I am a child of God. I don’t deserve that, but I accept it. And, so, may we meditate upon that today, especially when there’s so many distractions that pull us apart, literally pull us into pieces in order for us to cope. Amy we get back to this essential core. God is here, He loves me. Nothing can separate us.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for that truth that comes crashing back in. It’s so easy to get distracted. Even when we know these things it’s so easy for us to live as if they’re not even true. And yet this is the good news of the gospel, and we do believe, and we do receive this truth. So, Holy Spirit come and lead us deeper into Jesus today. Lead us deeper into our relationship today. May we find rest in knowing that there’s nothing we could possibly do to jump up and down or put on pretty cloths to make You pay attention to us. You came for us when we were filthy and an enemy. You loved us beyond what we can comprehend and You would never let us go. And we believe that, and we find rest in it. And, so, come Holy Spirit, comforter, come comfort our wounded and broken hearts with this truth we pray. In the name of Jesus we ask. Amen.

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Community Prayer and Praise:

Hey everybody this is George from Michigan. Just reaching out because I heard the prayer request from Renzo. And I just…I wanted to tell you Renzo you're…you are amazing. You’re an inspiration to us all. And, you know, we all go through ups and downs and our faith and it’s OK. You know, God’s always there. And you know it’s those moments where you feel probably the least where God is with you the most. And I know that that doesn’t feel that way but those are the moments when He’s there with you. And trust me Renzo, God will lead you on the path that He wants you to follow. You’re open and receptive to His word. And you just, you know, stay strong to the faith and I promise God will…will lead you. God bless you brother and keep you in prayer.

Hello this is Greg from Washington and I just wanted to pray for those that are experiencing anxiety and stress and feel at the end of their rope and like they don’t know how they’re gonna make their next steps. And, so, I heard someone pray and asking for help on this issue just now. Alright. Dear Lord thank You, thank You, thank You for every breath for everything You’ve given us. Thank You for Your fresh love and You’re abiding with us in us and for the strength that You have that You’ve given us and that You will give us that we don’t even know we have. Dear Lord please help us to remember that if we feel like we’re at the end of our rope that there’s more rope there and You’ve provided it. Dear Lord, we thank You. We thank You for Your provision. Please give us comfort in the times when we feel like we can’t do it and realize that our feelings are just a…just a light on a dashboard and don’t always mean what we think they mean. Provide comfort and love and knowledge to us in these times that are…that are hard and may get harder. Thank You Lord for Your blessing. In Your name Amen. The name of the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Good day everybody this is Phil from Michigan first time caller. I’m gonna go by Fill Up My Cup. I just wanted to call and give some testimony to God’s good graces. So, a few weeks ago this is when the story happened, my wife is pregnant, and we are having our baby on Friday the 22^nd if it goes full term. She could honestly pop any minute. I’m an over the road truck driver and I was supposed to not be over the road a couple weeks ago and some stuff sort of happened at work and I got forced to still go over the road out of state. And I was just really furious, I guess. And, so, while I’m over the road our route got changed and we had some extra time and we got to explore the Opryland hotels in Nashville TN and then the following day…night my driving partner and I got to have lunch on the Hudson River looking at New York City at nighttime and just talked scripture and just have some real deep conversations about walking in faith and being with God. And just really the big light of all that was here I am sitting frustrated you know really worried anxious nervous, and it just felt like God said to me, hey my plan is this for you and here’s some blessings to prove that. And on top of it here I am local in town-ish. And either way it’s like looking like if I get that phone call any minute now, I can make it home in time to welcome my first child into the world. And, hey, I just want to give glory to God for laying His blessings on me and give you guys some encouragement on that. Stick with it. Be faithful. We love you.

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Hi DAB family this is Laura in Colorado I’m calling with an urgent prayer request. I just found out a friend of mine, her 18-month-old son choked on some food yesterday and although she started CPR right away his heart ended up not beating for over 40 minutes. And he is now at Children’s Hospital on a ventilator. They’re not sure how much brain activity he has. So, I think today’s going to be a hard day for her. And she’s praying for healing, and we all pray for healing and ask Jesus that He would touch this little boy’s body and restore it in every way, that He would be glorified. The mom’s name is Jill, and her baby is Gosso. So, if you could please hold this mommy and her baby in your prayers I know she would appreciate it. Thanks. Bye.

July 19, 2022

The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Tuesday July 19, 2022 (NIV)

1 Chronicles 28-29

David's Charge to Israel

28 ^(A)David assembled at Jerusalem all the officials of Israel, the ^(B)officials of the tribes, the officers of the divisions that served the king, the ^(C)commanders of thousands, the commanders of hundreds, the ^(D)stewards of all the property and livestock of the king and his sons, together with the palace officials, the ^(E)mighty men and all the seasoned warriors. ²Then King David rose to his feet and said: “Hear me, my brothers and my people. ^(F)I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and for the ^(G)footstool of our God, and I made preparations for building. ³But God said to me, ^(H)‘You may not build a house for my name, for you are a man of war and have shed blood.’ ⁴Yet the Lord God of Israel ^(I)chose me from all my father's house to be king over Israel ^(J)forever. ^(K)For he chose Judah as leader, and in the house of Judah my father's ^(L)house, and among my father's sons he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel. ⁵And of ^(M)all my sons (for the Lord has given me many sons) he ^(N)has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel. ⁶He said to me, ‘It is ^(O)Solomon your son who shall build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. ⁷I will establish his kingdom ^(P)forever ^(Q)if he continues strong in keeping my commandments and my rules, as he is today.’ ⁸Now therefore in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of the Lord, and in the hearing of our God, observe and seek out all the commandments of the Lord your God, that you may possess this good land and leave it for an inheritance to your children after you forever.

David's Charge to Solomon

⁹“And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a ^(R)whole heart and with a willing mind, ^(S)for the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. ^(T)If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever. ¹⁰Be careful now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; ^(U)be strong and do it.”

¹¹Then David gave Solomon his son the ^(V)plan of the ^(W)vestibule of the temple,^[a] and of its houses, its treasuries, its upper rooms, and its inner chambers, and of the room for the ^(X)mercy seat; ¹²and the plan of all that he had in mind for the courts of the house of the Lord, all the surrounding chambers, ^(Y)the treasuries of the house of God, and the treasuries for dedicated gifts; ¹³for the ^(Z)divisions of the priests and of the ^(AA)Levites, and all the work of the service in the house of the Lord; for all the vessels for the service in the house of the Lord, ¹⁴the weight of gold for all golden vessels for each service, the weight of silver vessels for each service, ¹⁵the weight of the golden ^(AB)lampstands and their lamps, the weight of gold for each lampstand and its lamps, the weight of silver for a lampstand and its lamps, according to the use of each lampstand in the service, ¹⁶the weight of gold for each table for the showbread, the silver for the silver tables, ¹⁷and pure gold for the forks, the basins and the cups; for the golden bowls and the weight of each; for the silver bowls and the weight of each; ¹⁸for the ^(AC)altar of incense made of refined gold, and its weight; also his plan for the golden chariot of the ^(AD)cherubim that spread their wings and covered the ark of the covenant of the Lord. ¹⁹“All this he made clear to me in writing from the hand of the Lord, ^(AE)all the work to be done according to the plan.”

²⁰Then David said to Solomon his son, ^(AF)“Be strong and courageous and do it. Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed, for the Lord God, even my God, is with you. He will not leave you or forsake you, until all the work for the service of the house of the Lord is finished. ²¹And behold the ^(AG)divisions of the priests and the Levites for all the service of the house of God; and with you in all the work will be ^(AH)every willing man who has skill for any kind of service; also the officers and all the people will be wholly at your command.”

Offerings for the Temple

29 And David the king said to all the assembly, “Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is ^(AI)young and inexperienced, and the work is great, for ^(AJ)the palace will not be for man but for the Lord God. ²So I have provided for the house of my God, so far as I was able, the gold for the things of gold, the silver for the things of silver, and the bronze for the things of bronze, the iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood, besides great quantities of ^(AK)onyx and stones for setting, antimony, colored stones, all sorts of precious stones and marble. ³Moreover, in addition to all that I have provided for the holy house, I have a treasure of my own of gold and silver, and because of my devotion to the house of my God I give it to the house of my God: ⁴^(AL)3,000 talents^[b] of gold, of the gold of ^(AM)Ophir, and 7,000 talents of refined silver, for overlaying the walls of the house,^[c] ⁵and for all the work to be done by craftsmen, gold for the things of gold and silver for the things of silver. Who then will offer willingly, consecrating himself^[d] today to the Lord?”

⁶Then ^(AN)the leaders of fathers' houses made their freewill offerings, as did also the leaders of the tribes, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and ^(AO)the officers over the king's work. ⁷They gave for the service of the house of God 5,000 talents and 10,000 ^(AP)darics^[e] of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze and 100,000 talents of iron. ⁸And whoever had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the Lord, in the care of ^(AQ)Jehiel the Gershonite. ⁹Then the people rejoiced because they had given willingly, for with a ^(AR)whole heart they had offered freely to the Lord. David the king also rejoiced greatly.

David Prays in the Assembly

¹⁰Therefore David blessed the Lord in the presence of all the assembly. And David said: ^(AS)“Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever. ¹¹^(AT)Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all. ¹²^(AU)Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. ^(AV)In your hand are power and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all. ¹³And now we thank you, our God, and praise your glorious name.

¹⁴“But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able thus to offer willingly? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you. ¹⁵^(AW)For we are strangers before you and sojourners, as all our fathers were. Our days on the earth are ^(AX)like a shadow, and there is no abiding.^[f] ¹⁶O Lord our God, all this abundance that we have provided for building you a house for your holy name comes from your hand and is all your own. ¹⁷I know, my God, ^(AY)that you test the heart and ^(AZ)have pleasure in uprightness. In the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things, and now I have seen your people, who are present here, offering freely and joyously to you. ¹⁸O Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep forever such purposes and thoughts in the hearts of your people, and direct their hearts toward you. ¹⁹^(BA)Grant to Solomon my son a whole heart that he may keep your commandments, your testimonies, and your statutes, performing all, and that he may ^(BB)build the palace ^(BC)for which I have made provision.”

²⁰Then David said to all the assembly, ^(BD)“Bless the Lord your God.” And all the assembly blessed the Lord, the God of their fathers, ^(BE)and bowed their heads and paid homage to the Lord and to the king. ²¹And they offered sacrifices to the Lord, and on the next day offered burnt offerings to the Lord, 1,000 bulls, 1,000 rams, and 1,000 lambs, with their ^(BF)drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel. ²²And they ate and drank before the Lord on that day with great gladness.

Solomon Anointed King

And they made Solomon the son of David king ^(BG)the second time, and they ^(BH)anointed him as prince for the Lord, and ^(BI)Zadok as priest.

²³^(BJ)Then Solomon sat on the ^(BK)throne of the Lord as king in place of David his father. And he prospered, and all Israel obeyed him. ²⁴All the leaders and the mighty men, and also all the sons of King David, pledged their allegiance to King Solomon. ²⁵And the Lord made Solomon very ^(BL)great in the sight of all Israel and ^(BM)bestowed on him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.

The Death of David

²⁶Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. ²⁷The ^(BN)time that he reigned over Israel was forty years. He reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem. ²⁸Then he died ^(BO)at a good age, ^(BP)full of days, riches, and honor. And Solomon his son reigned in his place. ²⁹Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are written in the Chronicles ^(BQ)of Samuel the seer, and in the Chronicles of ^(BR)Nathan the prophet, and in the Chronicles of ^(BS)Gad the seer, ³⁰with accounts of all his rule and his might and of the circumstances ^(BT)that came upon him and upon Israel and upon all the kingdoms of the countries.

Footnotes:

1 Chronicles 28:11 Hebrew lacks of the temple
1 Chronicles 29:4 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
1 Chronicles 29:4 Septuagint; Hebrew houses
1 Chronicles 29:5 Or ordaining himself; Hebrew filling his hand
1 Chronicles 29:7 A daric was a coin weighing about 1/4 ounce or 8.5 grams
1 Chronicles 29:15 Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew hope, or prospect

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English Standard Version (ESV)

Romans 5:6-21

⁶For ^(A)while we were still weak, at the right time ^(B)Christ died for the ungodly. ⁷For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— ⁸but ^(C)God shows his love for us in that ^(D)while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. ⁹Since, therefore, ^(E)we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from ^(F)the wrath of God. ¹⁰For if ^(G)while we were enemies ^(H)we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by ^(I)his life. ¹¹More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received ^(J)reconciliation.

Death in Adam, Life in Christ

¹²Therefore, just as ^(K)sin came into the world through one man, and ^(L)death through sin, and ^(M)so death spread to all men^[a] because ^(N)all sinned— ¹³for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but ^(O)sin is not counted where there is no law. ¹⁴Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not ^(P)like the transgression of Adam, ^(Q)who was a type of ^(R)the one who was to come.

¹⁵But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man's trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for ^(S)many. ¹⁶And the free gift is not like the result of that one man's sin. For ^(T)the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brought ^(U)justification. ¹⁷For if, because of one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness ^(V)reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ.

¹⁸Therefore, as one trespass^[b] led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness^[c] leads to justification and life for ^(W)all men. ¹⁹For as by the one man's ^(X)disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's ^(Y)obedience the many will be made righteous. ²⁰Now ^(Z)the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, ^(AA)grace abounded all the more, ²¹so that, ^(AB)as sin reigned in death, ^(AC)grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Footnotes:

Romans 5:12 The Greek word anthropoi refers here to both men and women; also twice in verse 18
Romans 5:18 Or the trespass of one
Romans 5:18 Or the act of righteousness of one

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English Standard Version (ESV)

Psalm 15

Who Shall Dwell on Your Holy Hill?

A Psalm of David.

15 O Lord, ^(A)who shall sojourn in your ^(B)tent?
Who shall dwell on your ^(C)holy hill?

²He who ^(D)walks blamelessly and ^(E)does what is right
and ^(F)speaks truth in his heart;
³who ^(G)does not slander with his tongue
and does no evil to his neighbor,
nor ^(H)takes up a reproach against his friend;
⁴^(I)in whose eyes a vile person is despised,
but who honors those who fear the Lord;
who ^(J)swears to his own hurt and does not change;
⁵who ^(K)does not put out his money at interest
and ^(L)does not take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things shall never be ^(M)moved.

English Standard Version (ESV)

Proverbs 19:18-19

¹⁸^(A)Discipline your son, for there is hope;
do not set your heart on ^(B)putting him to death.
¹⁹A man of great wrath will pay the penalty,
for if you deliver him, you will only have to do it again.

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English Standard Version (ESV)

July 18, 2022

7/18/2022 DAB Transcript

1 Chronicles 26:12-27:34, Romans 4:13-5:5, Psalm 14:1-7, Proverbs 19:17

Today is the 18th day of July, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I’m Brian and it’s great to be here with you today and every day, like always, as we gather around the Global Campfire and take the next step forward together, which of course, is leading us back into the book of first Chronicles in the Old Testament and the letter to the Romans in the new. We are certainly rounding the corner on first Chronicles; couple more days and we will conclude first Chronicles which will lead us into second Chronicles in a couple days. But first, we’re reading from the English Standard Version this week, first Chronicles chapter 26 verse 12 through 27 verse 34.

Commentary:

Okay so, we are several chapters into the letter to the Romans now. And so, we’re getting the cadence of Paul and we’re seeing, he has a lot in one sentence but he’s laying out right now in this letter, what is fundamental to the Gospel that he preaches. This is kind of the foundation that everything else gets built upon and it’s really important for us to kind of understand what’s going on here. Paul is a trained Pharisee. So, Paul knows the ways of Judaism right, he was born into it, raised in it, so he knows the vocabulary. I mean, we have a like, Christian people typically have some type of vocabulary. Sometimes, people even call it Christianese; the language of the culture, things that we might say like, praise the Lord, or But God, or any of the things that we kind of normally say, we can say these things randomly and people may look at us like we’re a little nuts, but if we say to another believer, like it’s part of the cultural backdrop and tapestry that we’re used you. So, Paul would’ve known like Jew-ese, I guess. Paul knew the fabric and tapestry of the culture and had devoted his life to becoming a Pharisee. We can look at the Pharisees as the people who were against Jesus and that is true but the Pharisees were devout, very, very dedicated people to studying the Torah, to obeying and adhering to the law and teaching and even enforcing it out among the people. This is Paul’s background. He knows the law that was given to Moses, the Mosaic law, and the understanding among the Jewish people was adherence to that law makes you righteous before God. And so, that is how you live your life. Adhering to the law, being made righteous so that you can have hope for the future and the Pharisees did have a hope of resurrection. So, as followers of Jesus, we have the hope of the resurrection, through Jesus. For Paul and his contemporaries, there hope certainly was in God, but their righteousness was attained by adhering and obeying the law, right. So, if you, are you following me? So far, when Paul met Jesus on the road to Damascus, a shift began to occur and we witnessed that seen in the book of Acts. But after encountering Jesus and beginning to read think what he thought that he knew, while holding onto his allegiance to Moses, he began to realize, hang on, this story includes Moses and there really isn’t a figure more prominent or powerful than Moses in this story, but Moses didn’t start the story. The person that we look to you, and I’m speaking to Paul’s kind of eyes here, the person that the Jews would look to as kind of their founding father, like the first patriarch, his name was Abraham. We met him in the book of Genesis. And so, we can begin to kind of look into what Paul is thinking what did everybody do before there was a law? Like, how…how did things work before that? And so, he goes back to the first patriarch, he goes back to Abraham and looks at that story and realizes Abraham couldn’t have obeyed them, actually Abraham didn’t obey the Mosaic law a single day in his life, because it didn’t even exist. So, how did Abraham become righteous? How did anybody, without this set of rules that you obey, and if you can perfectly obey them, you can be righteous, how could anybody do this? And the answer that Paul found is actually in the life of Abraham. God visited Abraham and told Abraham that He was going to make him the father of many nations. He told him this, at a time when that was very improbable and extremely unlikely. Because as Paul said in our reading today, he’s almost 100 years old and his wife Sarah, she’s too old to have children too. So, maybe it’s theoretically possible that Abraham could still get a younger woman pregnant who could bear children, but the promises to Abraham and Sarah, and so this is very unlikely. But that is precisely when, the thing Paul was looking for, happened. Abraham believed God, and God counted that trust and belief toward him as righteousness. So, what Paul is saying is, faith in God came first. That’s how the story starts or just…just to quote from Romans “no unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God. But he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. That is why his faith was counted to him as righteousness. But the words it was counted to him were not written for his sake alone, but for ours, also. It will be counted to us who believe in Him, who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.” So, I realize that the idea that we believe with all of our heart, in Jesus and have faith, like that…that sort of fundamental foundational Christianity. Here in the letter to Romans is where we begin to see this be fleshed out in the Scriptures. And as I said, like this is a fundamental building block, a foundational piece well, of the faith itself, but certainly of everything that Paul has to say. This is where he’s coming from. So, knowing that that’s foundational, that’s where he’s coming from, helps us in all of the other things that he has to say. So, as we who adhere to this, as we will believe this, our faith in God through Jesus is what makes us a disciple of Jesus and grants to us redemption and righteousness and eternal life. It’s good to know how this came to be. But a lot of the times, since it is foundational and almost ubiquitous and certainly ubiquitous in the Christian faith because it's…it’s the doorway right, faith in Jesus is the doorway. We can very, very easily just take for granted things like grace and mercy and just…just know that, no matter what we do, the Lord will love us and although that’s true, that’s not really how you treat somebody that you love. And so often, we can kind of like, allow these things to become callous in our lives and so we focus on how much of an over comer that we get to be because of Jesus. And then we get a little bit skewed because it’s like now this life is supposed to be soaring 6 inches above the ground, at least. And the higher we can float the more holy that we are, when all of us actually have to get up in the morning and put our pants and dresses or whatever on. We have to get dressed and go out into the world into the day, and yeah, it can be in overcoming day or we can get flattened like a pancake. So, when we do become callous to some of the fundamental foundational things, we lose track, well, we lose the plot of the story. Paul, as he’s laying this out, actually brings everybody back to earth, in the final couple of sentences that we read today. “Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through Him, we have also obtained access by faith into this grace that we now stand in, and we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. So, like we’re all on board like, everybody’s tracking here and then he says like, take a breath, says another sentence. “Not only that but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.” This theme of endurance, anyone who’s ever been through the whole Bible before and kind of moves deeper and deeper into the New Testament, begins to realize that that theme, that reminder, that thing that we can’t forget, that endurance is part of the story. It won’t let us be. If we didn’t know that, we had plenty of examples of endurance happening in the book of Acts. And so, Paul is saying essentially, we have moved from death to life, we have been transformed by this grace and nothing gets wasted, including our times in the wilderness right, our times of suffering and hardship, because suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope. We rarely think about the difficult times in our lives as positive things, until we can look back upon them, until we’re away from them, until we have hindsight. But what if we were able to reframe the whole experience of life, knowing that, we have been made right before God, we are his ambassadors in this world revealing his kingdom. And everything that we encounter can take us, the next step forward if we’re open. And obviously, there’s any number of directions we could go to conversation like this one, but the point. The main thing to remember here is this is a foundational building block that Paul is putting into place and it’s something that we’re going to hear over and over a lot of times, it’s faith that came first, the other stuff came after and it’s important stuff, but faith came before there was a law, to obey.

Prayer:

So, Father, we thank You for Your word. We thank You for the letter to the Romans that we’ve been able to pour over and analyze and consider and meditate upon for thousands of years. And so, now it’s our turn and we’re considering, pouring over and rejoicing in the Good News, that it tells us, help it to sink in. Help us to know that everything is an opportunity for us to grow because we have been ultimately set free. Come, Holy Spirit, and lead us into all truth, we ask. In Jesus name. Amen.

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Prayer and Encouragements:

Hi DAB family, this is Shielded in Colorado. I’m calling today to ask the family to pray for all the people who have lost children recently. My cousin and his wife lost their 18-year-old son last week and as it comes close to my son’s birthday, it’s been on my mind. My son died six years ago, but it’s also made me think of all the people out there who have lost their sons and daughters. And all the DABers who have been calling in for their children. So, if we could pray for them. Jesus, please help all the families who have lost children or have children with issues. Give the parents strength, give the family strength and put Your grace over all of it. Thank You Jesus. Thank you DABers. Love you all. Bye.

Hello, good morning. I’m so grateful for my DAB family, this community, it’s been such a blessing for my life. I’ve been listening to it over 15 years and everyone is just a blessing to me. My family, some have already gone to Christ, not this years. And those that are here, let’s just stay faithful, looking up to Jesus. Believing in life before the Lord. When He comes, He will find us doing His perfect will. You guys are a blessing to me and those that I need, I always pray for those that call in, that ask specifically for prayer. And I love it when there’s testimonies. Thank you so much, you guys are a blessing to me. Especially today, when I heard a girl, she was so sweet. Her purse was stolen and she prayed for the person that stole. That was amazing. What an incredible example. You are amazing, thank you for sharing that. And I just wanted to put this out there. Lesson learned and we hit the enemy really hard on his head by praying for those that does us harm. Thank you, thank you girl, God Bless you. And I, I pray with you that I was in one accord with you. God will have mercy and find this person and reach his needs. And that you can get your things that you need. God is so good …

Hello DAB family, this is Jeremiah from Michigan, God Gives Good Gifts. I’m reaching out to ask for prayer today. I have set up a meeting with my parents, for this upcoming Sunday and I have taken a break from our relationship with them for the last two years because of trauma and manipulation and just a toxic relationship. And just stepping out in obedience to reach out to them. I worked through forgiveness for them over the last period. And I’m just wanting to walk that forgiveness out with them and actually walk into total forgiveness. So, please pray for me for my emotions, for my thoughts and just for the Lord’s presence. And I also just want to encourage you that are facing anger and bitterness and depression, forgiveness is the way. Jesus has paid for all of our sin, for all of their sin and He calls us to forgive completely from the heart. It doesn’t mean that we can’t make good boundaries and good decisions. But forgiveness is really the way that we’re able to unshackle ourselves from those bad choices that other people have made and really let the Lord have all of our burdens. So, let’s just bring our burdens to the foot of the cross and lay them there and let the Lord take care of them and just have our hearts be filled with His grace and mercy, His forgiveness, His peace. Let us walk that out together. So, please pray for me. I’m praying for you guys. Thank you so much for all your prayers and Brian for speaking the word to us over and over and over again. Love you guys, blessings. Bye Bye.

This is Hands to Heaven and I want to share a portion of my testimony to encourage those who have lost a child. Four years ago, this morning, I held my step-daughters hand as she walked into the arms of Jesus. An undiagnosed infection had become septic and almost before we could wrap our heads around how truly sick, she was, we were told she wouldn’t recover. We faced the harsh truth that barring a miracle, we would be burying one of our children, again. Because we had buried my son, two years earlier. I remember asking God if He was really gonna make us walk this path a second time. I remember being far from friends and most of our family and wanting desperately to be anywhere else. I remember hearing my husband pray words that broke my heart and made me thankful that he is a man of God. Lord, heal her or take her home. Sherry was a child of God and even as she lay passing from this life to the next, God was at work. Her friends began to arrive just before she was transferred to Hospice where she slept quietly for almost a week after all measures were stopped. Sherry never regained consciousness but many of her friends had a chance to see her, pray over her and say goodbye. We drew comfort from hearing how her faith had touched their lives and how she helped them grow in their own walk with God. I was awakened that morning, four years ago, shortly after 430, even though I tried to ignore God’s nudge. Glancing at the monitors, I saw the stats slowly decreasing and I remember desperately hoping I was wrong but I wasn’t. God in His infinite mercy removed the chance of this world from Sherry and set her free that day. Day-after-day I had watched her look younger and more peaceful as the cares of this world lost their hold on her. As much as we miss her and wish she was still here, I know that without a doubt that Sherry is happier where she is, than she ever could have been here on earth. Death wasn’t the end for Sherry, it was just the beginning of her eternity with Jesus. I pray those of you who have lost a child find some comfort in knowing that God loves you and cares for you and he has a purpose for your pain. God Bless You.

Hello DABers, it’s your girl, Val in Vegas. Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, oh hello precious, precious brothers and sisters. I just gotta say I love y’all. And I see that Satan is up to his no good, grimy business again. He trying to mess with our minds man and we rebuke all of that in the name of Jesus. Because God, you renew our mind daily Lord and we walk with You. Lord God, right now we come against all mental health and anxiety, in the name of Jesus, Lord. We lay it at the throne heavenly Father. God, we know that staying in Your word Lord, listening to Christian music Lord, praying Father and meditating on You Lord, these are the things that build good health, Lord. Heavenly Father, I pray right now, that You just please God, heal Lord Jesus, so many people calling. Satan, you got no business here, you get away from my brothers and sisters. I claim good mental health for me and everyone that hears this call, Lord Jesus. I love you guys. I need you know that when you on the struggle bus, there’s a miracle right around the corner. So, hold on, hold on. And when it gets too tough, you call in here, you get on that Prayer Wall, you get on your knees, you get in your Bible, you reach out. Don’t struggle alone. We need to hear this; I love you guys. I love you; I love you; I love you family. Good mental health, Lord, for everyone. In Jesus name. Thank you, Father, thank you God.

2 Chronicles 8:11-10:19

The Queen of Sheba

Solomon's Wealth

Solomon's Death

The Revolt Against Rehoboam

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Romans 8:9-25

Heirs with Christ

Future Glory

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Psalm 18:16-36

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Proverbs 19:26

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2 Chronicles 6:12-8:10

Solomon's Prayer of Dedication

Fire from Heaven

The Dedication of the Temple

If My People Pray

Solomon's Accomplishments

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Romans 7:14-8:8

Life in the Spirit

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Psalm 18:1-15

The Lord Is My Rock and My Fortress

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, (A)the servant of the Lord, (B)who addressed the words of this (C)song to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said:

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Proverbs 19:24-25

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2 Chronicles 4:1-6:11

The Temple's Furnishings

The Ark Brought to the Temple

Solomon Blesses the People

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Romans 7:1-13

Released from the Law

The Law and Sin

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Psalm 17

In the Shadow of Your Wings

A (A)Prayer of David.

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Proverbs 19:22-23

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2 Chronicles 1-3

Solomon Worships at Gibeon

Solomon Prays for Wisdom

Solomon Given Wealth

Preparing to Build the Temple

Solomon Builds the Temple

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Romans 6

Dead to Sin, Alive to God

Slaves to Righteousness

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Psalm 16

You Will Not Abandon My Soul

A (A)Miktam[a] of David.

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Proverbs 19:20-21

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1 Chronicles 28-29

David's Charge to Israel

David's Charge to Solomon

Offerings for the Temple

David Prays in the Assembly

Solomon Anointed King

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, ^(A)the servant of the Lord, ^(B)who addressed the words of this ^(C)song to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said:

A ^(A)Prayer of David.

A ^(A)Miktam^[a] of David.