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7/24/2022 DAB Transcript

2 Chronicles 11:1-13:22, Romans 8:26-39, Psalm 18:37-50, Proverbs 19:27-29

Today is the 24th day of July, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I’m Brian and it is a pleasure and an honor to be here with you today and a joy and a moment full of excitement to be here with you to greet a shiny, sparkly, new week. And we mark our weeks because there’s 52 of them that we get to move through each year and this is another beginning, and we remind ourselves we get 52 chances. Well, His mercies are new every morning so, we get a new chance every day, but it is nice to know the space of a week, we can create chaos or we can participate in Shalom. And that will manifest itself based on the way that we conduct ourselves this week. So, at the beginning of a brand-new week, we remember it’s in front of us. We may have made a mess last week, that doesn’t mean that has to continue now, we can begin the cleanup process now. And as we continue to move forward week by week by week, with a fresh start, we can remember we’re telling the story here, we’re walking with God and telling the story of our lives through the conversations that we have and the choices that we make. One of the best choices that we can make, is to allow the Scriptures to be a part of the conversation. So, it is wonderful to be around the Global Campfire today with you, as we take that next step forward. This week we will read from the Contemporary English Version and obviously we’ll pick up where we left off yesterday, and that leads us back into the book of second Chronicles. Yesterday, we kind of moved through that apex time of the height of Solomon’s reign and the quick demise of Israel itself. When…when 10 of the northern tribes rejected Solomon’s son Rehoboam to be their king. And so, now we are in a time where the monarchy is divided, the nation of Israel is now the nation of Israel which are the 10 tribes in the north and the kingdom of Judah, which also encompasses the holy city of Jerusalem in the south. Jeroboam is king in the north; Rehoboam is king in the South. And let’s pick up the story, second Chronicles chapters 11, 12 and 13 today.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word and we thank You for this brand-new week that we have entered together and as we acknowledged at the beginning, this is a time of gratefulness, it’s a fresh start. So, as we continue our journey through second Chronicles and through the letter to the Romans this week, as we get deeper and deeper into the letter to the Romans, quicken our hearts, awaken our minds and spirits that we may drink deeply from these truths, that describe our reality in You. Holy Spirit, come and lead us into all truth. We ask this so often but there isn’t a time we don’t need that and so come and reveal truth to us that we might walk in it. We pray this in the precious and mighty name of Jesus. Amen.

Prayer and Encouragements:

Hey, this is Tom from Lovett, Texas. I could sure use a lot of prayer. As probably with most people, life goes up and down. Right now, I’m in a down place a hard place. Health issues are going on that need some answers for. God’s done it before, I know He can do it again. So, if you pray that would be awesome. Thank you, I do enjoy the group here, the Daily Audio Bible family and hearing good things and prayer requests. And also thank You God for that. God bless you.
Father God, my name is Robert Giles and I pray Lord in Jesus Holy and Mighty name, God for those that are less fortunate in this world and don’t have the power of God to escape the pull of darkness. I pray God, as I work with the homeless God, many of whom suffer from addiction Lord, and mental health issues God. I pray for them God, that they would seek the light of the Lord God. I pray God for my job, Lord, that you would cover the walls Lord, with Your Holy Spirit God. That you would give me the power Lord, to continue to walk while I show the right way and leave a light.

Hello DAB family, I’m just going to label myself as Broken. I have two things, the first one is the hardest. My younger daughter has cut off all communication with me. Yesterday, I ran into someone who is a mutual friend and she said, your daughters okay. Which just brought all the up again. So, I really need prayer for that. Second, I was in a big accident four years ago. Lots of things were broken and I’m a concert organist and I play piano and big pipe organ for worship. But I haven’t been able to. My wrist was broken in that accident and I didn’t even know. So, I have a specialist appt and I dreamed last night that they said it was too late. But I don’t believe that. It can’t be too late for me. I place both things in God’s hands but I really need your prayers. Thank you so much, bye.

Good morning, everyone, my name is Womey and I want to be known as Standing on the Promises of God. I am a first-time caller. I have been listening to Daily Audio Bible for many years. I would like to use this opportunity to say a good thank you to Brian Hardin and his family. I pray that this ministry shall continue to touch lives in Jesus’ name. I would also like to pray for God’s children’s that are experiencing a relapse, a recurrence, a resurface of cancer of mental illness and whatsoever disease out there. I pray for you, Nathan, that’s the message was read, was played on the 16th of July. I also pray for you Travis; the message was played on the 13th of July. God, his name is El Roi, Travis, and He has seen your tears. He has wiped your tears away. So, God’s sees you. And I believe that whosoever the Son has set free, has been freed indeed. So, we believe for freedom of mind, for peace of mind, concerning your life, in Jesus’ name. I would also like to pray for Jeremiah whose message was played first on the 10th of May and then he left another message which was played on the 18th of July. Jeremiah, I want to just thank you for your follow-ups and say that you have inspired so many of us. And yes, I am a firm believer in taking a break from toxic relationships because one also needs healing. So, we thank God and God has healed you from every bitterness, rough, slander, malice according to Ephesians 4:31. So, go in God’s grace, travel well with you, God shall give you wisdom and strength and He shall help you to speak truthful and kind words to your parents. Thank you very much.  

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Sunday July 24, 2022 (NIV)

2 Chronicles 11-13

Shemaiah the Prophet Warns Rehoboam

(1 Kings 12.21-24)

11 After Rehoboam returned to Jerusalem, he decided to attack Israel and regain control of the whole country. So he called together 180,000 soldiers from the tribes of Judah and Benjamin.

2 Meanwhile, the Lord had told Shemaiah the prophet 3 to tell Rehoboam and everyone from Judah and Benjamin, 4 “The Lord warns you not to go to war against the people from the northern tribes—they are your relatives. Go home! The Lord is the one who made these things happen.”

Rehoboam and his army obeyed the Lord's message and did not attack Jeroboam and his troops.

Rehoboam Fortifies Cities in Judah

5 Rehoboam ruled from Jerusalem, and he had several cities in Judah turned into fortresses so he could use them to defend his country. These cities included 6 Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, 7 Beth-Zur, Soco, Adullam, 8 Gath, Mareshah, Ziph, 9 Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah, 10 Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron. After he had fortified these cities in the territories of Judah and Benjamin, 11 he assigned an army commander to each of them and stocked them with supplies of food, olive oil, and wine, 12 as well as with shields and spears. He used these fortified cities to keep control of Judah and Benjamin.

The Priests and the Levites Support Rehoboam

13 The priests and Levites from the northern tribes of Israel gave their support to King Rehoboam. 14 And since Jeroboam and the kings of Israel that followed him would not allow any Levites to serve as priests, most Levites left their towns and pasturelands in Israel and moved to Jerusalem and other towns in Judah. 15 (A) Jeroboam chose his own priests to serve at the local shrines[a] in Israel and at the places of worship where he had set up statues of goat-demons and of calves.

16 But some of the people from Israel wanted to worship the Lord God, just as their ancestors had done. So they followed the priests and Levites to Jerusalem, where they could offer sacrifices to the Lord. 17 For the next three years, they lived in Judah and were loyal to Rehoboam and his kingdom, just as they had been loyal to David and Solomon.

Rehoboam's Family

18 Rehoboam married Mahalath, whose father was Jerimoth son of David, and whose mother was Abihail the daughter of Eliab and granddaughter of Jesse. 19 Rehoboam and Mahalath had three sons: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham. 20 Then Rehoboam married Maacah the daughter of Absalom. Their sons were Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.

21 Rehoboam had 18 wives, but he also married 60 other women,[b] and he was the father of 28 sons and 60 daughters. Rehoboam loved his wife Maacah the most, 22 so he chose their oldest son Abijah to be the next king. 23 Rehoboam was wise enough to put one of his sons in charge of each fortified city in his kingdom. He gave them all the supplies they needed and found wives for every one of them.

King Shishak of Egypt Invades Judah

(1 Kings 14.25-28)

12 Soon after Rehoboam had control of his kingdom, he and everyone in Judah stopped obeying the Lord. 2 So in the fifth year of Rehoboam's rule, the Lord punished them for their unfaithfulness and allowed King Shishak of Egypt to invade Judah. 3 Shishak attacked with his army of 1,200 chariots and 60,000 cavalry troops, as well as countless Egyptian soldiers from Libya, Sukkoth, and Ethiopia.[c] 4 He captured every one of the fortified cities in Judah and then marched to Jerusalem.

5 Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah had gone to Jerusalem to escape Shishak's invasion. And while they were there, Shemaiah the prophet told them, “The Lord says that because you have disobeyed him, he has now abandoned you. The Lord will not help you against Shishak!”

6 Rehoboam and the leaders were sorry for what they had done and admitted, “The Lord is right. We have deserted him.”

7 When the Lord heard this, he told Shemaiah:

The people of Judah are truly sorry for their sins, and so I won't let Shishak completely destroy them. But because I am still angry, 8 he will conquer and rule them.

Then my people will know what it's like to serve a foreign king instead of serving me.

9 (B) Shishak attacked Jerusalem and took all the valuable things from the temple and from the palace, including Solomon's gold shields.

10 Rehoboam had bronze shields made to replace the gold ones, and he ordered the guards at the city gates to keep them safe. 11 Whenever Rehoboam went to the Lord's temple, the guards carried the shields. But they always took them back to the guardroom as soon as he had finished worshiping.

12 Rehoboam turned back to the Lord, and so the Lord did not let Judah be completely destroyed, and Judah was prosperous again.

Rehoboam's Rule in Judah

(1 Kings 14.21,29-31)

13 Rehoboam was 41 years old when he became king, and he ruled 17 years from Jerusalem, the city where the Lord had chosen to be worshiped. His mother Naamah was from Ammon. Rehoboam was a powerful king, 14 but he still did wrong and refused to obey the Lord.

15 Everything else Rehoboam did while he was king, including a history of his family, is written in the records of the two prophets, Shemaiah and Iddo. During Rehoboam's rule, he and King Jeroboam of Israel were constantly at war. 16 When Rehoboam died, he was buried beside his ancestors in Jerusalem, and his son Abijah became king.

King Abijah of Judah

(1 Kings 15.1-8)

13 Abijah[d] became king of Judah in Jeroboam's eighteenth year as king of Israel, 2 and he ruled from Jerusalem for three years. His mother was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel from Gibeah.

Some time later, Abijah and King Jeroboam of Israel went to war against each other. 3 Abijah's army had 400,000 troops, and Jeroboam met him in battle with 800,000 troops.

4 Abijah went to the top of Mount Zemaraim[e] in the hills of Ephraim and shouted:

Listen, Jeroboam and all you Israelites! 5 The Lord God of Israel has made a solemn promise that every king of Israel will be from David's family. 6 But Jeroboam, you were King Solomon's official, and you rebelled. 7 Then right after Rehoboam became king, you and your bunch of worthless followers challenged Rehoboam, who was too young to know how to stop you.

8 Now you and your powerful army think you can stand up to the kingdom that the Lord has given to David's descendants. The only gods you have are those gold statues of calves that Jeroboam made for you. 9 You don't even have descendants of Aaron on your side, because you forced out the Lord's priests and Levites. In their place, you appoint ordinary people to be priests, just as the foreign nations do. In fact, anyone who brings a bull and seven rams to the altar can become a priest of your so-called gods.

10 But we have not turned our backs on the Lord God! Aaron's own descendants serve as our priests, and the Levites are their assistants. 11 Two times every day they offer sacrifices and burn incense to the Lord. They set out the sacred loaves of bread on a table that has been purified, and they light the lamps in the gold lampstand every day at sunset. We follow the commands of the Lord our God—you have rejected him! 12 That's why God is on our side and will lead us into battle when the priests sound the signal on the trumpets. It's no use, Israelites. You might as well give up. There's no way you can defeat the Lord, the God your ancestors worshiped.

13 But while Abijah was talking, Jeroboam had sent some of his troops to attack Judah's army from behind, while the rest attacked from the front. 14 Judah's army realized they were trapped, and so they prayed to the Lord. The priests blew the signal on the trumpet, 15 and the troops let out a battle cry. Then with Abijah leading them into battle, God defeated Jeroboam and Israel's army. 16 The Israelites ran away, and God helped Judah's soldiers slaughter 17 500,000 enemy troops. 18 Judah's army won because they had trusted the Lord God of their ancestors.

19 Abijah kept up his attack on Jeroboam's army and captured the Israelite towns of Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, as well as the villages around them.

20 Jeroboam never regained his power during the rest of Abijah's rule. The Lord punished Jeroboam, and he died, but Abijah became more powerful.

21 Abijah had a total of 14 wives, 22 sons, and 16 daughters. 22 Everything Abijah said and did while he was king is written in the records of Iddo the prophet.

Footnotes:

  1. 11.15 local shrines: The Hebrew text has “high places,” which were local places to worship foreign gods.
  2. 11.21 other women: This translates a Hebrew word for women who were legally bound to a man, but without the full privileges of a wife.
  3. 12.3 Ethiopia: The Hebrew text has “Cush,” which was a region south of Egypt that included parts of the present countries of Ethiopia and Sudan.
  4. 13.1 Abijah: In 1 Kings 15.1-8 his name is spelled “Abijam.”
  5. 13.4 Mount Zemaraim: Probably located on the northern border of the territory of Benjamin.

Cross references:

  1. 11.15 : 1 K 12.31.
  2. 12.9 : 1 K 10.16,17; 2 Ch 9.15,16.
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Romans 8:26-39

26 In certain ways we are weak, but the Spirit is here to help us. For example, when we don't know what to pray for, the Spirit prays for us in ways that cannot be put into words. 27 (A) All of our thoughts are known to God. He can understand what is in the mind of the Spirit, as the Spirit prays for God's people. 28 We know that God is always at work for the good of everyone who loves him.[a] They are the ones God has chosen for his purpose, 29 and he has always known who his chosen ones would be. He had decided to let them become like his own Son, so his Son would be the first of many children. 30 God then accepted the people he had already decided to choose, and he has shared his glory with them.

God's Love

31 What can we say about all this? If God is on our side, can anyone be against us? 32 God did not keep back his own Son, but he gave him for us. If God did this, won't he freely give us everything else? 33 If God says his chosen ones are acceptable to him, can anyone bring charges against them? 34 Or can anyone condemn them? No indeed! Christ died and was raised to life, and now he is at God's right side,[b] speaking to him for us. 35 Can anything separate us from the love of Christ? Can trouble, suffering, and hard times, or hunger and nakedness, or danger and death? 36 (B) It is exactly as the Scriptures say,

“For you we face death
all day long.
We are like sheep
on their way
to be butchered.”

37 In everything we have won more than a victory because of Christ who loves us. 38 I am sure that nothing can separate us from God's love—not life or death, not angels or spirits, not the present or the future, 39 and not powers above or powers below. Nothing in all creation can separate us from God's love for us in Christ Jesus our Lord!

Footnotes:

  1. 8.28 God is always at work for the good of everyone who loves him: Or “All things work for the good of everyone who loves God” or “God's Spirit always works for the good of everyone who loves God.”
  2. 8.34 right side: The place of power and honor.

Cross references:

  1. 8.27 : 4 Macc 10.18.
  2. 8.36 : Ps 44.22.
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Psalm 18:37-50

37 I kept chasing my enemies,
until I caught them
and destroyed them.
38 I stuck my sword
through my enemies,
and they were crushed
under my feet.
39 You helped me win victories,
and you forced my attackers
to fall victim to me.

40 You made my enemies run,
and I killed them.
41 They cried out for help,
but no one saved them;
they called out to you,
but there was no answer.
42 I ground them to dust
blown by the wind,
and I poured them out
like mud in the streets.

43 You rescued me
from stubborn people,
and you made me the leader
of foreign nations,
who are now my slaves.
44 They obey and come crawling.
45 They have lost all courage,
and from their fortresses,
they come trembling.

46 You are the living Lord!
I will praise you.
You are a mighty rock.[a]
I will honor you
for keeping me safe.
47 You took revenge for me,
and you put nations
in my power.
48 You protected me
from violent enemies
and made me much greater
than all of them.

49 (A) I will praise you, Lord,
and I will honor you
among the nations.
50 You give glorious victories
to your chosen king.
Your faithful love for David
and for his descendants
will never end.

Footnotes:

  1. 18.46 mighty rock: See the note at 18.2.

Cross references:

  1. 18.49 : Ro 15.9.
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Proverbs 19:27-29

27 If you stop learning,
you will forget
what you already know.
28 A lying witness makes fun
of the court system,
and criminals think crime
is really delicious.
29 A stupid fool should expect
to be punished.

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07/23/2022 DAB Transcript

2 Chronicles 8:11-10:19, Romans 8:9-25, Psalms 18:16-36, Proverbs 19:26

Today is the 23rd day of July welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I’m Brian it’s awesome to be here with you every day. It’s awesome to be here with you around the Global Campfire as we move forward on our journey. And this journey is well underway. We’re well into the Scriptures, but we’re in a journey that takes us all the way through, and we do that, step-by-step day by day. And, so, we’re here for the next step. And that next step leads us back to second Chronicles in the Old Testament and the book of Romans in the New. We’re reading from the English Standard Version this week which is today and then we’ll move forward tomorrow. But for today second Chronicles chapter 8 verse 11 through 10 verse 19.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word and we thank You indeed for another week to spend on this earth together in community day by day moving through the Scriptures. And as is so often the case, we find ourselves in a state of gratitude because the Scriptures speak to our lives. They inform our lives. They inform our choices. They bring the voice of wisdom to us and reveal the crossroads in our lives. And we confess, there’s plenty of times we’re not paying attention but that’s not because it’s not available and it’s not there. So, we thank You for wisdom. We thank You for mercy. We thank You for grace. We thank You for freedom. All of the things that we are learning about in the letter to the Romans right now. We thank You for these things. Holy Spirit come, and as we cooperate by surrendering and submitting ourselves before You give us eyes to see and ears to hear, that we might see clearly the path that we are walking together with You forever. We pray this in the precious name of Jesus. Amen.

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Community Prayer and Praise:

This is Grant from __. I just want to take a moment this morning to pray for all of y'all out there. I don’t know what all your problems are, but God does. I just pray that, Lord that you please just be with all the people that need you, please just bless them, take care of them, and love them. Please just guide them in the direction that you wish for them to take. Please help all those that are having mental issues and cancer, fighting cancer and all. Lord, you know all their problems. Lord, I ask you please just be with them, bless them. Give them your love. Take care of them. I pray these things in your name Jesus. Amen. Love all y'all. Hope you have a great day. Hope the Lord is with you. Take care.

Hey family this is Mindy calling from Ohio and I was calling hopefully to encourage our sister Ashley from California. I heard your prayer request and it made me just think of something that has encouraged me in the last day or two. I heard a message from a pastor that talked about things that we can’t do for all of eternity. We can praise God. We can worship God. We can all of that for all of eternity, but we can’t do it in the midst of our brokenness or in the midst of our pain and our loss. But we have that opportunity to do that here now for such a short time. And it really made me think of what else can’t we do in eternity. And I’ve just been thinking just this morning of, we can’t show the radical love of God to the lost. We can’t tell people that don’t know Jesus about Him. We can’t love people that don’t love us. We can’t do any of that for all of eternity, but we have right now to be able to do that and to be able to sacrifice our way to God and to just give Him that gift of just a sacrifice, just to lay it at His feet, to be instruments of His righteousness in a lost and broken and dark world and bring light into darkness. All of these things we won’t be able to do for eternity, but we can do them now. So, sister I just hope this encourages you and just helps you be the shining light that you’ve been to us when you call in, to be that to your family in the midst of everything you guys are going through. And we’ll be praying for you. OK. Love you guys. Bye.

Good morning DAB this is Pamela from Texas. I just want to encourage you. If you don’t listen to the prayers afterwards to take the time to listen because whether they’re praying for you or not sometimes what is said will speak directly to you. I heard a word on June the 12th. She didn’t even give her name. She just started out my sister in Christ from Texas I feel I have a word for you from the Holy Spirit. And I don’t even think she was praying for me. She was probably praying for someone else in Texas. But what she said I know was a word for me directly from the Holy Spirit and it really resonated with me and spoke to me because of what I was going through. And I don’t call in very much but I’m going to start calling in because I do pray for those requests that God lays on my heart to pray for. And I am encouraged by this podcast and the prayers that everyone prays and how everyone prays for all of us. So, I know that I need prayer and I just wanna encourage everybody to pray and to listen to the prayers because sometimes those prayers will speak to you. Thank you, Brian. I love y’all. Have a great and Jesus filled day. Amen.

Hey everybody this is Jonathan from Denver. I’m calling in need of prayer today. I had some time off this week, took a little extra time off and I was planning to kind of go on my version of the long walk because I wasn’t able to on last Thursday. But instead, I kind of wasted a lot of that time and I sort of spiraled and I didn’t end up doing any of this stuff that I wanted to do. So, I’m just feeling really down and like I am not serving the Lord well and like I’m preventing myself from doing God’s will, which just feels lousy. So, I just ask that you would pray for me as I continue to go through this week. I’m back on and listening and I’m hoping that just hearing more of the word will help me. But your prayers are really coveted, and I thank you for this community and for all that you do for me. I’ve been feeling quite…quite isolated from any sort of faith community. So, this is really a godsend. So, thank you.

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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.”

12 Then 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. 14 According 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. 15 And they did not turn aside from what the king had commanded the priests and Levites concerning any matter and concerning the treasuries.

16 Thus 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.

17 Then Solomon went to (L)Ezion-geber and (M)Eloth on the shore of the sea, in the land of Edom. 18 And 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. 2 And Solomon answered all her questions. There was nothing hidden from Solomon that he could not explain to her. 3 And when (Q)the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built, 4 the 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.

5 And she said to the king, “The report was true that I heard in my own land of your words and of your wisdom, 6 but 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. 7 Happy are your wives![d] Happy are these your servants, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom! 8 Blessed 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.” 9 Then 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.

10 Moreover, the servants of Hiram and the servants of Solomon, (T)who brought gold from Ophir, brought algum wood and precious stones. 11 And 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.

12 And 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, 14 besides 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. 15 King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold; 600 shekels[f] of beaten gold went into each shield. 16 And 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. 17 The king also made a great ivory throne and overlaid it with pure gold. 18 The 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, 19 while twelve lions stood there, one on each end of a step on the six steps. Nothing like it was ever made for any kingdom. 20 All 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. 21 For 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]

22 Thus King Solomon (AA)excelled all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom. 23 And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put into his mind. 24 Every one of them brought his present, articles of silver and of gold, garments, myrrh,[h] spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year. 25 And 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? 30 Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. 31 And 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. 2 And 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. 3 And 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.” 5 He said to them, “Come to me again in three days.” So the people went away.

6 Then 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?” 7 And 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.” 8 But 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. 9 And 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’?” 10 And 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. 11 And 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.’”

12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king said, “Come to me again the third day.” 13 And the king answered them harshly; and forsaking the counsel of the old men, 14 King 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.” 15 So 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.

16 And 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. 17 But Rehoboam reigned over the people of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah. 18 Then 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. 19 So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.

Footnotes:

  1. 2 Chronicles 8:16 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew to
  2. 2 Chronicles 8:18 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
  3. 2 Chronicles 9:6 Hebrew their
  4. 2 Chronicles 9:7 Septuagint (compare 1 Kings 10:8); Hebrew men
  5. 2 Chronicles 9:9 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
  6. 2 Chronicles 9:15 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
  7. 2 Chronicles 9:21 Or baboons
  8. 2 Chronicles 9:24 Or armor
  9. 2 Chronicles 9:26 Hebrew the River
  10. 2 Chronicles 10:6 Or the elders; also verses 8, 13
  11. 2 Chronicles 10:18 Spelled Adoram in 1 Kings 12:18

Cross references:

  1. 2 Chronicles 8:11 : 1 Kgs. 3:1; 7:8; 9:24
  2. 2 Chronicles 8:12 : ch. 4:1; 15:8
  3. 2 Chronicles 8:13 : [Ex. 29:38]
  4. 2 Chronicles 8:13 : Num. 28:3, 9, 11, 26; 29:2
  5. 2 Chronicles 8:13 : Ex. 23:14; Deut. 16:16
  6. 2 Chronicles 8:14 : See 1 Chr. 24
  7. 2 Chronicles 8:14 : See 1 Chr. 25
  8. 2 Chronicles 8:14 : ch. 7:6
  9. 2 Chronicles 8:14 : [See ver. 13 above]; [Ex. 29:38]
  10. 2 Chronicles 8:14 : See 1 Chr. 9:17-23, 26
  11. 2 Chronicles 8:14 : Neh. 12:24, 36
  12. 2 Chronicles 8:17 : 1 Kgs. 9:26
  13. 2 Chronicles 8:17 : [Deut. 2:8; 2 Kgs. 14:22]
  14. 2 Chronicles 8:18 : ch. 9:10; [1 Kgs. 9:28]
  15. 2 Chronicles 9:1 : For ver. 1-12, see 1 Kgs. 10:1-13
  16. 2 Chronicles 9:1 : [Matt. 12:42; Luke 11:31]
  17. 2 Chronicles 9:3 : [See ver. 1 above]; [Matt. 12:42; Luke 11:31]
  18. 2 Chronicles 9:8 : 1 Chr. 29:23
  19. 2 Chronicles 9:8 : ch. 2:11
  20. 2 Chronicles 9:10 : ch. 8:18
  21. 2 Chronicles 9:11 : [1 Kgs. 10:12]
  22. 2 Chronicles 9:12 : [1 Kgs. 10:13]
  23. 2 Chronicles 9:13 : For ver. 13-28, see 1 Kgs. 10:14-28
  24. 2 Chronicles 9:14 : Ps. 68:29; 72:10
  25. 2 Chronicles 9:16 : [1 Kgs. 10:17]
  26. 2 Chronicles 9:21 : ch. 20:36, 37
  27. 2 Chronicles 9:22 : 1 Kgs. 3:13
  28. 2 Chronicles 9:25 : [ch. 1:14; 1 Kgs. 4:26; 10:26]
  29. 2 Chronicles 9:26 : 1 Kgs. 4:21
  30. 2 Chronicles 9:26 : Gen. 15:18; Ex. 23:31; Ps. 72:8
  31. 2 Chronicles 9:27 : ch. 1:15
  32. 2 Chronicles 9:28 : ch. 1:16
  33. 2 Chronicles 9:29 : For ver. 29-31, see 1 Kgs. 11:41-43
  34. 2 Chronicles 9:29 : 1 Chr. 29:29
  35. 2 Chronicles 9:29 : 2 Sam. 12:1
  36. 2 Chronicles 9:29 : 1 Kgs. 11:29
  37. 2 Chronicles 9:29 : ch. 12:15; 13:22
  38. 2 Chronicles 9:29 : 2 Sam. 24:11; See 1 Sam. 9:9
  39. 2 Chronicles 9:31 : [1 Kgs. 2:10]
  40. 2 Chronicles 10:1 : For ver. 1-19, see 1 Kgs. 12:1-20
  41. 2 Chronicles 10:2 : 1 Kgs. 11:40
  42. 2 Chronicles 10:4 : [1 Kgs. 5:15]
  43. 2 Chronicles 10:7 : [1 Kgs. 12:7]
  44. 2 Chronicles 10:15 : See 1 Kgs. 11:29-39
  45. 2 Chronicles 10:16 : See 2 Sam. 20:1
  46. 2 Chronicles 10:18 : [1 Kgs. 4:6; 5:14]
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Romans 8:9-25

9 You, 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. 10 But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 If 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

12 So then, brothers,[b] we are debtors, (F)not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. 13 For 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. 14 For all who are (H)led by the Spirit of God are (I)sons[c] of God. 15 For (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, 17 and 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

18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time (Q)are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. 19 For the creation waits with eager longing for (R)the revealing of the sons of God. 20 For the creation (S)was subjected to futility, not willingly, but (T)because of him who subjected it, in hope 21 that (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. 22 For we know that (V)the whole creation (W)has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. 23 And 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. 24 For (AB)in this hope we were saved. Now (AC)hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we (AD)wait for it with patience.

Footnotes:

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

Cross references:

  1. Romans 8:9 : ver. 11; 1 Cor. 3:16; 6:19; 2 Cor. 6:16; 2 Tim. 1:14
  2. Romans 8:9 : Jude 19; [John 14:17]
  3. Romans 8:9 : See Acts 16:7
  4. Romans 8:11 : See Acts 2:24
  5. Romans 8:11 : [2 Cor. 3:6]
  6. Romans 8:12 : See ver. 2
  7. Romans 8:13 : Col. 3:5
  8. Romans 8:14 : Gal. 5:18
  9. Romans 8:14 : ver. 16, 19; ch. 9:8, 26; Deut. 14:1; Hos. 1:10; John 1:12
  10. Romans 8:15 : 1 Cor. 2:12
  11. Romans 8:15 : 2 Tim. 1:7; [Gal. 2:4; Heb. 2:15; 1 John 4:18]
  12. Romans 8:15 : ver. 23; Gal. 4:5; [ch. 9:4; Isa. 56:5; Jer. 31:9]
  13. Romans 8:15 : Gal. 4:6; [Mark 14:36]
  14. Romans 8:16 : 2 Cor. 1:22; 5:5; Eph. 1:13, 14; 1 John 3:24
  15. Romans 8:17 : Gal. 3:29; 4:7; Titus 3:7
  16. Romans 8:17 : 2 Cor. 1:7; 2 Tim. 2:12; See Acts 14:22
  17. Romans 8:18 : 2 Cor. 4:17; [1 Pet. 1:5, 6]
  18. Romans 8:19 : 1 Pet. 4:13; 5:1; 1 John 3:2; [ch. 2:7]
  19. Romans 8:20 : Gen. 3:18, 19; Eccles. 1:2
  20. Romans 8:20 : Gen. 3:17
  21. Romans 8:21 : [Acts 3:21]
  22. Romans 8:22 : Mark 16:15
  23. Romans 8:22 : Jer. 12:4, 11
  24. Romans 8:23 : [2 Cor. 5:5; James 1:18]
  25. Romans 8:23 : 2 Cor. 5:2, 4
  26. Romans 8:23 : ver. 19, 25; Isa. 25:9; Gal. 5:5
  27. Romans 8:23 : See ch. 7:24; Luke 21:28
  28. Romans 8:24 : [1 Thess. 1:3; 5:8]
  29. Romans 8:24 : 2 Cor. 4:18; Heb. 11:1
  30. Romans 8:25 : [1 Thess. 1:3; 5:8]
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Psalm 18:16-36

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

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

25 With (L)the merciful you show yourself merciful;
with the blameless man you show yourself blameless;
26 with the purified you show yourself pure;
and with (M)the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.
27 For you save (N)a humble people,
but (O)the haughty eyes you bring down.
28 For it is you who light my (P)lamp;
the Lord my God lightens my darkness.
29 For by you I can run against a troop,
and by my God I can (Q)leap over (R)a wall.
30 This 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.

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

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 18:22 Or just decrees
  2. Psalm 18:30 Or blameless

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 18:16 : [Ps. 144:7]
  2. Psalm 18:16 : [Ex. 2:10]
  3. Psalm 18:16 : See Ps. 32:6; Job 22:11
  4. Psalm 18:17 : Ps. 142:6
  5. Psalm 18:19 : Ps. 31:8; 118:5; [ver. 36]
  6. Psalm 18:19 : Ps. 22:8; 2 Sam. 15:26
  7. Psalm 18:20 : Ps. 7:8; 1 Sam. 24:19; 26:23; 1 Kgs. 8:32
  8. Psalm 18:20 : See Job 22:30
  9. Psalm 18:21 : [Gen. 18:19; Prov. 8:32]
  10. Psalm 18:22 : Ps. 119:30, 102
  11. Psalm 18:23 : Gen. 17:1; [1 Kgs. 14:8]
  12. Psalm 18:25 : Matt. 5:7
  13. Psalm 18:26 : Ps. 81:12; Lev. 26:23, 24; Prov. 3:34; Acts 7:42; Rom. 1:28
  14. Psalm 18:27 : [Ex. 3:7]
  15. Psalm 18:27 : See Ps. 101:5
  16. Psalm 18:28 : Ps. 132:17; 1 Kgs. 11:36; 15:4; 2 Kgs. 8:19; [2 Sam. 21:17]; See Job 18:5, 6
  17. Psalm 18:29 : [Isa. 35:6]
  18. Psalm 18:29 : See 2 Sam. 5:6-9
  19. Psalm 18:30 : Deut. 32:4; Dan. 4:37; Matt. 5:48; [Rev. 15:3]
  20. Psalm 18:30 : See Ps. 12:6
  21. Psalm 18:30 : ver. 2
  22. Psalm 18:30 : Ps. 17:7
  23. Psalm 18:31 : [Ps. 86:8]
  24. Psalm 18:31 : See ver. 2
  25. Psalm 18:32 : 1 Sam. 2:4; Isa. 45:5
  26. Psalm 18:32 : Ps. 101:2, 6; 119:1; Job 22:3
  27. Psalm 18:33 : Hab. 3:19
  28. Psalm 18:33 : Deut. 32:13; Isa. 58:14
  29. Psalm 18:34 : Ps. 144:1
  30. Psalm 18:35 : Ps. 20:2
  31. Psalm 18:35 : [Isa. 63:9]
  32. Psalm 18:36 : Ps. 31:8; Prov. 4:12; [ver. 19]
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Proverbs 19:26

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

Cross references:

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

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

2 Chronicles 6:12-8:10

Solomon's Prayer of Dedication

12 Then 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, 14 and 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. 16 Now 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.’ 17 Now 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! 19 Yet 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. 21 And 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, 23 then 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, 29 whatever 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, 31 that 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, 33 hear 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, 35 then 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, 37 yet 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,’ 38 if 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, 39 then hear from heaven your dwelling place their prayer and their pleas, and maintain their cause and forgive your people who have sinned against you. 40 Now, 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.
42 O 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. 2 And the priests could not enter the house of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord filled the Lord's house. 3 When 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. 5 King Solomon offered as a sacrifice 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God. 6 The 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.

8 At 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. 9 And 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. 10 On 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. 12 Then 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, 14 if 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. 17 And 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, 18 then 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. 21 And 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?’ 22 Then 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, 2 Solomon rebuilt the cities that Hiram had given to him, and settled the people of Israel in them.

3 And Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and took it. 4 He built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the store cities that he built in Hamath. 5 He also built (AW)Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon, (AX)fortified cities (AY)with walls, gates, and bars, 6 and 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, 8 from 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. 9 But 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. 10 And these were the chief officers of King Solomon, 250, who exercised authority over the people.

Footnotes:

  1. 2 Chronicles 6:13 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
  2. 2 Chronicles 6:26 Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew answer
  3. 2 Chronicles 6:27 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate (compare 1 Kings 8:36); Hebrew toward the good way
  4. 2 Chronicles 7:6 Hebrew by their hand
  5. 2 Chronicles 7:10 Or good
  6. 2 Chronicles 7:19 The Hebrew for you is plural here
  7. 2 Chronicles 7:20 Hebrew them; twice in this verse

Cross references:

  1. 2 Chronicles 6:13 : [2 Kgs. 11:14; 23:3]
  2. 2 Chronicles 6:13 : [1 Kgs. 8:54]
  3. 2 Chronicles 6:14 : See Ex. 15:11
  4. 2 Chronicles 6:14 : See Deut. 7:9
  5. 2 Chronicles 6:15 : 1 Chr. 22:9, 10
  6. 2 Chronicles 6:16 : ch. 7:18; See 1 Kgs. 2:4
  7. 2 Chronicles 6:16 : Ps. 132:12
  8. 2 Chronicles 6:18 : See ch. 2:6
  9. 2 Chronicles 6:20 : [ver. 40]
  10. 2 Chronicles 6:21 : [Dan. 9:19]
  11. 2 Chronicles 6:25 : [See ver. 21 above]; [Dan. 9:19]
  12. 2 Chronicles 6:26 : ch. 7:13; [1 Kgs. 17:1]
  13. 2 Chronicles 6:27 : [See ver. 21 above]; [Dan. 9:19]
  14. 2 Chronicles 6:28 : [ch. 20:9]
  15. 2 Chronicles 6:30 : [See ver. 21 above]; [Dan. 9:19]
  16. 2 Chronicles 6:30 : See 1 Sam. 16:7
  17. 2 Chronicles 6:33 : ch. 7:14; [James 2:7]
  18. 2 Chronicles 6:36 : Eccles. 7:20; James 3:2; 1 John 1:8
  19. 2 Chronicles 6:40 : Neh. 1:6, 11; [ver. 20; ch. 7:15]
  20. 2 Chronicles 6:40 : Ps. 130:2
  21. 2 Chronicles 6:41 : Ps. 132:8, 9; [1 Chr. 28:2]
  22. 2 Chronicles 6:41 : [Isa. 61:10]
  23. 2 Chronicles 6:41 : [ch. 7:10; Neh. 9:25]
  24. 2 Chronicles 6:42 : Ps. 132:10
  25. 2 Chronicles 6:42 : [Ps. 132:1]
  26. 2 Chronicles 7:1 : 1 Kgs. 8:54
  27. 2 Chronicles 7:1 : Lev. 9:24; 1 Kgs. 18:38; 1 Chr. 21:26
  28. 2 Chronicles 7:1 : See ch. 5:13
  29. 2 Chronicles 7:3 : See ch. 5:13
  30. 2 Chronicles 7:4 : 1 Kgs. 8:62; 63
  31. 2 Chronicles 7:6 : [1 Chr. 15:16]
  32. 2 Chronicles 7:6 : [See ver. 3 above]; See ch. 5:13
  33. 2 Chronicles 7:6 : ch. 5:12
  34. 2 Chronicles 7:7 : For ver. 7-10, see 1 Kgs. 8:64-66
  35. 2 Chronicles 7:8 : See Num. 34:8
  36. 2 Chronicles 7:8 : See Num. 34:5
  37. 2 Chronicles 7:11 : For ver. 11-22, see 1 Kgs. 9:1-9
  38. 2 Chronicles 7:12 : See Deut. 12:5
  39. 2 Chronicles 7:13 : [ch. 6:26, 28]
  40. 2 Chronicles 7:14 : [ch. 12:7]
  41. 2 Chronicles 7:15 : See ch. 6:40
  42. 2 Chronicles 7:16 : [See ver. 12 above]; See Deut. 12:5
  43. 2 Chronicles 7:18 : 1 Kgs. 8:25; See ch. 6:16
  44. 2 Chronicles 7:19 : [Lev. 26:14; Deut. 28:15]
  45. 2 Chronicles 7:20 : [Deut. 29:28]
  46. 2 Chronicles 7:20 : See Deut. 28:37
  47. 2 Chronicles 7:21 : Deut. 29:24; Jer. 22:8, 9
  48. 2 Chronicles 8:1 : For ver. 1-18, see 1 Kgs. 9:10-28
  49. 2 Chronicles 8:5 : See Josh. 16:3, 5
  50. 2 Chronicles 8:5 : ch. 14:7; Deut. 3:5
  51. 2 Chronicles 8:5 : ch. 14:7; Deut. 3:5
  52. 2 Chronicles 8:7 : See Gen. 15:18-21
  53. 2 Chronicles 8:8 : ch. 10:18; 1 Kgs. 4:6; 9:21; 12:18; [Josh. 16:10]
English Standard Version (ESV)

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Romans 7:14-8:8

14 For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, (A)sold under sin. 15 For I do not understand my own actions. For (B)I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate. 16 Now if I do what I do not want, I agree with (C)the law, that it is good. 17 So now (D)it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. 18 For 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. 20 Now if I do what I do not want, (G)it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.

21 So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. 22 For (H)I delight in the law of God, (I)in my inner being, 23 but 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. 24 Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from (K)this body of death? 25 Thanks 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] 2 For the law of (L)the Spirit of life (M)has set you[b] free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. 3 For (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, 4 in 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. 5 For (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. 6 For to set (Y)the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. 7 For 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. 8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

Footnotes:

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

Cross references:

  1. Romans 7:14 : 1 Kgs. 21:20, 25; 2 Kgs. 17:17; Isa. 50:1; 52:3
  2. Romans 7:15 : ver. 18, 19; [Gal. 5:17]
  3. Romans 7:16 : 1 Tim. 1:8; [ver. 12]
  4. Romans 7:17 : ver. 20
  5. Romans 7:18 : Gen. 6:5; 8:21; Job 14:4; 15:14; Ps. 51:5
  6. Romans 7:19 : ver. 15
  7. Romans 7:20 : ver. 17
  8. Romans 7:22 : Ps. 1:2; 112:1; 119:35
  9. Romans 7:22 : 2 Cor. 4:16; Eph. 3:16; [1 Pet. 3:4]
  10. Romans 7:23 : Gal. 5:17; [James 4:1]
  11. Romans 7:24 : [ch. 6:6; 8:23]
  12. Romans 8:2 : 1 Cor. 15:45; 2 Cor. 3:6
  13. Romans 8:2 : ver. 12; See ch. 6:14, 18; 7:4
  14. Romans 8:3 : Heb. 10:1, 2, 10, 14; See Acts 13:39
  15. Romans 8:3 : Gal. 4:9; Heb. 7:18
  16. Romans 8:3 : Heb. 10:6, 8
  17. Romans 8:3 : 2 Cor. 5:21
  18. Romans 8:3 : Phil. 2:7; See John 1:14
  19. Romans 8:3 : Lev. 16:5; Heb. 10:6, 8; 13:11
  20. Romans 8:4 : ch. 1:32; 2:26
  21. Romans 8:4 : Gal. 5:16, 25
  22. Romans 8:5 : [Gal. 6:8]
  23. Romans 8:5 : Gal. 5:19-21
  24. Romans 8:5 : Gal. 5:22, 23, 25
  25. Romans 8:6 : ver. 13; [Col. 2:18]; See ch. 6:21
  26. Romans 8:7 : James 4:4
  27. Romans 8:7 : 1 Cor. 2:14
English Standard Version (ESV)

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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:

18 I love you, O Lord, my strength.
2 The 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.
3 I 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.

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

13 The Lord also (Z)thundered in the heavens,
and the Most High uttered his (AA)voice,
hailstones and coals of fire.
14 And he sent out his (AB)arrows and scattered them;
he flashed forth lightnings and (AC)routed them.
15 Then (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:

  1. Psalm 18:4 Or terrified me
  2. Psalm 18:8 Or in his wrath

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 18:1 : Ps. 36, title; 89:3, 20; [2 Sam. 3:18; 7:5]
  2. Psalm 18:1 : See 2 Sam. 22
  3. Psalm 18:1 : Ex. 15:1; Deut. 31:30
  4. Psalm 18:2 : ver. 31, 46; Ps. 19:14; 31:3
  5. Psalm 18:2 : Ps. 91:2; 144:2
  6. Psalm 18:2 : ver. 31, 46; Ps. 19:14; 31:3
  7. Psalm 18:2 : [Heb. 2:13]
  8. Psalm 18:2 : ver. 30; Gen. 15:1
  9. Psalm 18:2 : Ps. 112:9; Luke 1:69
  10. Psalm 18:2 : See Ps. 9:9
  11. Psalm 18:3 : Ps. 48:1; 96:4; 113:3; 145:3
  12. Psalm 18:4 : Ps. 116:3; [Ps. 119:61]
  13. Psalm 18:4 : See Ps. 32:6
  14. Psalm 18:5 : [See ver. 4 above]; Ps. 116:3; [Ps. 119:61]
  15. Psalm 18:6 : Ps. 66:14; 102:2; 120:1; [Jonah 2:2]
  16. Psalm 18:6 : See Ps. 11:4
  17. Psalm 18:7 : [Judg. 5:4; Acts 4:31; 16:26]
  18. Psalm 18:8 : See Ps. 21:9
  19. Psalm 18:9 : Ps. 144:5
  20. Psalm 18:9 : Isa. 64:1
  21. Psalm 18:9 : See Ex. 20:21
  22. Psalm 18:10 : Ps. 104:3
  23. Psalm 18:11 : Job 36:29; [Ps. 97:2]
  24. Psalm 18:11 : [Ps. 29:3]
  25. Psalm 18:12 : [Ps. 148:8; Josh. 10:11]
  26. Psalm 18:13 : 1 Sam. 2:10; 7:10; See Job 37:4
  27. Psalm 18:13 : Isa. 30:30; See Ps. 29:3-9
  28. Psalm 18:14 : Ps. 7:13; 64:7; 77:17; 144:6; Deut. 32:23, 42; Hab. 3:11
  29. Psalm 18:14 : Ex. 14:24; Josh. 10:10
  30. Psalm 18:15 : Ps. 42:1; Joel 1:20 (Heb.); [Job 36:30]
  31. Psalm 18:15 : Ps. 106:9; Nah. 1:4
  32. Psalm 18:15 : [Ex. 15:8]
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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:

  1. Proverbs 19:24 : ch. 26:15; [ch. 15:19; 20:4]
  2. Proverbs 19:24 : [Matt. 26:23; Mark 14:20]
  3. Proverbs 19:25 : ch. 21:11
  4. Proverbs 19:25 : See Ps. 1:1
  5. Proverbs 19:25 : See Deut. 13:6-11
  6. Proverbs 19:25 : [ch. 9:8]
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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 21st 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 18th. 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 18th’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.

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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. 3 Under 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. 4 It 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. 5 Its 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.

7 And 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. 9 He 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: 12 the 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, 15 and the one sea, and the twelve oxen underneath it. 16 The 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. 17 In 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.

19 So Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of God: the golden altar, (T)the tables for the bread of the Presence, 20 the lampstands and their lamps of pure gold (U)to burn before the inner sanctuary, as prescribed; 21 the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of purest gold; 22 the 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

2 Then 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. 3 And all the men of Israel assembled before the king at the feast that is in the seventh month. 4 And all the elders of Israel came, (X)and the Levites took up the ark. 5 And 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. 6 And 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. 7 Then 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. 8 The cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim made a covering above the ark and its poles. 9 And 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. 10 There 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. 11 And 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, 12 and 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; 13 and 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, 14 so 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. 2 But I have built you (AL)an exalted house, a place for you to dwell in forever.” 3 Then the king turned around and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood. 4 And 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. 8 But 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. 9 Nevertheless, 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.’ 10 Now 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. 11 And there I have set the ark, (AQ)in which is the covenant of the Lord that he made with the people of Israel.”

Footnotes:

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

Cross references:

  1. 2 Chronicles 4:1 : ch. 7:7; 8:12; [ch. 15:8; 1 Kgs. 8:64; 2 Kgs. 16:14]; See Ezek. 43:13-17
  2. 2 Chronicles 4:2 : For ver. 2-5, see 1 Kgs. 7:23-26
  3. 2 Chronicles 4:5 : [1 Kgs. 7:26]
  4. 2 Chronicles 4:6 : 1 Kgs. 7:38, 39
  5. 2 Chronicles 4:7 : ver. 20; 1 Kgs. 7:49; See Ex. 25:31-39; 27:20, 21
  6. 2 Chronicles 4:8 : ver. 19; [1 Kgs. 7:48]
  7. 2 Chronicles 4:9 : 1 Kgs. 6:36
  8. 2 Chronicles 4:9 : [ch. 6:13; 2 Kgs. 21:5]
  9. 2 Chronicles 4:10 : 1 Kgs. 7:39
  10. 2 Chronicles 4:11 : For ch. 4:11–5:1, see 1 Kgs. 7:40-51
  11. 2 Chronicles 4:11 : [1 Kgs. 7:13, 14]
  12. 2 Chronicles 4:11 : [1 Kgs. 7:13, 14]
  13. 2 Chronicles 4:12 : 1 Kgs. 7:41
  14. 2 Chronicles 4:13 : [1 Kgs. 7:20]
  15. 2 Chronicles 4:14 : [See ver. 6 above]; 1 Kgs. 7:38, 39
  16. 2 Chronicles 4:16 : 1 Chr. 28:17
  17. 2 Chronicles 4:16 : [See ver. 11 above]; For ch. 4:11–5:1, see 1 Kgs. 7:40-51
  18. 2 Chronicles 4:16 : ch. 2:13; [1 Kgs. 7:14]
  19. 2 Chronicles 4:18 : 1 Kgs. 7:47
  20. 2 Chronicles 4:19 : ver. 8
  21. 2 Chronicles 4:20 : ver. 7
  22. 2 Chronicles 5:1 : For ver. 1-10, see 1 Kgs. 7:51–8:9
  23. 2 Chronicles 5:2 : 2 Sam. 6:12
  24. 2 Chronicles 5:4 : [ver. 7; 1 Kgs. 8:3]
  25. 2 Chronicles 5:5 : ch. 23:18; 30:27
  26. 2 Chronicles 5:9 : [1 Kgs. 8:8]
  27. 2 Chronicles 5:10 : Deut. 10:2, 5; [ch. 6:11]
  28. 2 Chronicles 5:11 : 1 Chr. 24:1, 5; [Luke 1:5]
  29. 2 Chronicles 5:12 : See 1 Chr. 25:1-4
  30. 2 Chronicles 5:12 : See 1 Chr. 6:39
  31. 2 Chronicles 5:12 : See 1 Chr. 6:33
  32. 2 Chronicles 5:12 : 1 Chr. 15:16; Ps. 150:3-5
  33. 2 Chronicles 5:12 : ch. 7:6; 1 Chr. 15:24
  34. 2 Chronicles 5:13 : 1 Chr. 16:42
  35. 2 Chronicles 5:13 : See 1 Chr. 16:34
  36. 2 Chronicles 5:14 : ch. 7:2; 1 Kgs. 8:11; [Ex. 40:35; Ezek. 10:3, 4]
  37. 2 Chronicles 6:1 : For ver. 1-39, see 1 Kgs. 8:12-50; [Ex. 20:21; Heb. 12:18]
  38. 2 Chronicles 6:2 : [Ps. 135:21]
  39. 2 Chronicles 6:6 : ch. 12:13; Ps. 78:68
  40. 2 Chronicles 6:6 : 1 Chr. 28:4; See 1 Sam. 16:11-13
  41. 2 Chronicles 6:7 : 2 Sam. 7:2; 1 Chr. 17:1; 28:2
  42. 2 Chronicles 6:8 : [See ver. 7 above]; 2 Sam. 7:2; 1 Chr. 17:1; 28:2
  43. 2 Chronicles 6:11 : [ch. 5:10]
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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? 2 For (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] 3 Accordingly, (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.

4 Likewise, 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. 5 For 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. 6 But 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

7 What 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.” 8 But sin, (M)seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. (N)For apart from the law, sin lies dead. 9 I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin came alive and I died. 10 The very commandment (O)that promised life proved to be death to me. 11 For sin, (P)seizing an opportunity through the commandment, (Q)deceived me and through it killed me. 12 So (R)the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.

13 Did 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:

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

Cross references:

  1. Romans 7:2 : 1 Cor. 7:39
  2. Romans 7:3 : Matt. 5:32
  3. Romans 7:4 : ver. 6; See ch. 6:2
  4. Romans 7:4 : ch. 8:2; Gal. 2:19; 5:18; Eph. 2:15; Col. 2:14
  5. Romans 7:4 : [Eph. 2:16; Col. 1:22]
  6. Romans 7:4 : ch. 6:22; Gal. 5:22; Eph. 5:9
  7. Romans 7:5 : ch. 6:13
  8. Romans 7:5 : See ch. 6:21, 23
  9. Romans 7:6 : See ch. 6:4
  10. Romans 7:6 : ch. 2:27, 29; 2 Cor. 3:6
  11. Romans 7:7 : See ch. 3:20
  12. Romans 7:7 : ch. 13:9; Ex. 20:17; Deut. 5:21
  13. Romans 7:8 : ver. 11; [Gal. 5:13]
  14. Romans 7:8 : 1 Cor. 15:56
  15. Romans 7:10 : See ch. 10:5
  16. Romans 7:11 : ver. 8
  17. Romans 7:11 : [Gen. 3:13; Heb. 3:13]
  18. Romans 7:12 : Ps. 19:8, 9; 119:137; 2 Pet. 2:21; [ver. 16]
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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!
2 From your presence (C)let my vindication come!
Let your eyes behold the right!

3 You 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.
4 With regard to the works of man, by the word of your lips
I have avoided the ways of the violent.
5 My steps have (H)held fast to your paths;
my feet have not slipped.

6 I (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.

8 Keep me as (M)the apple of your eye;
hide me in (N)the shadow of your wings,
9 from 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.
11 They have now surrounded our (R)steps;
they set their eyes to (S)cast us to the ground.
12 He is like a lion eager to tear,
as a young lion (T)lurking in ambush.

13 Arise, O Lord! Confront him, subdue him!
Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword,
14 from 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.

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

Footnotes:

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

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 17:1 : [Ps. 86, title; 142, title]
  2. Psalm 17:1 : Ps. 142:6; [Ps. 61:1; Jer. 7:16]
  3. Psalm 17:2 : [Ps. 26:1]
  4. Psalm 17:3 : See Job 23:10
  5. Psalm 17:3 : Job 31:14
  6. Psalm 17:3 : Ps. 16:7; [Job 33:15]
  7. Psalm 17:3 : Judg. 7:4; Zech. 13:9; 1 Pet. 1:7; [Ps. 139:1; Mal. 3:2, 3]
  8. Psalm 17:5 : Job 23:11; [Ps. 44:18]
  9. Psalm 17:6 : Ps. 86:6, 7; 116:1, 2
  10. Psalm 17:6 : See Ps. 31:2
  11. Psalm 17:7 : Ps. 31:21
  12. Psalm 17:7 : Ps. 44:5; 59:1; 139:21
  13. Psalm 17:8 : Deut. 32:10; Zech. 2:8
  14. Psalm 17:8 : Ps. 36:7; 57:1; 63:7; 91:4; [Matt. 23:37; Luke 13:34]; See Ruth 2:12
  15. Psalm 17:9 : [1 Sam. 23:26]
  16. Psalm 17:10 : [Ps. 119:70]
  17. Psalm 17:10 : Ps. 31:18; 1 Sam. 2:3
  18. Psalm 17:11 : [Ps. 89:51]
  19. Psalm 17:11 : Ps. 62:4
  20. Psalm 17:12 : [Ps. 10:8, 9]
  21. Psalm 17:14 : [Ps. 10:18; Luke 16:8; 20:34]
  22. Psalm 17:14 : Matt. 6:2, 5, 16; Luke 16:25
  23. Psalm 17:14 : [Job 21:11]
  24. Psalm 17:15 : Job 33:26; 1 John 3:2; [Ps. 11:7]
  25. Psalm 17:15 : Isa. 26:19; Dan. 12:2
  26. Psalm 17:15 : [Ps. 16:11]
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Proverbs 19:22-23

22 What is desired in a man is steadfast love,
and a poor man is better than a liar.
23 The 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:

  1. Proverbs 19:23 : ch. 10:16; 11:19; [Isa. 38:5; Mark 10:30]
  2. Proverbs 19:23 : [Ps. 25:13]
  3. Proverbs 19:23 : [Lev. 26:6]
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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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And that’s it for today, I’m Brian, I love you and I’ll be waiting for you here, tomorrow.

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.  

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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.

2 Solomon 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. 3 And 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.) 5 Moreover, (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. 6 And 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.” 8 And Solomon said to God, “You have shown great and steadfast love to David my father, (M)and have made me king in his place. 9 O 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. 10 Give 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?” 11 God 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, 12 wisdom 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.” 13 So 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. 15 And the king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stone, and he made cedar as plentiful as the sycamore of the Shephelah. 16 And Solomon's import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king's traders would buy them from Kue for a price. 17 They 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. 4 Behold, 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. 5 The 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? 7 So 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. 8 Send 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, 9 to 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.”

11 Then 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.” 12 Hiram 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. 15 Now 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.”

17 Then 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. 2 He began to build in the second month of the fourth year of his reign. 3 These 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. 4 The 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. 6 He adorned the house with settings of precious stones. The gold was gold of Parvaim. 7 So 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. 9 The 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. 11 The 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; 12 and 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. 13 The 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. 16 He 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:

  1. 2 Chronicles 1:5 Or him
  2. 2 Chronicles 1:13 Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew to
  3. 2 Chronicles 1:17 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
  4. 2 Chronicles 2:1 Ch 1:18 in Hebrew
  5. 2 Chronicles 2:2 Ch 2:1 in Hebrew
  6. 2 Chronicles 2:10 A cor was about 6 bushels or 220 liters
  7. 2 Chronicles 2:10 A bath was about 6 gallons or 22 liters
  8. 2 Chronicles 3:1 Septuagint; Hebrew lacks the Lord
  9. 2 Chronicles 3:3 Syriac; Hebrew foundations
  10. 2 Chronicles 3:3 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
  11. 2 Chronicles 3:4 Compare 1 Kings 6:3; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
  12. 2 Chronicles 3:8 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
  13. 2 Chronicles 3:9 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
  14. 2 Chronicles 3:10 Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
  15. 2 Chronicles 3:10 Hebrew they overlaid
  16. 2 Chronicles 3:13 Hebrew they
  17. 2 Chronicles 3:16 Hebrew chains in the inner sanctuary

Cross references:

  1. 2 Chronicles 1:1 : 1 Kgs. 2:46
  2. 2 Chronicles 1:1 : 1 Chr. 29:25
  3. 2 Chronicles 1:2 : 1 Chr. 27:1
  4. 2 Chronicles 1:3 : See 1 Kgs. 3:4
  5. 2 Chronicles 1:3 : 1 Chr. 16:39; 21:29
  6. 2 Chronicles 1:3 : Ex. 29:10; Lev. 10:7; Num. 14:10
  7. 2 Chronicles 1:4 : See 2 Sam. 6:2-17; 1 Chr. 15:25–16:1
  8. 2 Chronicles 1:5 : Ex. 27:1, 2; 38:1, 2
  9. 2 Chronicles 1:5 : Ex. 31:2
  10. 2 Chronicles 1:5 : [1 Chr. 13:3]
  11. 2 Chronicles 1:6 : 1 Kgs. 3:4
  12. 2 Chronicles 1:7 : For ver. 7-12, see 1 Kgs. 3:5-14
  13. 2 Chronicles 1:8 : 1 Chr. 28:5
  14. 2 Chronicles 1:9 : ch. 6:17; 1 Kgs. 8:26
  15. 2 Chronicles 1:9 : Gen. 13:16
  16. 2 Chronicles 1:10 : [Num. 27:17; Deut. 31:2]
  17. 2 Chronicles 1:11 : Eccles. 5:19; 6:2
  18. 2 Chronicles 1:12 : [See ver. 11 above]; Eccles. 5:19; 6:2
  19. 2 Chronicles 1:12 : ch. 9:22; [1 Chr. 29:25]
  20. 2 Chronicles 1:13 : See 1 Kgs. 3:4
  21. 2 Chronicles 1:13 : ver. 3
  22. 2 Chronicles 1:14 : For ver. 14-17, see ch. 9:25-28; 1 Kgs. 10:26-29
  23. 2 Chronicles 1:14 : [1 Kgs. 4:26]
  24. 2 Chronicles 1:14 : [1 Kgs. 9:19]
  25. 2 Chronicles 2:1 : 1 Kgs. 5:5
  26. 2 Chronicles 2:2 : ver. 18; 1 Kgs. 5:15, 16; [ch. 8:7, 8; 1 Kgs. 9:20, 21]
  27. 2 Chronicles 2:2 : [1 Kgs. 5:16]
  28. 2 Chronicles 2:3 : For ver. 3-16, see 1 Kgs. 5:2-11
  29. 2 Chronicles 2:3 : 1 Chr. 14:1
  30. 2 Chronicles 2:4 : See Ex. 30:7
  31. 2 Chronicles 2:4 : See Lev. 24:5-8
  32. 2 Chronicles 2:4 : See Num. 28:3-8
  33. 2 Chronicles 2:4 : ch. 8:13; Num. 28:9, 11, 19, 26
  34. 2 Chronicles 2:5 : Ps. 135:5; [Ex. 15:11; 1 Chr. 16:25; Ps. 86:8]
  35. 2 Chronicles 2:6 : ch. 6:18; 1 Kgs. 8:27; Isa. 66:1; Acts 7:49
  36. 2 Chronicles 2:6 : ch. 6:18; 1 Kgs. 8:27; Isa. 66:1; Acts 7:49
  37. 2 Chronicles 2:7 : ver. 13, 14
  38. 2 Chronicles 2:7 : 1 Chr. 22:15
  39. 2 Chronicles 2:8 : ch. 9:10, 11
  40. 2 Chronicles 2:10 : [1 Kgs. 5:11]
  41. 2 Chronicles 2:11 : ch. 9:8; 1 Kgs. 10:9
  42. 2 Chronicles 2:12 : See Gen. 1:1
  43. 2 Chronicles 2:12 : [ver. 1]
  44. 2 Chronicles 2:14 : 1 Kgs. 7:14
  45. 2 Chronicles 2:14 : [ver. 7]
  46. 2 Chronicles 2:15 : ver. 10
  47. 2 Chronicles 2:16 : [1 Kgs. 5:9]
  48. 2 Chronicles 2:16 : See Josh. 19:46
  49. 2 Chronicles 2:17 : [1 Chr. 22:2]
  50. 2 Chronicles 2:18 : See ver. 2
  51. 2 Chronicles 3:1 : For ver. 1, 2, see 1 Kgs. 6:1
  52. 2 Chronicles 3:1 : Gen. 22:2, 14
  53. 2 Chronicles 3:1 : [1 Chr. 21:15, 18, 28]
  54. 2 Chronicles 3:3 : [Ezra 3:11]
  55. 2 Chronicles 3:3 : For ver. 3, 4, see 1 Kgs. 6:2, 3
  56. 2 Chronicles 3:5 : 1 Kgs. 6:17
  57. 2 Chronicles 3:5 : 1 Kgs. 6:29, 32
  58. 2 Chronicles 3:7 : [See ver. 5 above]; 1 Kgs. 6:29, 32
  59. 2 Chronicles 3:8 : [1 Kgs. 6:16]
  60. 2 Chronicles 3:9 : 1 Chr. 28:11
  61. 2 Chronicles 3:10 : For ver. 10-13, see 1 Kgs. 6:23-28
  62. 2 Chronicles 3:13 : [Ezek. 40:9]
  63. 2 Chronicles 3:14 : See Ex. 26:31
  64. 2 Chronicles 3:15 : For ver. 15, 16, see 1 Kgs. 7:15-20; [1 Kgs. 7:15; 2 Kgs. 25:17; Jer. 52:21]
  65. 2 Chronicles 3:17 : 1 Kgs. 7:21
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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? 2 By no means! How can (B)we who died to sin still live in it? 3 Do you not know that all of us (C)who have been baptized (D)into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We 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.

5 For (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. 6 We 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. 7 For (N)one who has died (O)has been set free[b] from sin. 8 Now (P)if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 We know that (Q)Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; (R)death no longer has dominion over him. 10 For the death he died he died to sin, (S)once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. 11 So you also must consider yourselves (T)dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.

12 Let 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. 14 For (X)sin (Y)will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.

Slaves to Righteousness

15 What then? (Z)Are we to sin (AA)because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! 16 Do 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? 17 But (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, 18 and, (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. 22 But 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:

  1. Romans 6:6 Greek man
  2. Romans 6:7 Greek has been justified
  3. 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:

  1. Romans 6:1 : ver. 15; [ch. 3:8]
  2. Romans 6:2 : ver. 11; ch. 7:4, 6; Gal. 2:19; Col. 2:20; 3:3; 1 Pet. 2:24
  3. Romans 6:3 : Gal. 3:27
  4. Romans 6:3 : See Matt. 28:19
  5. Romans 6:4 : Col. 2:12
  6. Romans 6:4 : ver. 9; ch. 8:11; See Acts 2:24
  7. Romans 6:4 : [John 11:40; 2 Cor. 13:4]
  8. Romans 6:4 : 2 Cor. 5:17; Gal. 6:15; Eph. 4:23, 24; Col. 3:10; [ch. 7:6]
  9. Romans 6:5 : [2 Cor. 4:10]
  10. Romans 6:5 : Phil. 3:10, 11; [Col. 2:12; 3:1]
  11. Romans 6:6 : Eph. 4:22; Col. 3:9
  12. Romans 6:6 : Gal. 2:20; 5:24; 6:14
  13. Romans 6:6 : [ch. 7:24]
  14. Romans 6:7 : 1 Pet. 4:1
  15. Romans 6:7 : [ver. 18]
  16. Romans 6:8 : 2 Tim. 2:11; [2 Cor. 4:10; 13:4]
  17. Romans 6:9 : Acts 13:34; Rev. 1:18
  18. Romans 6:9 : [ch. 5:14, 17]
  19. Romans 6:10 : See Heb. 7:27
  20. Romans 6:11 : See ver. 2
  21. Romans 6:12 : ver. 14; Ps. 19:13; 119:133; Mic. 7:19; [2 Cor. 5:17]
  22. Romans 6:13 : ch. 7:5; Col. 3:5
  23. Romans 6:13 : ch. 12:1; 1 Pet. 2:24; 4:2
  24. Romans 6:14 : [ch. 8:2, 12]
  25. Romans 6:14 : See ver. 12
  26. Romans 6:15 : ver. 1
  27. Romans 6:15 : [1 Cor. 9:21]
  28. Romans 6:16 : [ver. 20; Matt. 6:24]; See John 8:34
  29. Romans 6:17 : See ch. 1:8
  30. Romans 6:17 : [2 Tim. 1:13]
  31. Romans 6:18 : ver. 22; ch. 8:2; [ver. 7]; See John 8:32
  32. Romans 6:18 : [ver. 22]
  33. Romans 6:19 : See ch. 3:5
  34. Romans 6:19 : See ver. 13
  35. Romans 6:19 : [1 Cor. 9:27]
  36. Romans 6:20 : See ver. 16
  37. Romans 6:21 : ch. 7:5; [Jer. 12:13]
  38. Romans 6:21 : [2 Cor. 4:2]
  39. Romans 6:21 : ch. 1:32; 8:6, 13; Prov. 14:12; Gal. 6:8
  40. Romans 6:22 : See ver. 18
  41. Romans 6:22 : 1 Cor. 7:22; 1 Pet. 2:16
  42. Romans 6:22 : ch. 7:4
  43. Romans 6:22 : 1 Pet. 1:9
  44. Romans 6:23 : [ch. 2:7]; See ch. 5:12
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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.
2 I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
(C)I have no good apart from you.”

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

4 The 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.

5 The 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.

7 I 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.

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

11 You 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:

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

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 16:1 : [Ps. 56, title; 57, title; 60, title]
  2. Psalm 16:1 : See Ps. 11:1
  3. Psalm 16:2 : [Ps. 73:25]
  4. Psalm 16:3 : [Ex. 19:6; Deut. 7:6; 1 Pet. 2:9]
  5. Psalm 16:4 : Ex. 23:13; Josh. 23:7
  6. Psalm 16:5 : Ps. 73:26; 119:57; 142:5; Num. 18:20; Lam. 3:24; [Deut. 32:9; Jer. 10:16; 51:19]
  7. Psalm 16:5 : Ps. 23:5; 116:13
  8. Psalm 16:5 : Ps. 125:3
  9. Psalm 16:6 : Mic. 2:5
  10. Psalm 16:7 : See 1 Sam. 23:9-12; 2 Sam. 5:18, 19
  11. Psalm 16:7 : Ps. 17:3; See Ps. 42:8
  12. Psalm 16:7 : Ps. 7:9
  13. Psalm 16:8 : Cited Acts 2:25-28
  14. Psalm 16:8 : Ps. 119:30
  15. Psalm 16:8 : Ps. 109:31; 110:5; 121:5
  16. Psalm 16:8 : Ps. 10:6; 15:5
  17. Psalm 16:9 : Ps. 30:12; 57:8; 108:1; Gen. 49:6
  18. Psalm 16:10 : See Job 21:13
  19. Psalm 16:10 : Cited Acts 13:35
  20. Psalm 16:10 : Ps. 89:18; [Mark 1:24]
  21. Psalm 16:10 : Ps. 49:9; 103:4
  22. Psalm 16:11 : Matt. 7:14
  23. Psalm 16:11 : [Ps. 21:6]
  24. Psalm 16:11 : Ps. 36:8
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Proverbs 19:20-21

20 Listen 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:

  1. Proverbs 19:20 : Ps. 37:37
  2. Proverbs 19:21 : Ps. 33:10, 11
  3. Proverbs 19:21 : Job 23:13; Isa. 14:26, 27
  4. Proverbs 19:21 : Isa. 46:10
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