07/03/2021 DAB Transcript

2 Kings 22:3-23:30, Acts 21:37-22:16, Psalm 1:1-6, Proverbs 18:11-12

Today is the 3rd day of July, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I’m Brian it’s awesome to be here with you today. As we continue our journey through the next steps forward and right now the territory, we’re in is the month of July and the territory we’re in the Scriptures is 2nd Kings and Acts and so that’s where we will find ourselves situated today as we bring to a close another one of our weeks together. Tomorrow we’ll begin the first full week of the month of July. Today we’ll finish this kind of transition week are reading from the New International Version this week, 2nd Kings 22 verse 3 through 23 verse 30.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word. We love You Lord what a gift, what a gift it, it’s binding us together. It’s pulling us together in community as we day-by-day step-by-step move through it together and it’s not only doing that it’s transforming us from within. Transforming things that we, we have no power to change within ourselves and yet Your Holy Spirit keeps leading us on the pathways that lead us deeper so we are grateful. And as we embrace July, we invite Your Holy Spirit to move mightily among us. We asked this expectantly, and with anticipation in the name of Jesus our Savior. Amen.

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Be aware of what’s coming up in a couple of days. On the 7th this coming Wednesday, the 7th of July is our own little Daily Audio Bible Global Campfire holiday that we have had for goodness well over a decade, well over a decade now. So, man probably maybe 14, 14 years I’m not sure a long time a lot a Long Walks and that’s what we do on the 7th of July we recognize we’re in the center of the year recognize that were probably weary in a lot of areas and a lot of times we do is double down and get more busy to try to create space so that we can maybe feel at peace or get a grasp on where we’re headed or as an alternative we could just plan a day for that not to catch up on chores a day to just breathe and be and heal and restore and go out in nature and be restored and look around and appreciate how much life is happening in nature, the birds, the little critters, all the stuff that’s going on around us but we’re pretty much too busy to pay attention to and to go for a Long Walk. That’s what you do when you fall in love right you go for Long Walks. Doesn’t matter if it’s raining. Doesn’t matter if it’s cold, doesn’t matter, you go for a Long Walk hand-in-hand. Time stands still you’re in love and God is in love with you and would love to go for a Long Walk with you and with me with each of us. And what and how could that be? Because God is Almighty and our Father, who knows all. So, these things that were so confused about and we can’t find peace about, maybe we could. Maybe we just need to talk em out with somebody who loves us deeply. That’s the purpose of the Long Walk to sort of set ourselves up strong for the second half of the year. So that’s coming up this Wednesday, and it’s obviously it’s a private solitary thing to do to go for a walk with God. Consider life and where it’s headed. But it’s also something that we will be doing together all over the world and so we’ll put a post on the Daily Audio Bible Facebook page for the Long Walk and then you can post pictures in there from your Long Walk of little videos from you long walk. Share your story and when we come back from our Long Walks, we can go to that place and we get like a double dose, like a mini vacation all the way around the world as we look through the windows into each other’s lives and I love them very much. So, that’s a Long Walk and that’s coming up in a couple of days, mark that on your calendars.

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And I was gonna say that’s it for today but the other thing about the Long Walk is there’s a resource available that really is is perfect, it’s called Heart, a Contemplative Journey and you can get that where ever you get your music so like at the iTunes store or Google play, just search for my name or Heart a Contemplative Journey and that is really a wonderful conversation starter for the Long Walk to just kind of begin with prayer that opens our hearts opens us to the different emotions that we’ve been going through and feeling some of them we’ve been overwhelmed by, and some of them we’ve been suppressing but just open our hearts invite God, allow prayer and music to be a part of that story as we go on our Long Walk, so check that out.

And that’s it for today, I’m Brian, I love you and I’ll be waiting for you here tomorrow.

Prayers and Encouragement:

Hey DABers this is Nick Florida today is Thursday, July 1st. This is my third or fourth time calling in, I’ve been listening to the Daily Audio Bible for over three years now and I just love this community. You guys are awesome. I was calling today to see if everyone could pray for my neighbor. Her name is Beth. She has two young kids ages seven and three and her husband is very supportive of her through the tough time they are going through right now. She has stage IV cancer and doctors say that she doesn’t have too much longer with the way things are progressing. And I just call and ask for all of you to pray for her to show that God is the great physician and he can heal her through the name of Jesus. I’m not sure she’s saved. I don’t think she is but I know with the help of your prayer and through Jesus she can be healed and I’d love to give the honor and glory to God through all of you, praying and show her that God can heal and she should turn to him for salvation as well. Please pray have faith believe it can be done. Thank you everybody have a good day.

Hello DABers this is a prayer for Billy in Montgomery who is going to be on a Kairos ministry walk. He is going to be giving a talk to the prisoners there who are attending the Kairos. He commented that he, he wants so, to have a very, very powerful message for them. But Billy, I want you to know that, you already know, it’s not, it’s not you that has to come up with this God is going to come up with that particular wonderful talk that day that they need to hear and He will use you through your presentation, through the love that you have for God’s people and definitely count on, on being in, held up the prayer that day and as I do my walk, my Long Walk will be thinking and praying for you and the prisoners there. God bless you. This is Artie from Arkansas. Amen.

Hello DAB community this is Bubba D and my prayer goes out to Ben from Pennsylvania. Father God I ask that You would encourage Ben’s wife, give her strength to endure this time of small children for several months two and four, all the girls. We ask You to bless them. Bless Ben’s wife Lord with wisdom, how to get her day to a place where she can have breaks and she would have the fellowship with fellow moms and just time away from the daughters and give Ben wisdom too so that he would provide for her those breaks in times of R&R. Thank you Lord, asking your Holy Spirit to infuse Ben’s wife’s energy give her everything that she needs right now, mostly that rest that peace, for you are the Prince of Peace, Jesus. Give her all that she needs right now in your name Jesus Christ we pray.

Hello DAB this is Rob from Ohio, I’ve been listening for about a year and ½ now. I’ve called him several times and been on the Prayer Wall. I suffer from long COVID, long haulers like calling and the reasoning I’m calling and today is not so much for me and asking prayers for me. But as I go through the Cleveland clinic and I see these doctors and I’m meet in these groups. I see more and more people like me struggling to get back to normal for get over COVID or get over the symptoms. I just asked today that you say a prayer for all the people out there suffering from what is pretty much been you know miserable the last year and ½ for me and I know I’ve talked to a lot of people that have experienced quite similar things for months and months so please, please I ask for the people that aren’t able to return to normal. I ask you to please pray for them. Pray for wisdom for the doctors pray that we find answers why COVID is so much harder on us. They have their theories but nothing, nothing set in stone. Thank you very much and God bless.

The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Saturday July 3, 2021 (NIV)

2 Kings 22:3-23:30

In the eighteenth year of his reign, King Josiah sent the secretary, Shaphan(A) son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, to the temple of the Lord. He said: “Go up to Hilkiah(B) the high priest and have him get ready the money that has been brought into the temple of the Lord, which the doorkeepers have collected(C) from the people. Have them entrust it to the men appointed to supervise the work on the temple. And have these men pay the workers who repair(D) the temple of the Lord the carpenters, the builders and the masons. Also have them purchase timber and dressed stone to repair the temple.(E) But they need not account for the money entrusted to them, because they are honest in their dealings.”(F)

Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the secretary, “I have found the Book of the Law(G) in the temple of the Lord.” He gave it to Shaphan, who read it. Then Shaphan the secretary went to the king and reported to him: “Your officials have paid out the money that was in the temple of the Lord and have entrusted it to the workers and supervisors at the temple.” 10 Then Shaphan the secretary informed the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read from it in the presence of the king.(H)

11 When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law,(I) he tore his robes. 12 He gave these orders to Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam(J) son of Shaphan, Akbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the secretary and Asaiah the king’s attendant:(K) 13 “Go and inquire(L) of the Lord for me and for the people and for all Judah about what is written in this book that has been found. Great is the Lord’s anger(M) that burns against us because those who have gone before us have not obeyed the words of this book; they have not acted in accordance with all that is written there concerning us.”

14 Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Akbor, Shaphan and Asaiah went to speak to the prophet(N) Huldah, who was the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the New Quarter.

15 She said to them, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Tell the man who sent you to me, 16 ‘This is what the Lord says: I am going to bring disaster(O) on this place and its people, according to everything written in the book(P) the king of Judah has read. 17 Because they have forsaken(Q) me and burned incense to other gods and aroused my anger by all the idols their hands have made,[a] my anger will burn against this place and will not be quenched.’ 18 Tell the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire(R) of the Lord, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says concerning the words you heard: 19 Because your heart was responsive and you humbled(S) yourself before the Lord when you heard what I have spoken against this place and its people—that they would become a curse[b](T) and be laid waste(U)—and because you tore your robes and wept in my presence, I also have heard you, declares the Lord. 20 Therefore I will gather you to your ancestors, and you will be buried in peace.(V) Your eyes(W) will not see all the disaster I am going to bring on this place.’”

So they took her answer back to the king.

Josiah Renews the Covenant(X)(Y)(Z)(AA)

23 Then the king called together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. He went up to the temple of the Lord with the people of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the priests and the prophets—all the people from the least to the greatest. He read(AB) in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant,(AC) which had been found in the temple of the Lord. The king stood by the pillar(AD) and renewed the covenant(AE) in the presence of the Lord—to follow(AF) the Lord and keep his commands, statutes and decrees with all his heart and all his soul, thus confirming the words of the covenant written in this book. Then all the people pledged themselves to the covenant.

The king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the priests next in rank and the doorkeepers(AG) to remove(AH) from the temple of the Lord all the articles made for Baal and Asherah and all the starry hosts. He burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron Valley and took the ashes to Bethel. He did away with the idolatrous priests appointed by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the towns of Judah and on those around Jerusalem—those who burned incense(AI) to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations and to all the starry hosts.(AJ) He took the Asherah pole from the temple of the Lord to the Kidron Valley(AK) outside Jerusalem and burned it there. He ground it to powder(AL) and scattered the dust over the graves(AM) of the common people.(AN) He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes(AO) that were in the temple of the Lord, the quarters where women did weaving for Asherah.

Josiah brought all the priests from the towns of Judah and desecrated the high places, from Geba(AP) to Beersheba, where the priests had burned incense. He broke down the gateway at the entrance of the Gate of Joshua, the city governor, which was on the left of the city gate. Although the priests of the high places did not serve(AQ) at the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, they ate unleavened bread with their fellow priests.

10 He desecrated Topheth,(AR) which was in the Valley of Ben Hinnom,(AS) so no one could use it to sacrifice their son(AT) or daughter in the fire to Molek. 11 He removed from the entrance to the temple of the Lord the horses that the kings of Judah(AU) had dedicated to the sun. They were in the court[c] near the room of an official named Nathan-Melek. Josiah then burned the chariots dedicated to the sun.(AV)

12 He pulled down(AW) the altars the kings of Judah had erected on the roof(AX) near the upper room of Ahaz, and the altars Manasseh had built in the two courts(AY) of the temple of the Lord. He removed them from there, smashed them to pieces and threw the rubble into the Kidron Valley.(AZ) 13 The king also desecrated the high places that were east of Jerusalem on the south of the Hill of Corruption—the ones Solomon(BA) king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the vile goddess of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the vile god of Moab, and for Molek the detestable(BB) god of the people of Ammon.(BC) 14 Josiah smashed(BD) the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles and covered the sites with human bones.(BE)

15 Even the altar(BF) at Bethel, the high place made by Jeroboam(BG) son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin—even that altar and high place he demolished. He burned the high place and ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole also. 16 Then Josiah(BH) looked around, and when he saw the tombs that were there on the hillside, he had the bones removed from them and burned on the altar to defile it, in accordance(BI) with the word of the Lord proclaimed by the man of God who foretold these things.

17 The king asked, “What is that tombstone I see?”

The people of the city said, “It marks the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and pronounced against the altar of Bethel the very things you have done to it.”

18 “Leave it alone,” he said. “Don’t let anyone disturb his bones(BJ).” So they spared his bones and those of the prophet(BK) who had come from Samaria.

19 Just as he had done at Bethel, Josiah removed all the shrines at the high places that the kings of Israel had built in the towns of Samaria and that had aroused the Lord’s anger. 20 Josiah slaughtered(BL) all the priests of those high places on the altars and burned human bones(BM) on them. Then he went back to Jerusalem.

21 The king gave this order to all the people: “Celebrate the Passover(BN) to the Lord your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”(BO) 22 Neither in the days of the judges who led Israel nor in the days of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah had any such Passover been observed. 23 But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was celebrated to the Lord in Jerusalem.(BP)

24 Furthermore, Josiah got rid of the mediums and spiritists,(BQ) the household gods,(BR) the idols and all the other detestable(BS) things seen in Judah and Jerusalem. This he did to fulfill the requirements of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had discovered in the temple of the Lord. 25 Neither before nor after Josiah was there a king like him who turned(BT) to the Lord as he did—with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, in accordance with all the Law of Moses.(BU)

26 Nevertheless, the Lord did not turn away from the heat of his fierce anger,(BV) which burned against Judah because of all that Manasseh(BW) had done to arouse his anger. 27 So the Lord said, “I will remove(BX) Judah also from my presence(BY) as I removed Israel, and I will reject(BZ) Jerusalem, the city I chose, and this temple, about which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’[d]

28 As for the other events of Josiah’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?

29 While Josiah was king, Pharaoh Necho(CA) king of Egypt went up to the Euphrates River to help the king of Assyria. King Josiah marched out to meet him in battle, but Necho faced him and killed him at Megiddo.(CB) 30 Josiah’s servants brought his body in a chariot(CC) from Megiddo to Jerusalem and buried him in his own tomb. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and anointed him and made him king in place of his father.

Footnotes:

  1. 2 Kings 22:17 Or by everything they have done
  2. 2 Kings 22:19 That is, their names would be used in cursing (see Jer. 29:22); or, others would see that they are cursed.
  3. 2 Kings 23:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
  4. 2 Kings 23:27 1 Kings 8:29

Cross references:

  1. 2 Kings 22:3 : 2Ch 34:20; Jer 39:14
  2. 2 Kings 22:4 : Ezr 7:1
  3. 2 Kings 22:4 : 2Ki 12:4-5
  4. 2 Kings 22:5 : 2Ki 12:5, 11-14
  5. 2 Kings 22:6 : 2Ki 12:11-12
  6. 2 Kings 22:7 : S 2Ki 12:15
  7. 2 Kings 22:8 : S Dt 28:61; S 31:24; Gal 3:10
  8. 2 Kings 22:10 : Jer 36:21
  9. 2 Kings 22:11 : ver 8
  10. 2 Kings 22:12 : 2Ki 25:22; Jer 26:24; 39:14
  11. 2 Kings 22:12 : 1Sa 8:14
  12. 2 Kings 22:13 : S Ge 25:22; S 1Sa 9:9
  13. 2 Kings 22:13 : Dt 29:24-28; S 31:17; Isa 5:25; 42:25; Am 2:4
  14. 2 Kings 22:14 : S Ex 15:20
  15. 2 Kings 22:16 : S Dt 31:29; S Jos 23:15; Jer 6:19; 11:11; 18:11; 35:17
  16. 2 Kings 22:16 : Da 9:11
  17. 2 Kings 22:17 : S 1Ki 9:9
  18. 2 Kings 22:18 : Jer 21:2; 37:3, 7
  19. 2 Kings 22:19 : S Ex 10:3; Isa 57:15; 61:1; Mic 6:8
  20. 2 Kings 22:19 : Jer 24:9; 25:18; 26:6
  21. 2 Kings 22:19 : Lev 26:31
  22. 2 Kings 22:20 : Isa 47:11; 57:1; Jer 18:11
  23. 2 Kings 22:20 : S 1Ki 21:29
  24. 2 Kings 23:1 : 23:1-3pp — 2Ch 34:29-32
  25. 2 Kings 23:1 : 23:4-20Ref — 2Ch 34:3-7, 33
  26. 2 Kings 23:1 : 23:21-23pp — 2Ch 35:1, 18-19
  27. 2 Kings 23:1 : 23:28-30pp — 2Ch 35:20–36:1
  28. 2 Kings 23:2 : S Dt 31:11
  29. 2 Kings 23:2 : S Ex 24:7
  30. 2 Kings 23:3 : S 1Ki 7:15
  31. 2 Kings 23:3 : S 2Ki 11:12
  32. 2 Kings 23:3 : S Dt 13:4
  33. 2 Kings 23:4 : 2Ki 25:18; Jer 35:4
  34. 2 Kings 23:4 : S 2Ki 21:7
  35. 2 Kings 23:5 : S 2Ki 16:4
  36. 2 Kings 23:5 : Jer 8:2; 43:13
  37. 2 Kings 23:6 : Jer 31:40
  38. 2 Kings 23:6 : S Ex 32:20
  39. 2 Kings 23:6 : S Nu 19:16
  40. 2 Kings 23:6 : Jer 26:23
  41. 2 Kings 23:7 : S Ge 38:21; 1Ki 14:24; Eze 16:16
  42. 2 Kings 23:8 : S Jos 18:24; S 1Ki 15:22
  43. 2 Kings 23:9 : Eze 44:10-14
  44. 2 Kings 23:10 : Isa 30:33; Jer 7:31, 32; 19:6
  45. 2 Kings 23:10 : S Jos 15:8
  46. 2 Kings 23:10 : S Lev 18:21; S Dt 18:10
  47. 2 Kings 23:11 : ver 5, 19; Ne 9:34; Jer 44:9
  48. 2 Kings 23:11 : S Dt 4:19
  49. 2 Kings 23:12 : 2Ch 33:15
  50. 2 Kings 23:12 : Jer 19:13; Zep 1:5
  51. 2 Kings 23:12 : S 2Ki 21:5
  52. 2 Kings 23:12 : S 2Sa 15:23
  53. 2 Kings 23:13 : 1Ki 11:7
  54. 2 Kings 23:13 : S Dt 27:15
  55. 2 Kings 23:13 : Jer 11:13
  56. 2 Kings 23:14 : S Ex 23:24
  57. 2 Kings 23:14 : S Nu 19:16; S Ps 53:5
  58. 2 Kings 23:15 : S Jos 7:2; 1Ki 13:1-3
  59. 2 Kings 23:15 : S 1Ki 12:33
  60. 2 Kings 23:16 : S 1Ki 13:2
  61. 2 Kings 23:16 : 1Ki 13:32
  62. 2 Kings 23:18 : 1Ki 13:31
  63. 2 Kings 23:18 : 1Ki 13:29
  64. 2 Kings 23:20 : S Ex 22:20; S 2Ki 11:18
  65. 2 Kings 23:20 : S 1Ki 13:2
  66. 2 Kings 23:21 : S Ex 12:11; Dt 16:1-8
  67. 2 Kings 23:21 : S Ex 24:7
  68. 2 Kings 23:23 : S Ex 12:11; S Nu 28:16
  69. 2 Kings 23:24 : S Lev 19:31; S Dt 18:11
  70. 2 Kings 23:24 : S Ge 31:19
  71. 2 Kings 23:24 : Dt 7:26; 2Ki 16:3
  72. 2 Kings 23:25 : S 1Sa 7:3
  73. 2 Kings 23:25 : Jer 22:15
  74. 2 Kings 23:26 : 2Ki 21:6; Jer 23:20; 30:24
  75. 2 Kings 23:26 : S 2Ki 21:12
  76. 2 Kings 23:27 : 2Ki 21:13
  77. 2 Kings 23:27 : S Ex 33:15; 2Ki 24:3
  78. 2 Kings 23:27 : Jer 27:10; 32:31
  79. 2 Kings 23:29 : ver 33-35; Jer 46:2
  80. 2 Kings 23:29 : 2Ki 9:27
  81. 2 Kings 23:30 : S 2Ki 9:28
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Acts 21:37-22:16

Paul Speaks to the Crowd(A)

37 As the soldiers were about to take Paul into the barracks,(B) he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?”

“Do you speak Greek?” he replied. 38 “Aren’t you the Egyptian who started a revolt and led four thousand terrorists out into the wilderness(C) some time ago?”(D)

39 Paul answered, “I am a Jew, from Tarsus(E) in Cilicia,(F) a citizen of no ordinary city. Please let me speak to the people.”

40 After receiving the commander’s permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned(G) to the crowd. When they were all silent, he said to them in Aramaic[a]:(H) 22 “Brothers and fathers,(I) listen now to my defense.”

When they heard him speak to them in Aramaic,(J) they became very quiet.

Then Paul said: “I am a Jew,(K) born in Tarsus(L) of Cilicia,(M) but brought up in this city. I studied under(N) Gamaliel(O) and was thoroughly trained in the law of our ancestors.(P) I was just as zealous(Q) for God as any of you are today. I persecuted(R) the followers of this Way(S) to their death, arresting both men and women and throwing them into prison,(T) as the high priest and all the Council(U) can themselves testify. I even obtained letters from them to their associates(V) in Damascus,(W) and went there to bring these people as prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.

“About noon as I came near Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.(X) I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?’

“‘Who are you, Lord?’ I asked.

‘I am Jesus of Nazareth,(Y) whom you are persecuting,’ he replied. My companions saw the light,(Z) but they did not understand the voice(AA) of him who was speaking to me.

10 “‘What shall I do, Lord?’ I asked.

‘Get up,’ the Lord said, ‘and go into Damascus. There you will be told all that you have been assigned to do.’(AB) 11 My companions led me by the hand into Damascus, because the brilliance of the light had blinded me.(AC)

12 “A man named Ananias came to see me.(AD) He was a devout observer of the law and highly respected by all the Jews living there.(AE) 13 He stood beside me and said, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight!’ And at that very moment I was able to see him.

14 “Then he said: ‘The God of our ancestors(AF) has chosen you to know his will and to see(AG) the Righteous One(AH) and to hear words from his mouth. 15 You will be his witness(AI) to all people of what you have seen(AJ) and heard. 16 And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized(AK) and wash your sins away,(AL) calling on his name.’(AM)

Footnotes:

  1. Acts 21:40 Or possibly Hebrew; also in 22:2
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Psalm 1

BOOK I

Psalms 1–41

Psalm 1

Blessed is the one(A)
who does not walk(B) in step with the wicked(C)
or stand in the way(D) that sinners take(E)
or sit(F) in the company of mockers,(G)
but whose delight(H) is in the law of the Lord,(I)
and who meditates(J) on his law day and night.
That person is like a tree(K) planted by streams(L) of water,(M)
which yields its fruit(N) in season
and whose leaf(O) does not wither—
whatever they do prospers.(P)

Not so the wicked!
They are like chaff(Q)
that the wind blows away.
Therefore the wicked will not stand(R) in the judgment,(S)
nor sinners in the assembly(T) of the righteous.

For the Lord watches over(U) the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.(V)

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Proverbs 18:11-12

11 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city;(A)
they imagine it a wall too high to scale.

12 Before a downfall the heart is haughty,
but humility comes before honor.(B)

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07/02/2021 DAB Transcript

2 Kings 18:13-19:37, Acts 21:1-17, Psalm 149:1-9, Proverbs 18:8

Today is the 2nd day of July, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I am Brian it is wonderful to be here with you today as we move into this 7th month of the year and get settled in for the next few weeks. That’s all we have right, that’s how long these months are so by the time we get settled into one month we’re moving into a new one. But right now, were getting settled into the 7th month of the year and we’re continuing our journey through the Book of 2 Kings we’re reading from the New International Version this week, 2nd Kings chapter 20 verse 1 through 22 verse 2.

Commentary:

Okay, it could be noted that as we move our way through 2nd Kings that we are only dealing with the kings of Judah at this point, and that is because there are no more kings of Israel. There is no more Israel. They were carried off by the Assyrians into exile and so we’re dealing with the kingdom that remains the kingdom of Judah and its kings and we can see that it’s the same kind of back-and-forth at the same slow decline. So, we have this kind of reforming King Hezekiah who follows the ways of the Lord and for his lifetime, that’s how the people go, but then his son Manasseh who reigns for 55 years right, so a long time, he does more evil than any of his predecessors have done. And then his son Josiah comes to the forefront and we’ll get to know Josiah a little bit better tomorrow, but we see that he follows in the way of his ancestor David fully so we assume he’s a good king. It’s just back and forth, back and forth over the generations in a steady slow decline.

Then we turn to the Book of Acts and we’ve been traveling with Paul now for a while on his missionary journeys and we saw his decision to go back to Jerusalem and we saw that he was counseled pretty stringently everywhere he went not to go back to Jerusalem, even prophetic words, telling him of, you know, of captivity and hardship, but he already knew that as he says he already knew that the Spirit had told him that there was hardship and suffering in his future and captivity and so, no matter what he had to return to Jerusalem because he felt like God was telling him. So, everybody along way is telling him not to do this and he’s finally like, you’re breaking my heart. You know, why all this crying you’re breaking my heart; I have to go. Like, I’m willing to die there if I have to die in Jerusalem for Jesus’ sake then that’s how it goes, but I have to go there and so we watch that happen and now today he has arrived, and he is come to the brothers and sisters that are in the Jerusalem church and they have welcomed him but certainly they’re concerned they’re concerned about his well-being. There are many many many many people in Jerusalem that have been hearing about Paul from all over the Empire he’s kind of enemy. He was once a Pharisee a leading zealot. He was very very very much on the radar and then he found a relationship with Jesus Christ. Jesus introduced himself and nothing was ever the same again. And so, now he’s like enemy number one. To a certain degree and we’ll watch that because yeah, we just kind of scratched the surface here Paul was seen in the temple, people who had seen Paul out on his missionary journeys recognized him and we have another mob. It’s like there’s a lot of mobs happening in the early church centered around Jesus. So, there’s a mob in there trying to kill Paul, Paul’s rescued by the Roman soldiers, but they gotta pick him up and carry him, to get him away from the people that were trying to assault him. So, this right here, basically what we see today is Paul’s arrest. It’s not his first time, he’s been in trouble before for the gospel of Jesus Christ. But this particular arrest is different because pretty much Paul’s not going to experience freedom again. Briefly and he’ll have a little bit of freedom but he’ll always be watched. He’s always on the radar. He’s pretty much in custody for the rest of his life. I point that out here just to say watch, watch what happens. It’s really ironic. Paul has been all over the Roman Empire on these missionary journeys. But the kind of people that he is going to be able to share the good news of the gospel with are people that he would have never had access to on any of those missionary journeys. Oddly, it’s his captivity that gives him access to really powerful and important people and he shares the gospel. So, let’s watch this as we continue our journey through the Book of Acts.

Prayer:

And so, Father, we thank You for Your word. Thank You for bringing us this far giving us the chance to settle into this 7th month and look back and you see six months of this year and You have been faithful. So, we acknowledge that we worship You, we adore You, we give our hearts to You completely, nothing withheld, nothing off-limits. Come Holy Spirit and lead us forward as we continue our journey. We ask this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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Prayers and Encouragements:

Hey siblings, it’s your little sis, His Little Sharie in Canada. Just wanting to share something that really impacted me on Sunday. I took my walker to church for the first time and it was weird and awkward for me and for everybody. I think everybody seemed to be very, I don’t even know how to describe it, but they know I have an MS diagnosis they’ve been praying for healing for me and to see me walking with a walker, I think, just made everyone sad and no one really said anything to me, no one…they tried to, I don’t know, I just, I just felt like no one knew what to say or do and so they didn’t say or do anything except for our pastor. She didn’t really say much she just looked at me with this look you know that real authentic compassionate look and she gave me a hug and it was one of those long awkward I’m letting go of you hugs and I don’t know. The thing was she didn’t say anything. But and she didn’t know what to say like everybody else. But she saw me and she hugged me and it just felt so, humbling in that moment, but also nourishing and so it just taught me a lesson that when you don’t know what to say when you don’t know what to do on don’t just walk away, don’t just default to not saying anything. Maybe just see the person and let them know that you see them and that you love them maybe just give them a hug.

Good morning Daily Audio Bible this is Amanda again in the Boston area. I’ve been an avid listener daily now for just over two weeks and this simple practice of doing this every day has completely transformed me and my family already and it’s just been such a blessing so I’ll start off by saying thank you DAB family. I wanted to just briefly touch on the prayer that we heard from RJ today who was calling in response to Lonnie’s prayer from a couple days ago about her son who is wayward and addicted to alcohol and all that and how RJ called in to pray for her and to remind her and the things that he said were exactly what I needed to hear, faint not. My sister, that I love dearly, her name is Dana is also an addict and whether she’s a wayward soul or a soul that needs to come face-to-face with Jesus for the first time I am unsure but I know her addiction is in the way so RJ’s words were so comforting, uplifting and the reminder and his testimony on his life has given me so much hope today. That I will see my sister addiction free, bondage free and in the arms of Jesus one day. So, please, oh, I praise Jesus for the news that RJ’s life was changed and I ask that you join me in prayer for praying for my sister Dana that her addiction will be no more and her life will be turned around as she surrenders to Jesus. Thank you all, love you.

Hello my dear DAB family this is Maria a missionary in Mexico. I have been a little bit absent because we are visiting the states for the summer. We’ll head back down in August but it’s been a little hard to keep up with everything. I wanted to give you an update and thank you all for praying for our coworkers they were in training to become missionaries down in Mexico. They had passion for the indigenous people down there and are going to begin working with them. She got COVID and she was 6 months pregnant and she and her baby died family so please pay for her husband. Renzo I want to say that brother your prayers encourage me. I want to give a shout out to you and just thank you for calling in. Thank you for your passion for Jesus and your love for people and to please keep doing that. Fred from Iowa, your prayer request aired on that community prayer quite a few months ago. I want you to know that you’ve been in my prayers ever since. Let’s pray family. Heavenly Father, Lord of the harvest send forth more laborers into this great harvest we pray as You’ve commanded us to do Lord. There’s so much need. I pray especially for this man who lost his wife, I can’t even imagine and also his firstborn child, it’s just too difficult to even comprehend. I pray you would comfort him, the whole mission community, the church families, her family, his family, everyone involved Lord, it’s just, it’s so sad Father and it will be for so long. Give them special grace during this time of morning. Thank You for Renzo my brother, thank You that his first love for you is strong I pray it would continue to be and his love for people would continue to shine forth and draw more to Yourself Lord. I pray for Fred that You would give him strength to do the right thing even when it’s hard. Thank you for my brother, encourage his heart today. In Jesus name. Amen.

Hey there. So, I just listened to Brian teaching on Paul’s leaving Ephesus and asking Him if there is anything people had against him. And it just kind of reminded me that as Christians we’re called to love but we always screw up. We always have beef with other believers; hatred and unforgiveness, non-communication. I know I’m hurtful to other people, I’ve been hurt by other, other believers and I’ve hurt others. And I have unforgiveness and they do as well. So, even though we are called to love one another and we’re made different in Christ we still have that sin and that horrible hatred, the unforgiveness and the blame others and the victim mentality nature. Instead of just fessing up to our responsibility and confessing our sins. The older I get actually, the more I’m seeing the way of the world is just to lie and to leave things out and to not confront issues but to kind of work around, make things politically correct but unresolved, unloving. So, it was just something that I observed and see in myself. I loathe it in myself and others, but it’s there and I don’t think it’s going to go away. Just this sin cloud that keeps on consuming. Guess it won’t go away until we die. So, I guess pray for that. I’m Mike in New York. Pray for me, pray for my relationships and pray for yourselves. Alright, love you, bye.

Hello DAB family, I hope you’re all doing well it’s Sarah from London. Hopefully I can say this all in two minutes. But it’s been a while and I just wanted to check in and say a massive hello to you all. I have been praying for you when I hear your requests but I just wanna give God all the glory. I really wanna give him all the glory all the praise cause He deserves everything. In January I sent a request for prayers to have a closer relationship with God and thank you for those that prayed for me and thank you for those that called in to encourage me as well. For so long I had allowed distractions to get in the way and I remember in particular a gentleman by the name of Darrell from Atlanta thank you so much and I hope you hear this you called in to give some encouragement and some advice and that really helped me you mentioned something on the lines of reading and praying, even when you don’t feel like it. I listened to that over and over and over again. And wow, it’s the 30th of June today and I have been reading the Bible non-stop. I never knew the Bible could be so transforming and today my relationship with God has done a 360. And I can’t do without it now, I can’t do without that relationship, I need it so much and I feel so much more peace in my life since January. I have given 100% of my time and God is actually revealing so much to me in many many ways. I don’t have the time to say it all today. But I’m just so amazed. I just want to encourage those that may feel that they don’t hear from God let me tell you, let me tell you He speaks in so many ways. You have to spend the time He will show you so much. Thank you so much the Hardin family for all you do. I love you all, God Bless you all.

The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Friday July 2, 2021 (NIV)

2 Kings 20:1-22:2

Hezekiah’s Illness(A)

20 In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, “This is what the Lord says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover.”

Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, “Remember,(B) Lord, how I have walked(C) before you faithfully(D) and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

Before Isaiah had left the middle court, the word of the Lord came to him: “Go back and tell Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: I have heard(E) your prayer and seen your tears;(F) I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the temple of the Lord. I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend(G) this city for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.’”

Then Isaiah said, “Prepare a poultice of figs.” They did so and applied it to the boil,(H) and he recovered.

Hezekiah had asked Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the Lord will heal me and that I will go up to the temple of the Lord on the third day from now?”

Isaiah answered, “This is the Lord’s sign(I) to you that the Lord will do what he has promised: Shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or shall it go back ten steps?”

10 “It is a simple(J) matter for the shadow to go forward ten steps,” said Hezekiah. “Rather, have it go back ten steps.”

11 Then the prophet Isaiah called on the Lord, and the Lord made the shadow go back(K) the ten steps it had gone down on the stairway of Ahaz.

Envoys From Babylon(L)(M)

12 At that time Marduk-Baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent Hezekiah letters and a gift, because he had heard of Hezekiah’s illness. 13 Hezekiah received the envoys and showed them all that was in his storehouses—the silver, the gold, the spices and the fine olive oil—his armory and everything found among his treasures. There was nothing in his palace or in all his kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them.

14 Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and asked, “What did those men say, and where did they come from?”

“From a distant land,” Hezekiah replied. “They came from Babylon.”

15 The prophet asked, “What did they see in your palace?”

“They saw everything in my palace,” Hezekiah said. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.”

16 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the Lord: 17 The time will surely come when everything in your palace, and all that your predecessors have stored up until this day, will be carried off to Babylon.(N) Nothing will be left, says the Lord. 18 And some of your descendants,(O) your own flesh and blood who will be born to you, will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”(P)

19 “The word of the Lord you have spoken is good,” Hezekiah replied. For he thought, “Will there not be peace and security in my lifetime?”

20 As for the other events of Hezekiah’s reign, all his achievements and how he made the pool(Q) and the tunnel(R) by which he brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? 21 Hezekiah rested with his ancestors. And Manasseh his son succeeded him as king.

Manasseh King of Judah(S)(T)

21 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-five years. His mother’s name was Hephzibah.(U) He did evil(V) in the eyes of the Lord, following the detestable practices(W) of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites. He rebuilt the high places(X) his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he also erected altars to Baal(Y) and made an Asherah pole,(Z) as Ahab king of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the starry hosts(AA) and worshiped them. He built altars(AB) in the temple of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “In Jerusalem I will put my Name.”(AC) In the two courts(AD) of the temple of the Lord, he built altars to all the starry hosts. He sacrificed his own son(AE) in the fire, practiced divination,(AF) sought omens, and consulted mediums and spiritists.(AG) He did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, arousing(AH) his anger.

He took the carved Asherah pole(AI) he had made and put it in the temple,(AJ) of which the Lord had said to David and to his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my Name(AK) forever. I will not again(AL) make the feet of the Israelites wander from the land I gave their ancestors, if only they will be careful to do everything I commanded them and will keep the whole Law that my servant Moses(AM) gave them.” But the people did not listen. Manasseh led them astray, so that they did more evil(AN) than the nations(AO) the Lord had destroyed before the Israelites.

10 The Lord said through his servants the prophets: 11 “Manasseh king of Judah has committed these detestable sins. He has done more evil(AP) than the Amorites(AQ) who preceded him and has led Judah into sin with his idols.(AR) 12 Therefore this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster(AS) on Jerusalem and Judah that the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle.(AT) 13 I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line(AU) used against the house of Ahab. I will wipe(AV) out Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down. 14 I will forsake(AW) the remnant(AX) of my inheritance and give them into the hands of enemies. They will be looted and plundered by all their enemies; 15 they have done evil(AY) in my eyes and have aroused(AZ) my anger from the day their ancestors came out of Egypt until this day.”

16 Moreover, Manasseh also shed so much innocent blood(BA) that he filled Jerusalem from end to end—besides the sin that he had caused Judah(BB) to commit, so that they did evil in the eyes of the Lord.

17 As for the other events of Manasseh’s reign, and all he did, including the sin he committed, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? 18 Manasseh rested with his ancestors and was buried in his palace garden,(BC) the garden of Uzza. And Amon his son succeeded him as king.

Amon King of Judah(BD)

19 Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem two years. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz; she was from Jotbah. 20 He did evil(BE) in the eyes of the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done. 21 He followed completely the ways of his father, worshiping the idols his father had worshiped, and bowing down to them. 22 He forsook(BF) the Lord, the God of his ancestors, and did not walk(BG) in obedience to him.

23 Amon’s officials conspired against him and assassinated(BH) the king in his palace. 24 Then the people of the land killed(BI) all who had plotted against King Amon, and they made Josiah(BJ) his son king in his place.

25 As for the other events of Amon’s reign, and what he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? 26 He was buried in his tomb in the garden(BK) of Uzza. And Josiah his son succeeded him as king.

The Book of the Law Found(BL)

22 Josiah(BM) was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath.(BN) He did what was right(BO) in the eyes of the Lord and followed completely the ways of his father David, not turning aside to the right(BP) or to the left.

Cross references:

  1. 2 Kings 20:1 : 20:1-11pp — 2Ch 32:24-26; Isa 38:1-8
  2. 2 Kings 20:3 : S Ge 8:1; Ne 1:8; 5:19; 13:14
  3. 2 Kings 20:3 : S Ge 5:22
  4. 2 Kings 20:3 : S 1Ki 2:4; 2Ch 31:20
  5. 2 Kings 20:5 : S 1Ki 9:3
  6. 2 Kings 20:5 : Ps 6:6, 8; 39:12; 56:8
  7. 2 Kings 20:6 : S 2Ki 19:34; S 1Ch 17:19
  8. 2 Kings 20:7 : S Ex 9:9
  9. 2 Kings 20:9 : S Dt 13:2; Jer 44:29
  10. 2 Kings 20:10 : S 2Ki 3:18
  11. 2 Kings 20:11 : Jos 10:13; 2Ch 32:31
  12. 2 Kings 20:12 : 20:12-19pp — Isa 39:1-8
  13. 2 Kings 20:12 : 20:20-21pp — 2Ch 32:32-33
  14. 2 Kings 20:17 : 2Ki 24:13; 2Ch 36:10; Jer 20:5; 27:22; 52:17-23
  15. 2 Kings 20:18 : 2Ki 24:15; Da 1:3
  16. 2 Kings 20:18 : Mic 4:10
  17. 2 Kings 20:20 : S 2Ki 18:17
  18. 2 Kings 20:20 : S 2Sa 5:8
  19. 2 Kings 21:1 : 21:1-10pp — 2Ch 33:1-10
  20. 2 Kings 21:1 : 21:17-18pp — 2Ch 33:18-20
  21. 2 Kings 21:1 : Isa 62:4
  22. 2 Kings 21:2 : ver 16; S Dt 4:25; Jer 15:4
  23. 2 Kings 21:2 : Dt 9:4; S 18:9; S 1Ki 14:24; 2Ki 16:3
  24. 2 Kings 21:3 : S 1Ki 3:3; S 2Ki 18:4
  25. 2 Kings 21:3 : S Jdg 6:28
  26. 2 Kings 21:3 : S Dt 16:21
  27. 2 Kings 21:3 : S Ge 2:1; Dt 17:3; Jer 19:13
  28. 2 Kings 21:4 : Isa 66:4; Jer 4:1; 7:30; 23:11; 32:34; Eze 23:39
  29. 2 Kings 21:4 : S Ex 20:24; S 2Sa 7:13
  30. 2 Kings 21:5 : 1Ki 7:12; 2Ki 23:12
  31. 2 Kings 21:6 : S Lev 18:21; S Dt 18:10; S 2Ki 3:27
  32. 2 Kings 21:6 : Dt 18:14
  33. 2 Kings 21:6 : S Lev 19:31
  34. 2 Kings 21:6 : 2Ki 23:26
  35. 2 Kings 21:7 : Dt 16:21; 2Ki 23:4
  36. 2 Kings 21:7 : S Lev 15:31
  37. 2 Kings 21:7 : S Ex 20:24; S 2Sa 7:13
  38. 2 Kings 21:8 : S 2Sa 7:10
  39. 2 Kings 21:8 : S 2Ki 18:12
  40. 2 Kings 21:9 : S 1Ki 14:9; Eze 5:7
  41. 2 Kings 21:9 : Dt 9:4
  42. 2 Kings 21:11 : S 1Ki 14:9
  43. 2 Kings 21:11 : S Ge 15:16
  44. 2 Kings 21:11 : Eze 18:12
  45. 2 Kings 21:12 : 2Ki 23:26; 24:3; Jer 15:4; Eze 7:5
  46. 2 Kings 21:12 : S 1Sa 3:11
  47. 2 Kings 21:13 : Isa 28:17; 34:11; La 2:8; Am 7:7-9
  48. 2 Kings 21:13 : 2Ki 23:27
  49. 2 Kings 21:14 : Ps 78:58-60; Jer 12:7; 23:33
  50. 2 Kings 21:14 : 2Ki 19:4; Ezr 9:8; Ne 1:2; Isa 1:9; 10:21; Jer 6:9; 40:15; 42:2; 44:7, 28; 50:20; Mic 2:12
  51. 2 Kings 21:15 : S Ex 32:22
  52. 2 Kings 21:15 : Jer 25:7
  53. 2 Kings 21:16 : 2Ki 24:4; Job 22:14; Ps 10:11; 94:7; 106:38; Isa 29:15; 47:10; 59:3, 7; Jer 2:34; 7:6; 19:4; 22:17; La 4:13; Eze 7:23; 8:12; 9:9; 22:3-4; Hos 4:2; Zep 1:12
  54. 2 Kings 21:16 : S ver 2, 11
  55. 2 Kings 21:18 : ver 26; Est 1:5; 7:7
  56. 2 Kings 21:19 : 21:19-24pp — 2Ch 33:21-25
  57. 2 Kings 21:20 : 1Ki 15:26
  58. 2 Kings 21:22 : S 1Sa 8:8
  59. 2 Kings 21:22 : 1Ki 11:33
  60. 2 Kings 21:23 : S 2Ki 12:20
  61. 2 Kings 21:24 : 2Ki 14:5
  62. 2 Kings 21:24 : 2Ch 33:21; Zep 1:1
  63. 2 Kings 21:26 : S ver 18
  64. 2 Kings 22:1 : 22:1-20pp — 2Ch 34:1-2, 8-28
  65. 2 Kings 22:1 : Jer 1:2; 25:3
  66. 2 Kings 22:1 : Jos 15:39
  67. 2 Kings 22:2 : S Dt 17:19; S 1Ki 14:8
  68. 2 Kings 22:2 : S Dt 5:32
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Acts 21:18-36

18 The next day Paul and the rest of us went to see James,(A) and all the elders(B) were present. 19 Paul greeted them and reported in detail what God had done among the Gentiles(C) through his ministry.(D)

20 When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to Paul: “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous(E) for the law.(F) 21 They have been informed that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to turn away from Moses,(G) telling them not to circumcise their children(H) or live according to our customs.(I) 22 What shall we do? They will certainly hear that you have come, 23 so do what we tell you. There are four men with us who have made a vow.(J) 24 Take these men, join in their purification rites(K) and pay their expenses, so that they can have their heads shaved.(L) Then everyone will know there is no truth in these reports about you, but that you yourself are living in obedience to the law. 25 As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they should abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality.”(M)

26 The next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he went to the temple to give notice of the date when the days of purification would end and the offering would be made for each of them.(N)

Paul Arrested

27 When the seven days were nearly over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,(O) 28 shouting, “Fellow Israelites, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and our law and this place. And besides, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”(P) 29 (They had previously seen Trophimus(Q) the Ephesian(R) in the city with Paul and assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.)

30 The whole city was aroused, and the people came running from all directions. Seizing Paul,(S) they dragged him(T) from the temple, and immediately the gates were shut. 31 While they were trying to kill him, news reached the commander of the Roman troops that the whole city of Jerusalem was in an uproar. 32 He at once took some officers and soldiers and ran down to the crowd. When the rioters saw the commander and his soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.(U)

33 The commander came up and arrested him and ordered him to be bound(V) with two(W) chains.(X) Then he asked who he was and what he had done. 34 Some in the crowd shouted one thing and some another,(Y) and since the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks.(Z) 35 When Paul reached the steps,(AA) the violence of the mob was so great he had to be carried by the soldiers. 36 The crowd that followed kept shouting, “Get rid of him!”(AB)

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Psalm 150

Psalm 150

Praise the Lord.[a](A)

Praise God in his sanctuary;(B)
praise him in his mighty heavens.(C)
Praise him for his acts of power;(D)
praise him for his surpassing greatness.(E)
Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,(F)
praise him with the harp and lyre,(G)
praise him with timbrel and dancing,(H)
praise him with the strings(I) and pipe,(J)
praise him with the clash of cymbals,(K)
praise him with resounding cymbals.

Let everything(L) that has breath praise the Lord.

Praise the Lord.

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 150:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verse 6
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Proverbs 18:9-10

One who is slack in his work
is brother to one who destroys.(A)

10 The name of the Lord is a fortified tower;(B)
the righteous run to it and are safe.(C)

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07/01/2021 DAB Transcript

2 Kings 18:13-19:37, Acts 21:1-17, Psalm 149:1-9, Proverbs 18:8

Today is July 1st welcome to the Daily Audio Bible, I’m Brian, it’s great to be here with you today. Day 182 of our year together, the beginning of the seventh month together, and the beginning of the second half of our year together and I’m so glad that we can be together to take this next step forward into this second half of the year. I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else, actually, then around this Global Campfire together with you as we move forward so we’re in the same week, we’ve been reading from the New International Version this week, which is what will do today, well for the rest of this week. We are in the Book of 2 Kings which is what we were in yesterday and will continue that journey second Kings chapter 18 verse 13 through 19 verse 37 today.

Commentary:

Okay, it’s pretty dramatic as we begin the second half of the year, what’s going on in Jerusalem. The Assyrians have invaded the land with the intention of taking over Judah. Let’s remember that it’s the Assyrians, who have carried the 10 tribes of the northern kingdom of Israel into exile and have brought other people and so they’re trying to take over the entire land. And wow, can we just watch how they do this, it we’ve seen a bunch of how this was done back in ancient times; surround a city, starve it to death until everyone is either dead or can’t fight, is too weak to fight so that there’s an onslaught to break in and the nobody has any will to fight or strength to fight so they just wipe them out or they can surrender and be sent into exile. There’s all kinds of smaller cities that are just kind of trampled along the way and then and then the intimidation, the intimidation against the walled cities so King Sennacherib sends his commander and we read all of the intimidating message that was sent “has any god ever been able to withstand me,” and they’re like “can you talk to us, you know, in your language we understand your language, don’t intimidate the people” and they just shout louder “you’re going to be drinking your own pee,” you know, like intimidation and we can probably like, all understand we faced in one way or another that kind of voice of intimidation whether that be like a voice of accusation within ourselves or external to us, you probably know what we’re talking about here, but on the level that were talking about in the Book of 2 Kings this in a tight, this is the city of Jerusalem the Holy City of Jerusalem to protect the temple of the Lord God, this is a big deal. And the thing is, the taunting, what’s happening from Sennacherib what’s happening from the Assyrians is true. Like no one had been able to stand in their way. They were leveling people so the king of Israel, Hezekiah’s his posture, his response something to take note of is certainly he’s everybody in everybody’s afraid for what’s gonna happen. And the Assyrians come to attack, so Hezekiah goes humbly before the Lord and spreads out the letter that he received, lays it before the Lord and just essentially says there’s no way out of this one, like we’re not, they’re right they have destroyed everything. And, did you hear what they said about you. And, of course we read this story and the prophet Isaiah, who we’ll get to know now going forward for a while, sends a message back confirming that God has heard and God will prevail and God will not Sennacherib get away with this. And then we read the rest of the story. These voices of intimidation and these circumstances that look impossible. Maybe they are, but there was no hope without God before we recognize that. Like, it was true before we realized it when we realized there’s no hope, but God, we fall to our knees and say there is no hope but you. But the thing is that is never not true. That is always the case. We just become aware of it when we feel challenged or intimidated. Maybe if we live from that place of utter dependence. These intimidating things that come our way would have a whole lot less power in our lives. But then I also feel like we can’t really go into the second half of this year without paying attention to the Proverb that we read today because it’s so vital to our life experience, our community experience. The words of a gossip are like choice morsels they go down to the in most parts. I mean everybody knows what gossip is right, peddling information behind people’s backs, in a sort of way that’s maligning them in, and bare minimum, having conversations about people that they’re not there to clarify in any sort away and so we get together and make clarity for ourselves out of whole cloth we invent what’s going on and sometimes like it’s spread further and it was never true. And then you got gossip and it’s spreading and it’s like a choice morsel to be passed around. But it’s also a scary thing because it’s something that can go down into your in most parts. That is the key here; is gossip what we want in our inmost parts, like in the depths of our hearts. Is this really what we want floating around inside of us, deeply inside of us? Cause if it is gossip is easy to find and easy to engage with, its much more difficult to resist it or try to avoid it, than it is to be involved in it. But the real question is do we want that in our inmost parts?

Prayer:

So, as we begin this second half of the year Father, we began it with that question. Is that what we want within us? The advice of wisdom is that it’s not something that we want within us, the advice of the Scriptures is that gossip can be incredibly damaging and can eat away at us inside at our character and at our well-being like a cancer. And so, we don’t want this in our inmost parts. And yet, if we examine our lives, it’s probably there. So, come Holy Spirit as we consider that today. Help us to rid ourselves of things that are harmful, harmful not only to us but to everyone else around us, things like gossip. Come Holy Spirit we pray in the name of Jesus we ask. Amen.

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Prayers and Encouragements:

Hey guys, it’s Travis from Alberta, Canada. Long time listener, I haven’t called in for many years. My prayer request is I’m a first-year pastoral student in bible college and I got put into a internship I’m really excited for pastoring a small church here in northern Alberta. It’s just a small mountain town, I just want to say that it can be really hard at times pastoring. It can be very lonely so I’m just asking for prayer that God will continue on using me and this time of depression and anxiety would just be gone. Yeah, thank you for your prayers. Thank you, Brian for the Daily Audio Bible. I think it’s about my 13 or 14th year listening. So, yeah thank you guys, again this is Travis from Alberta, Canada. Bye.

Hi DAB family, my names Jesse from New Jersey. And I am dealing with a lot. My dad wants me to take over his business but if I do that I won’t be able to have a relationship with him and I’ve made a decision not to do that and I’m gonna go work somewhere else and he is very hurt by that. But we don’t get along. He’s a good man but he’s a very kind of cruel man. He’s a good man but he’s cruel. I love him and I want him to be saved. I’m new to Christianity and this is my first time listening to the Daily Audio Bible but I just I’d like a prayer for him. That the Holy Spirit could find him and reach him and touch him and that he may be safe. So, please just save him, pray for him. This is Jesse in New Jersey, thank you, my first time calling.

Hi DAB family this is Daniella calling from Arizona. I am a longtime listener for probably more than 13 years for sure. I have never called in this is the first time calling in. I do try to listen every day and when I hear the prayer requests I try to pray for each and everyone. I do believe that God answers prayer and uses this community to answer prayer. I would like to ask for prayer for a little girl, she’s four, her name is Natalie. She’s the daughter of a coworker of my husband’s and she’s in the hospital right now a Children’s Hospital in Phoenix and she has cancer. She has a brain tumor a mass growing on her brain. She already had surgery to drain the fluid in her brain and they’re going to have another surgery and going to extract the tumor, the mass. I just pray that you will join me in prayer and ask that God would heal her and that the surgery would go really well and they you just pray that God would pour his grace upon all of them and that he would save and more importantly little Natalie and her mom and her brother and her dad as well. Thank you so much for praying. I really appreciate it.

Hi my name is Lain and I am calling on today June 29 in response to a caller I think his name was John who indicated he was so very tired and he really sounded as if he was tired and I just wanted to offer this to him if I may please. Isaiah 40:28 have you never heard or understood? Don’t you know that the Lord is the everlasting God, the creator of all the earth. He never grows faint or weary. No one can measure the depths of his understanding. He gives power to those who are tired and worn out. He offers strength to the weak. Even youths will become exhausted, and young men will give up but those who wait on the Lord will find new strength. They will fly high on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint. Be blessed my brother in the name of Jesus we pray. Amen.

Good morning Daily Audio Bible family this is Dorothy from Destin Wrapped in His Unfailing Love. And this prayer is for John, this is the 29th of June and you called in and saying how really, you’re tired, you’re weary and you feel overwhelmed. And as I was listening to your prayer, I just thought of a child who is so tired and his dad just lifts him up and puts him on his shoulder and the child immediately relaxes and goes to sleep as his dad is just carrying him on his way. And I remember feeling that way as a little girl when I was just so tired and my dad would pick me up and I would wonder how he could not be so tired. But we have an all-powerful God and Father who does lift us up and he tells us that you know, His burden is light and He is our strength. So, Lord I just lift up John to you and ask that you would bless him and give him Your strength, and Your peace, and Your joy, and Your comfort, and let him just call on Your name for that piece peace and strength and comfort and thank you for his heart for his friends and his family. I love you Family, thank you so much for being who you are and thank you Brian and Jill for this ministry. Love you all, bless us, Lord Jesus. Amen.

The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Thursday July 1, 2021 (NIV)

2 Kings 18:13-19:37

13 In the fourteenth year(A) of King Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah(B) and captured them. 14 So Hezekiah king of Judah sent this message to the king of Assyria at Lachish:(C) “I have done wrong.(D) Withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand of me.” The king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents[a] of silver and thirty talents[b] of gold. 15 So Hezekiah gave(E) him all the silver that was found in the temple of the Lord and in the treasuries of the royal palace.

16 At this time Hezekiah king of Judah stripped off the gold with which he had covered the doors(F) and doorposts of the temple of the Lord, and gave it to the king of Assyria.

Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem(G)(H)

17 The king of Assyria sent his supreme commander,(I) his chief officer and his field commander with a large army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They came up to Jerusalem and stopped at the aqueduct of the Upper Pool,(J) on the road to the Washerman’s Field. 18 They called for the king; and Eliakim(K) son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebna(L) the secretary, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder went out to them.

19 The field commander said to them, “Tell Hezekiah:

“‘This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: On what are you basing this confidence(M) of yours? 20 You say you have the counsel and the might for war—but you speak only empty words. On whom are you depending, that you rebel against me? 21 Look, I know you are depending on Egypt,(N) that splintered reed of a staff,(O) which pierces the hand of anyone who leans on it! Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who depend on him. 22 But if you say to me, “We are depending on the Lord our God”—isn’t he the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, “You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem”?

23 “‘Come now, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them! 24 How can you repulse one officer(P) of the least of my master’s officials, even though you are depending on Egypt for chariots and horsemen[c]? 25 Furthermore, have I come to attack and destroy this place without word from the Lord?(Q) The Lord himself told me to march against this country and destroy it.’”

26 Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, and Shebna and Joah said to the field commander, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic,(R) since we understand it. Don’t speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.”

27 But the commander replied, “Was it only to your master and you that my master sent me to say these things, and not to the people sitting on the wall—who, like you, will have to eat their own excrement and drink their own urine?”

28 Then the commander stood and called out in Hebrew, “Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria! 29 This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive(S) you. He cannot deliver you from my hand. 30 Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the Lord when he says, ‘The Lord will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’

31 “Do not listen to Hezekiah. This is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then each of you will eat fruit from your own vine and fig tree(T) and drink water from your own cistern,(U) 32 until I come and take you to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey. Choose life(V) and not death!

“Do not listen to Hezekiah, for he is misleading you when he says, ‘The Lord will deliver us.’ 33 Has the god(W) of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria? 34 Where are the gods of Hamath(X) and Arpad?(Y) Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena and Ivvah? Have they rescued Samaria from my hand? 35 Who of all the gods of these countries has been able to save his land from me? How then can the Lord deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”(Z)

36 But the people remained silent and said nothing in reply, because the king had commanded, “Do not answer him.”

37 Then Eliakim(AA) son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebna the secretary, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder went to Hezekiah, with their clothes torn,(AB) and told him what the field commander had said.

Jerusalem’s Deliverance Foretold(AC)

19 When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore(AD) his clothes and put on sackcloth and went into the temple of the Lord. He sent Eliakim(AE) the palace administrator, Shebna the secretary and the leading priests,(AF) all wearing sackcloth,(AG) to the prophet Isaiah(AH) son of Amoz. They told him, “This is what Hezekiah says: This day is a day of distress and rebuke and disgrace, as when children come to the moment(AI) of birth and there is no strength to deliver them. It may be that the Lord your God will hear all the words of the field commander, whom his master, the king of Assyria, has sent to ridicule(AJ) the living God, and that he will rebuke(AK) him for the words the Lord your God has heard. Therefore pray for the remnant(AL) that still survives.”

When King Hezekiah’s officials came to Isaiah, Isaiah said to them, “Tell your master, ‘This is what the Lord says: Do not be afraid(AM) of what you have heard—those words with which the underlings of the king of Assyria have blasphemed(AN) me. Listen! When he hears a certain report,(AO) I will make him want to return to his own country, and there I will have him cut down with the sword.(AP)’”

When the field commander heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish,(AQ) he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.(AR)

Now Sennacherib received a report that Tirhakah, the king of Cush,[d] was marching out to fight against him. So he again sent messengers to Hezekiah with this word: 10 “Say to Hezekiah king of Judah: Do not let the god you depend(AS) on deceive(AT) you when he says, ‘Jerusalem will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.’ 11 Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the countries, destroying them completely. And will you be delivered? 12 Did the gods of the nations that were destroyed by my predecessors deliver(AU) them—the gods of Gozan,(AV) Harran,(AW) Rezeph and the people of Eden who were in Tel Assar? 13 Where is the king of Hamath or the king of Arpad? Where are the kings of Lair, Sepharvaim, Hena and Ivvah?”(AX)

Hezekiah’s Prayer(AY)

14 Hezekiah received the letter(AZ) from the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the temple of the Lord and spread it out before the Lord. 15 And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord: “Lord, the God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim,(BA) you alone(BB) are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. 16 Give ear,(BC) Lord, and hear;(BD) open your eyes,(BE) Lord, and see; listen to the words Sennacherib has sent to ridicule the living God.

17 “It is true, Lord, that the Assyrian kings have laid waste these nations and their lands. 18 They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods(BF) but only wood and stone, fashioned by human hands.(BG) 19 Now, Lord our God, deliver(BH) us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms(BI) of the earth may know(BJ) that you alone, Lord, are God.”

Isaiah Prophesies Sennacherib’s Fall(BK)(BL)

20 Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I have heard(BM) your prayer concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria. 21 This is the word that the Lord has spoken against(BN) him:

“‘Virgin Daughter(BO) Zion
despises(BP) you and mocks(BQ) you.
Daughter Jerusalem
tosses her head(BR) as you flee.
22 Who is it you have ridiculed and blasphemed?(BS)
Against whom have you raised your voice
and lifted your eyes in pride?
Against the Holy One(BT) of Israel!
23 By your messengers
you have ridiculed the Lord.
And you have said,(BU)
“With my many chariots(BV)
I have ascended the heights of the mountains,
the utmost heights of Lebanon.
I have cut down(BW) its tallest cedars,
the choicest of its junipers.
I have reached its remotest parts,
the finest of its forests.
24 I have dug wells in foreign lands
and drunk the water there.
With the soles of my feet
I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”

25 “‘Have you not heard?(BX)
Long ago I ordained it.
In days of old I planned(BY) it;
now I have brought it to pass,
that you have turned fortified cities
into piles of stone.(BZ)
26 Their people, drained of power,(CA)
are dismayed(CB) and put to shame.
They are like plants in the field,
like tender green shoots,(CC)
like grass sprouting on the roof,
scorched(CD) before it grows up.

27 “‘But I know(CE) where you are
and when you come and go
and how you rage against me.
28 Because you rage against me
and because your insolence has reached my ears,
I will put my hook(CF) in your nose
and my bit(CG) in your mouth,
and I will make you return(CH)
by the way you came.’

29 “This will be the sign(CI) for you, Hezekiah:

“This year you will eat what grows by itself,(CJ)
and the second year what springs from that.
But in the third year sow and reap,
plant vineyards(CK) and eat their fruit.
30 Once more a remnant(CL) of the kingdom of Judah
will take root(CM) below and bear fruit above.
31 For out of Jerusalem will come a remnant,(CN)
and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors.(CO)

“The zeal(CP) of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this.

32 “Therefore this is what the Lord says concerning the king of Assyria:

“‘He will not enter this city
or shoot an arrow here.
He will not come before it with shield
or build a siege ramp against it.
33 By the way that he came he will return;(CQ)
he will not enter this city,
declares the Lord.
34 I will defend(CR) this city and save it,
for my sake and for the sake of David(CS) my servant.’”

35 That night the angel of the Lord(CT) went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies!(CU) 36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew.(CV) He returned to Nineveh(CW) and stayed there.

37 One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisrok, his sons Adrammelek(CX) and Sharezer killed him with the sword,(CY) and they escaped to the land of Ararat.(CZ) And Esarhaddon(DA) his son succeeded him as king.

Footnotes:

  1. 2 Kings 18:14 That is, about 11 tons or about 10 metric tons
  2. 2 Kings 18:14 That is, about 1 ton or about 1 metric ton
  3. 2 Kings 18:24 Or charioteers
  4. 2 Kings 19:9 That is, the upper Nile region

Cross references:

  1. 2 Kings 18:13 : S ver 2
  2. 2 Kings 18:13 : Isa 1:7; Mic 1:9
  3. 2 Kings 18:14 : 2Ki 19:8
  4. 2 Kings 18:14 : Isa 24:5; 33:8
  5. 2 Kings 18:15 : S 1Ki 15:18; Isa 39:2
  6. 2 Kings 18:16 : 2Ch 29:3
  7. 2 Kings 18:17 : 18:13, 17-37pp — Isa 36:1-22
  8. 2 Kings 18:17 : 18:17-35pp — 2Ch 32:9-19
  9. 2 Kings 18:17 : Isa 20:1
  10. 2 Kings 18:17 : 2Ki 20:20; 2Ch 32:4, 30; Ne 2:14; Isa 22:9
  11. 2 Kings 18:18 : 2Ki 19:2; Isa 22:20; 36:3, 11, 22; 37:2
  12. 2 Kings 18:18 : ver 26, 37; Isa 22:15
  13. 2 Kings 18:19 : S ver 5; S Job 4:6
  14. 2 Kings 18:21 : Isa 20:5; 31:1; Eze 29:6
  15. 2 Kings 18:21 : 2Ki 24:7; Isa 20:6; 30:5, 7; Jer 25:19; 37:7; 46:2
  16. 2 Kings 18:24 : Isa 10:8
  17. 2 Kings 18:25 : 2Ki 19:6, 22; 24:3; 2Ch 35:21
  18. 2 Kings 18:26 : Ezr 4:7
  19. 2 Kings 18:29 : 2Ki 19:10
  20. 2 Kings 18:31 : S Nu 13:23; S 1Ki 4:25
  21. 2 Kings 18:31 : Jer 14:3; La 4:4
  22. 2 Kings 18:32 : Dt 30:19
  23. 2 Kings 18:33 : 2Ki 19:12
  24. 2 Kings 18:34 : S 2Ki 17:24; S Jer 49:23
  25. 2 Kings 18:34 : Isa 10:9
  26. 2 Kings 18:35 : Ps 2:1-2
  27. 2 Kings 18:37 : S ver 18; Isa 33:7; 36:3, 22
  28. 2 Kings 18:37 : S 2Ki 6:30
  29. 2 Kings 19:1 : 19:1-13pp — Isa 37:1-13
  30. 2 Kings 19:1 : S Ge 37:34; S Nu 14:6
  31. 2 Kings 19:2 : S 2Ki 18:18
  32. 2 Kings 19:2 : Jer 19:1
  33. 2 Kings 19:2 : S Ge 37:34
  34. 2 Kings 19:2 : Isa 1:1
  35. 2 Kings 19:3 : Hos 13:13
  36. 2 Kings 19:4 : S 1Sa 17:26
  37. 2 Kings 19:4 : 2Sa 16:12
  38. 2 Kings 19:4 : S Ge 45:7; S Jer 37:3
  39. 2 Kings 19:6 : S Dt 3:2; S Jos 1:9
  40. 2 Kings 19:6 : S 2Ki 18:25
  41. 2 Kings 19:7 : S Ex 14:24; Jer 51:46
  42. 2 Kings 19:7 : ver 37; 2Ch 32:21; Isa 10:12
  43. 2 Kings 19:8 : 2Ki 18:14
  44. 2 Kings 19:8 : S Nu 33:20; S 2Ki 8:22
  45. 2 Kings 19:10 : S 2Ki 18:5
  46. 2 Kings 19:10 : 2Ki 18:29
  47. 2 Kings 19:12 : 2Ki 18:33; 2Ch 32:17
  48. 2 Kings 19:12 : 2Ki 17:6
  49. 2 Kings 19:12 : S Ge 11:31
  50. 2 Kings 19:13 : Isa 10:9-11; Jer 49:23
  51. 2 Kings 19:14 : 19:14-19pp — Isa 37:14-20
  52. 2 Kings 19:14 : 2Ki 5:7
  53. 2 Kings 19:15 : S Ge 3:24; S Ex 25:22
  54. 2 Kings 19:15 : S Ge 1:1; S Jos 2:11
  55. 2 Kings 19:16 : Ps 31:2; 71:2; 88:2; 102:2
  56. 2 Kings 19:16 : S 1Ki 8:29
  57. 2 Kings 19:16 : S Ex 3:16
  58. 2 Kings 19:18 : Isa 44:9-11; Jer 10:3-10
  59. 2 Kings 19:18 : Dt 4:28; Ps 115:4; Ac 17:29
  60. 2 Kings 19:19 : 1Sa 12:10; Job 6:23; Ps 3:7; 71:4
  61. 2 Kings 19:19 : S 1Ki 8:43; 1Ch 16:8
  62. 2 Kings 19:19 : S Jos 4:24; S 1Sa 17:46
  63. 2 Kings 19:20 : 19:20-37pp — Isa 37:21-38
  64. 2 Kings 19:20 : 19:35-37pp — 2Ch 32:20-21
  65. 2 Kings 19:20 : S 1Ki 9:3
  66. 2 Kings 19:21 : Isa 10:5; 33:1
  67. 2 Kings 19:21 : Isa 47:1; Jer 14:17; 18:13; 31:4; 46:11; La 2:13; Am 5:2
  68. 2 Kings 19:21 : Ps 53:5
  69. 2 Kings 19:21 : Pr 1:26; 3:34
  70. 2 Kings 19:21 : Job 16:4; Ps 44:14; 64:8; 109:25; Jer 18:16
  71. 2 Kings 19:22 : S 2Ki 18:25
  72. 2 Kings 19:22 : Lev 19:2; 1Sa 2:2; Job 6:10; Ps 16:10; 22:3; 71:22; 78:41; 89:18; Isa 1:4; 6:3; 57:15; Hos 11:9
  73. 2 Kings 19:23 : Isa 10:18; Jer 21:14; Eze 20:47
  74. 2 Kings 19:23 : Ps 20:7; Jer 50:37
  75. 2 Kings 19:23 : Isa 10:34; 14:8; 33:9; Eze 31:3
  76. 2 Kings 19:25 : Isa 40:21, 28
  77. 2 Kings 19:25 : Isa 22:11
  78. 2 Kings 19:25 : Mic 1:6
  79. 2 Kings 19:26 : Isa 13:7; Eze 7:17; Zep 3:16
  80. 2 Kings 19:26 : Ps 6:10; 71:24; 83:17; Isa 41:23; Jer 8:9
  81. 2 Kings 19:26 : Isa 4:2; 11:1; 53:2; Jer 23:5
  82. 2 Kings 19:26 : Job 8:12; Ps 37:2; 129:6
  83. 2 Kings 19:27 : Ps 139:1-4
  84. 2 Kings 19:28 : 2Ch 33:11; Eze 19:9; 29:4; 38:4; Am 4:2
  85. 2 Kings 19:28 : Isa 30:28
  86. 2 Kings 19:28 : ver 33
  87. 2 Kings 19:29 : S Ex 7:9; S Dt 13:2; Lk 2:12
  88. 2 Kings 19:29 : Lev 25:5
  89. 2 Kings 19:29 : Ps 107:37; Isa 65:21; Am 9:14
  90. 2 Kings 19:30 : S Ge 45:7
  91. 2 Kings 19:30 : Isa 5:24; 11:1; 27:6; Eze 17:22; Am 2:9
  92. 2 Kings 19:31 : S Ge 45:7
  93. 2 Kings 19:31 : Isa 66:19; Zep 2:9; Zec 14:16
  94. 2 Kings 19:31 : Isa 9:7
  95. 2 Kings 19:33 : ver 28
  96. 2 Kings 19:34 : 2Ki 20:6
  97. 2 Kings 19:34 : S 2Sa 7:15
  98. 2 Kings 19:35 : S Ge 19:13; S Ex 12:23
  99. 2 Kings 19:35 : Job 24:24; Isa 17:14; 41:12; Na 3:3
  100. 2 Kings 19:36 : S 2Ki 12:18
  101. 2 Kings 19:36 : S Ge 10:11
  102. 2 Kings 19:37 : 2Ki 17:31
  103. 2 Kings 19:37 : S ver 7
  104. 2 Kings 19:37 : S Ge 8:4
  105. 2 Kings 19:37 : S 2Ki 17:24
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Acts 21:1-17

On to Jerusalem

21 After we(A) had torn ourselves away from them, we put out to sea and sailed straight to Kos. The next day we went to Rhodes and from there to Patara. We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia,(B) went on board and set sail. After sighting Cyprus and passing to the south of it, we sailed on to Syria.(C) We landed at Tyre, where our ship was to unload its cargo. We sought out the disciples(D) there and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit(E) they urged Paul not to go on to Jerusalem. When it was time to leave, we left and continued on our way. All of them, including wives and children, accompanied us out of the city, and there on the beach we knelt to pray.(F) After saying goodbye to each other, we went aboard the ship, and they returned home.

We continued our voyage from Tyre(G) and landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and sisters(H) and stayed with them for a day. Leaving the next day, we reached Caesarea(I) and stayed at the house of Philip(J) the evangelist,(K) one of the Seven. He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.(L)

10 After we had been there a number of days, a prophet named Agabus(M) came down from Judea. 11 Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, tied his own hands and feet with it and said, “The Holy Spirit says,(N) ‘In this way the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem will bind(O) the owner of this belt and will hand him over to the Gentiles.’”(P)

12 When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem. 13 Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die(Q) in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”(R) 14 When he would not be dissuaded, we gave up(S) and said, “The Lord’s will be done.”(T)

15 After this, we started on our way up to Jerusalem.(U) 16 Some of the disciples from Caesarea(V) accompanied us and brought us to the home of Mnason, where we were to stay. He was a man from Cyprus(W) and one of the early disciples.

Paul’s Arrival at Jerusalem

17 When we arrived at Jerusalem, the brothers and sisters(X) received us warmly.(Y)

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Psalm 149

Psalm 149

Praise the Lord.[a](A)

Sing to the Lord a new song,(B)
his praise in the assembly(C) of his faithful people.

Let Israel rejoice(D) in their Maker;(E)
let the people of Zion be glad in their King.(F)
Let them praise his name with dancing(G)
and make music to him with timbrel and harp.(H)
For the Lord takes delight(I) in his people;
he crowns the humble with victory.(J)
Let his faithful people rejoice(K) in this honor
and sing for joy on their beds.(L)

May the praise of God be in their mouths(M)
and a double-edged(N) sword in their hands,(O)
to inflict vengeance(P) on the nations
and punishment(Q) on the peoples,
to bind their kings with fetters,(R)
their nobles with shackles of iron,(S)
to carry out the sentence written against them—(T)
this is the glory of all his faithful people.(U)

Praise the Lord.

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 149:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verse 9
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Proverbs 18:8

The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;
they go down to the inmost parts.(A)

Cross references:

  1. Proverbs 18:8 : Pr 26:22
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06/30/2021 DAB Transcript

2 Kings 17:1-18:12, Acts 20:1-38, Psalm 148:1-14, Proverbs 18:6-7

Today is the 30th day of June, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I am Brian it’s great to be here with you today as a come around this Global Campfire and recognize that we are at the final day of the 6th month of the year. So, with this reading when we conclude today, we will have reached the halfway point on our journey together. So, I just want to say up top right here the front, well done, well done we’ll spend a few minutes here reading and then we will reach that halfway point and sail into the second half of the year together. So, let’s let’s dive in we’re reading from the new international version this week working our way to the book of 2nd Kings today will read chapter 17 verse one through 18 verse 12.

Commentary:

Okay so as we reach well, we have reached it friends we have reached the halfway point in the Scriptures so as we reach this halfway points, today’s reading gives us a bit of sadness, to be honest in both Old and New Testaments. As we leave this first six months of the year, we’re leaving it without 10 of the tribes of Israel. In today’s reading. The Assyrian Empire attacked the kingdom of Israel and its capital, Samaria, and defeated them and exported them exiled them. So, these 10 tribes of the north are taken from this land that took century after century to make happen. Well, I mean, there were 4 centuries alone where they were slaves in Egypt so it’s been centuries that it took them to get there and then they were there for centuries, but it’s over. They they were taken away. They were assimilated and they disappeared and those 10 tribes of never been cohesive tribes ever again until this very day. The land is still there, where they were but once they were sent into exile they were gone. And we saw how exile works how Empire building it at this time works you defeat a nation you exile, its people to another defeated nation and then you move other defeated people in and out over time then, it’s just the Empire left. Over time, the generations go by nobody remembers who they were. Their ancestral homeland and yeah, generation after generation, when kids grow up in one place this is their homeland, this is all they know and so they don’t necessarily want to go back to an ancestral place and so they assimilate and that is what happened. And so, we will turn the page and going to the second half of the year and certainly will have references to Israel, the kingdom of Israel, those tribes but they’re gone, we won’t accompany them anymore, they are history. And then of course in the New Testament in the Book of Acts, Paul has determined to go to Jerusalem wants to get there for Pentecost. Jerusalem is a very very unsafe place for Paul to be. He was educated there. He was known there. He was a rising star, a rising Pharisee there. He was zealous for the things of God there. He was persecuting the followers of Jesus there; he was there when Stephen was stoned. Like Jerusalem is not a foreign place to Paul, he’s known there. But when he had that Damascus Road experience and met Jesus, he came back to Jerusalem and started teaching the good news of the gospel of Jesus, and he has mortal enemies in Jerusalem. He has had mortal enemies everywhere he’s gone among the Hebrew people, but he’s saying that the Holy Spirit is instructed to go to Jerusalem. He’s saying that the Spirit has told him that yeah, captivity in chains are in his future hardship is before him. And so, they sail and he sends for the leaders of the church in Ephesus and that’s where we have that sad scene where he knows he’s not going to see them again. He knows they’re not going to see him again so he’s trying to make statements and give them opportunity like if there’s anything between us, essentially, if there’s anything then we need to make it right now. This is kind of the language and this is kind of the meeting and he’s telling them I haven’t held back anything from you. Your blood is not on my hands. I did not withhold anything that the Spirit told me to teach you. I spent and invested all of the time and so I’m asking you to honor that and shepherd God’s people because none of us are going to be able to see each other anymore. And that’s sad. And Paul will sail to Jerusalem, we’ll see this in the coming days. It’s going to be difficult. It’s actually going to be some of the most difficult things that Paul has to face that’s recorded in the Bible and he’s never going to be free again. So, as we passed this six-month mark. We pass it soberly. We pass it giving honor to the first half of this year, everything, every story, every person that we met, every scenario that we’ve encountered all of the things that have been spoken into our hearts and lives through the Scriptures we honor that we honor the territory that we’re in. There is no more kingdom of Israel, there is the kingdom of Judah. Jerusalem is still intact. There is no more kingdom of Israel and the Apostle Paul is on his way to that very city Jerusalem, where nothing will ever be the same for him again either.

Prayer:

And so, Father, thank You for bringing us this far. This halfway point. Thank You for bringing us this far. We honor You and we worship You and we are grateful for use for Your sustaining us and bringing us here, and it gives us confidence and faith that You will continue step-by-step day by day to lead us forward. And so, as we acknowledge this first half of the year, we thank You and we invite You with all of our hearts to continue to transform us as we move into the second half of the year. We pray this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Announcements:

dailyaudiobible.com is home base. Gosh can you believe it guys that would that’s the end of June. I guess it’s just it has been on the calendar and I’ve seen it coming. But it’s just like hitting me now that we’re halfway through our journey of this year and we do have something that comes up in the middle of the year each year that is just our own little holiday inside the Daily Audio Bible around the Global Campfire and it’s a week from today which will be the 7th day of July, and every seventh day of July, that’s the Daily Audio Bible Long Walk. And it’s pretty self-explanatory, but explaining it but it’s it is exactly what it sounds like a Long Walk just go somewhere beautiful wherever we are in the world. Whether it’s just a little walk down the street to a park or whether we get in our car and drive for a few hours or whatever, where, wherever is beautiful, wherever you think is as lovely and allows you to get out into nature into the beauty of what God has created and go for a Long Walk with God where there is no hurry where the pace, where there’s nothing else to do that. That’s the beauty of that day where if we’re taking the day off to do something we’re taking off day to do something to catch up on something to get ahead on something that we can’t get to. But the purpose here is not to do nothing but to be instead of do, to walk with God and have no no reason to hurry to say everything that needs to be said, but to give silence voice and hear how nature is worshiping how nature is crying, how beautiful things are, or how much life is actually happening around us that we mostly ignore because were too busy doing other things. This is a day in the middle of the year to regroup and reset and just reprioritize and set the path forward with God as we move into the second half of the year and drink in the healing beauty of nature. And maybe take a picture wherever you go, or make take a video wherever you go. We’ll have a post at the Daily Audio Bible Facebook page for this event. You can post your pictures or videos into that post and then we have this one post full of all these different long walks and we get another little minivacation by just looking into each other’s part of the world and seeing the beauty of God’s creation all over the world on the same day. That’s coming up a week from today. So, plan that, it’s already circled on my calendar. I love this day. That, just to have permission, like I’m not gonna be fallen further behind. I am doing what I need to do. I’m actually going to be surging forward by resting, drinking in the beauty of God’s creation, walking with God, challenging what the trajectory is, reprioritizing and realigning and that’s gonna save way more than a day in the second half of the year. It’s gonna set things a right. So, I’m looking forward to it. I hope you are too. There is a resource available for the Long Walk, it’s called Heart: A Contemplative Journey. You can go to the iTunes store or Google play wherever you get your music and search for my name and Heart, and you’ll find it and it is a really good conversation starter. If you go for a Long Walk and if you feel like you’ve said everything you need to say in five minutes that’s fine. You’ll be surprised how much more you have, say, as time goes by but the Heart album is really good at starting that conversation and opening our hearts to the different things that we’ve been feeling whether whether that be sadness or confusion or transition or comfort or just worship. It is there for the journey of the Long Walk. So, check that out.

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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.

Prayers and Encouragement:

Good day Daily Audio Bible family. This is Ekberg from California by the way of Belize City Kurdish, Honduras, Belize. I am calling for your prayer concerning a job that I applied for here in the country of Belize. I pray that you would pray with me concerning securing that job. I want to thank the Hardin family for all they’ve done throughout the years and for the many prayer warriors: Blind Tony, Biola, Delta Alpha Foxtrot, Slave of Jesus, Prodigal Son, Joe the Protector, Tony the Truck Driver, All Seeing Tony, so many to number and to say I pray that God would be with you all the new members watch over you, protect you all the prayers that has been submitted. I pray that God would blanket His love and His protection over you. Your concerns and that you would continue to trust Him and believe that He will never leave us nor for sake us. I thank you for all that you do encouraging each other. I pray for the persecuted saints throughout the world that are being persecuted for the name of Jesus that you would pray for them continually as they confess our prayers. So, thank you again God bless you today is the 27th love you.

Hi neighbors it’s Lisa the Encourager. Tonight, I just wanted to give us an opportunity together to be encouraged and praising our Father together. And the reason I just really want to give him praise is the simple things. The simple things that we take advantage of or take for granted every day and that is, I’m thinking about our hearts. Our hearts beat approximately a hundred thousand times a day and we never even have to give it a thought, we never have to turn it on, it’s just there beating, beating, a hundred thousand times a day. Running the blood throughout our body to our brains and functioning for us without us even giving it a thought. And I just want to give God the praise, I want to give Him the praise because that same heart beats approximately 35 million times a year. And that same heart in an average lifetime of a person is 2.5 billion times, your heart is gonna beat. So, I’m just so encouraged in that God has blessed me with a heart and I want to do something with it that’s going to bring Him happiness and joy and that He can be proud of me. So, I hope that this blesses you, this encourages you. I hope that you will give your Father praise for the heart beat that’s gonna beat a hundred thousand times today. So, I love you all. Thank you for letting me share this with you.

Blessings to all my brothers and sisters in Christ. This is His Child from Canada. And I will lead us pray in a general prayer for all the DABers out there. Heavenly Father God, we just want to thank you today for Your love, we thank You for Your forgiveness. Oh God, we thank You for your mercy and your grace. Where would any of us be today Lord without any of those attributes of Yours? Father God, You are the God that holds the whole world in Your hands. You are the God that have all the DABers in Your hands today Lord. And You know what each and every person is experiencing at this time. So, Lord, I pray and ask You, that You will bind up their wounds Lord. That You would heal the broken-hearted Lord. I pray for peace for the weary, comfort to the lonely, strength for the weak today Lord. Heavenly Father, each of us may have the same experience in life Lord, but none of us truly know how the person is feeling because we are all unique and all deal with situations differently but You are God and You see all things, You know all things, You see each tear, and You know each pain Oh God. So, I call upon you today Lord to help and comfort each person in every situation that experiencing today. Heavenly Father, we pray and ask that we continue to look to you for our strength Lord. Look to You Lord and seek Your face in everything. And I pray this in Jesus name. Amen.

Good morning DAB. This is Ben Little, I’m calling from Pennsylvania. Today is June 28th. Now, I’m headed to class right now. You can pray for that, it’s very important that I do well on this final for my career. But that’s not why I’m calling today, I’m actually calling for my wife. We’ve been married for almost 6 years now. And we have 3 children, 3 daughters, our oldest is 4, our middle is 2 and our youngest is about almost 4 months. And my wife feels like she’s drowning. And if anyone who has young kids or you know have experience with a number of them or even one knows that when you’re home each and every day with your own children it can be hard. Especially when you want to do well. So just lift her up cause she’s having a hard time. She feels like no matter what she does that she just can’t do the right thing. And she gets frustrated and it’s obvious to anyone that she loves her children so much and that she wants to do really well. She just gets discouraged and is worried that because of her actions our children are going to turn out to be delinquents or something. If you could lift her up and pray just that she wouldn’t listen to what the devil has to say, she’ll listen to what God’s word says. And pray for me that I will be able to encourage her. Amen. Thank you very much. Have a good day.

Hey Daily Audio Bible Family, this is Billy from Montgomery with The Trinity Stone. I’ve been working with our Kiros Group, we’ve been doing through the fence meetings here lately. Before that we were doing videos, they shut us down due to COVID. But July 1st there gonna start opening up the facilities again, there gonna send one person inside to do a reunion. And so, that person is gonna be me, I need to be covered up in prayer. I’ve got to do a talk with the guys, I need to be covered up in prayer to make sure I give a good message to these guys inside for our first reunion group that’s going to be actually July 7th, I know it’s on our Long Walk Day but I’m gonna have to take a break from doing my Long Walk and go inside prison. But anyway I just wanted to cover myself up in prayer and keep covered up in prayer because I’ve got to be a leader that night. So, anyway, I will talk to you guys later. Love ya’ll, talk to ya’ll later. Bye for now.

The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Wednesday June 30, 2021 (NIV)

2 Kings 17:1-18:12

Hoshea Last King of Israel(A)

17 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea(B) son of Elah became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned nine years. He did evil(C) in the eyes of the Lord, but not like the kings of Israel who preceded him.

Shalmaneser(D) king of Assyria came up to attack Hoshea, who had been Shalmaneser’s vassal and had paid him tribute.(E) But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea was a traitor, for he had sent envoys to So[a] king of Egypt,(F) and he no longer paid tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year. Therefore Shalmaneser seized him and put him in prison.(G) The king of Assyria invaded the entire land, marched against Samaria and laid siege(H) to it for three years. In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria(I) captured Samaria(J) and deported(K) the Israelites to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, in Gozan(L) on the Habor River and in the towns of the Medes.

Israel Exiled Because of Sin

All this took place because the Israelites had sinned(M) against the Lord their God, who had brought them up out of Egypt(N) from under the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They worshiped other gods and followed the practices of the nations(O) the Lord had driven out before them, as well as the practices that the kings of Israel had introduced. The Israelites secretly did things against the Lord their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city(P) they built themselves high places in all their towns. 10 They set up sacred stones(Q) and Asherah poles(R) on every high hill and under every spreading tree.(S) 11 At every high place they burned incense, as the nations whom the Lord had driven out before them had done. They did wicked things that aroused the Lord’s anger. 12 They worshiped idols,(T) though the Lord had said, “You shall not do this.”[b] 13 The Lord warned(U) Israel and Judah through all his prophets and seers:(V) “Turn from your evil ways.(W) Observe my commands and decrees, in accordance with the entire Law that I commanded your ancestors to obey and that I delivered to you through my servants the prophets.”(X)

14 But they would not listen and were as stiff-necked(Y) as their ancestors, who did not trust in the Lord their God. 15 They rejected his decrees and the covenant(Z) he had made with their ancestors and the statutes he had warned them to keep. They followed worthless idols(AA) and themselves became worthless.(AB) They imitated the nations(AC) around them although the Lord had ordered them, “Do not do as they do.”

16 They forsook all the commands of the Lord their God and made for themselves two idols cast in the shape of calves,(AD) and an Asherah(AE) pole. They bowed down to all the starry hosts,(AF) and they worshiped Baal.(AG) 17 They sacrificed(AH) their sons and daughters in the fire. They practiced divination and sought omens(AI) and sold(AJ) themselves to do evil in the eyes of the Lord, arousing his anger.

18 So the Lord was very angry with Israel and removed them from his presence.(AK) Only the tribe of Judah was left, 19 and even Judah did not keep the commands of the Lord their God. They followed the practices Israel had introduced.(AL) 20 Therefore the Lord rejected all the people of Israel; he afflicted them and gave them into the hands of plunderers,(AM) until he thrust them from his presence.(AN)

21 When he tore(AO) Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat their king.(AP) Jeroboam enticed Israel away from following the Lord and caused them to commit a great sin.(AQ) 22 The Israelites persisted in all the sins of Jeroboam and did not turn away from them 23 until the Lord removed them from his presence,(AR) as he had warned(AS) through all his servants the prophets. So the people of Israel were taken from their homeland(AT) into exile in Assyria, and they are still there.

Samaria Resettled

24 The king of Assyria(AU) brought people from Babylon, Kuthah, Avva, Hamath and Sepharvaim(AV) and settled them in the towns of Samaria to replace the Israelites. They took over Samaria and lived in its towns. 25 When they first lived there, they did not worship the Lord; so he sent lions(AW) among them and they killed some of the people. 26 It was reported to the king of Assyria: “The people you deported and resettled in the towns of Samaria do not know what the god of that country requires. He has sent lions among them, which are killing them off, because the people do not know what he requires.”

27 Then the king of Assyria gave this order: “Have one of the priests you took captive from Samaria go back to live there and teach the people what the god of the land requires.” 28 So one of the priests who had been exiled from Samaria came to live in Bethel and taught them how to worship the Lord.

29 Nevertheless, each national group made its own gods in the several towns(AX) where they settled, and set them up in the shrines(AY) the people of Samaria had made at the high places.(AZ) 30 The people from Babylon made Sukkoth Benoth, those from Kuthah made Nergal, and those from Hamath made Ashima; 31 the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire as sacrifices to Adrammelek(BA) and Anammelek, the gods of Sepharvaim.(BB) 32 They worshiped the Lord, but they also appointed all sorts(BC) of their own people to officiate for them as priests in the shrines at the high places. 33 They worshiped the Lord, but they also served their own gods in accordance with the customs of the nations from which they had been brought.

34 To this day they persist in their former practices. They neither worship the Lord nor adhere to the decrees and regulations, the laws and commands that the Lord gave the descendants of Jacob, whom he named Israel.(BD) 35 When the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites, he commanded them: “Do not worship(BE) any other gods or bow down to them, serve them or sacrifice to them.(BF) 36 But the Lord, who brought you up out of Egypt with mighty power and outstretched arm,(BG) is the one you must worship. To him you shall bow down and to him offer sacrifices. 37 You must always be careful(BH) to keep the decrees(BI) and regulations, the laws and commands he wrote for you. Do not worship other gods. 38 Do not forget(BJ) the covenant I have made with you, and do not worship other gods. 39 Rather, worship the Lord your God; it is he who will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies.”

40 They would not listen, however, but persisted in their former practices. 41 Even while these people were worshiping the Lord,(BK) they were serving their idols. To this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their ancestors did.

Hezekiah King of Judah(BL)(BM)(BN)

18 In the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah(BO) son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years.(BP) His mother’s name was Abijah[c] daughter of Zechariah. He did what was right(BQ) in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father David(BR) had done. He removed(BS) the high places,(BT) smashed the sacred stones(BU) and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake(BV) Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it. (It was called Nehushtan.[d])

Hezekiah trusted(BW) in the Lord, the God of Israel. There was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, either before him or after him. He held fast(BX) to the Lord and did not stop following him; he kept the commands the Lord had given Moses. And the Lord was with him; he was successful(BY) in whatever he undertook. He rebelled(BZ) against the king of Assyria and did not serve him. From watchtower to fortified city,(CA) he defeated the Philistines, as far as Gaza and its territory.

In King Hezekiah’s fourth year,(CB) which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and laid siege to it. 10 At the end of three years the Assyrians took it. So Samaria was captured in Hezekiah’s sixth year, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel. 11 The king(CC) of Assyria deported Israel to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan on the Habor River and in towns of the Medes.(CD) 12 This happened because they had not obeyed the Lord their God, but had violated his covenant(CE)—all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded.(CF) They neither listened to the commands(CG) nor carried them out.

Footnotes:

  1. 2 Kings 17:4 So is probably an abbreviation for Osorkon.
  2. 2 Kings 17:12 Exodus 20:4,5
  3. 2 Kings 18:2 Hebrew Abi, a variant of Abijah
  4. 2 Kings 18:4 Nehushtan sounds like the Hebrew for both bronze and snake.

Cross references:

  1. 2 Kings 17:1 : 17:3-7pp — 2Ki 18:9-12
  2. 2 Kings 17:1 : 2Ki 15:30
  3. 2 Kings 17:2 : S Dt 4:25
  4. 2 Kings 17:3 : Hos 10:14
  5. 2 Kings 17:3 : S Jdg 3:15
  6. 2 Kings 17:4 : Ps 146:3; Isa 30:1, 7; 36:6; Jer 2:36; Hos 12:1
  7. 2 Kings 17:4 : Hos 13:10
  8. 2 Kings 17:5 : Hos 13:16
  9. 2 Kings 17:6 : ver 20; S 2Ki 15:29; Isa 42:24
  10. 2 Kings 17:6 : Isa 10:9
  11. 2 Kings 17:6 : S Dt 4:27; S 24:1; S 2Ki 15:29; Am 7:17
  12. 2 Kings 17:6 : 1Ch 5:26
  13. 2 Kings 17:7 : S Jos 7:11
  14. 2 Kings 17:7 : Ex 14:15-31
  15. 2 Kings 17:8 : S Ex 34:15; S Lev 18:3; S Dt 9:4
  16. 2 Kings 17:9 : 2Ki 18:8
  17. 2 Kings 17:10 : S Ex 23:24
  18. 2 Kings 17:10 : Ex 34:13; Isa 17:8; Mic 5:14
  19. 2 Kings 17:10 : S Dt 12:2
  20. 2 Kings 17:12 : S Ex 20:4
  21. 2 Kings 17:13 : S Jdg 6:8; S 2Ch 7:14; S Job 34:33; Eze 3:17-19
  22. 2 Kings 17:13 : S 1Sa 9:9
  23. 2 Kings 17:13 : Jer 4:1; 18:11; 23:22; 25:5; 35:15; 36:3; Zec 1:4
  24. 2 Kings 17:13 : Mt 23:34
  25. 2 Kings 17:14 : S Ex 32:9; Ac 7:51
  26. 2 Kings 17:15 : S Lev 26:11; Dt 29:25; Jdg 2:20; 1Ki 11:11; 2Ki 18:12; Ps 78:10; Eze 5:6; Mal 2:10
  27. 2 Kings 17:15 : S Dt 32:21; Hos 11:2; Ro 1:21-23
  28. 2 Kings 17:15 : Jer 2:5
  29. 2 Kings 17:15 : S Dt 12:4
  30. 2 Kings 17:16 : S Ex 32:4
  31. 2 Kings 17:16 : S Dt 16:21
  32. 2 Kings 17:16 : S Ge 2:1; Isa 40:26; Jer 19:13
  33. 2 Kings 17:16 : S Jdg 2:11
  34. 2 Kings 17:17 : S Dt 12:31; 18:10-12; 2Ki 16:3; Eze 16:21
  35. 2 Kings 17:17 : S Lev 19:26
  36. 2 Kings 17:17 : S 1Ki 21:20; Ro 7:14
  37. 2 Kings 17:18 : S Ge 4:14; S Ex 33:15; S 2Ki 13:23; 2Th 1:9
  38. 2 Kings 17:19 : 2Ki 16:3; Jer 3:6-10; Eze 23:13
  39. 2 Kings 17:20 : S ver 6
  40. 2 Kings 17:20 : Jer 7:15; 15:1
  41. 2 Kings 17:21 : S 1Sa 15:27; S 1Ki 11:11
  42. 2 Kings 17:21 : 1Ki 12:20
  43. 2 Kings 17:21 : S 1Ki 12:30
  44. 2 Kings 17:23 : Eze 39:23-24
  45. 2 Kings 17:23 : S Jdg 6:8
  46. 2 Kings 17:23 : S 1Ki 9:7
  47. 2 Kings 17:24 : 2Ki 19:37; Ezr 4:2, 10; Isa 37:38
  48. 2 Kings 17:24 : ver 31; S 2Ki 15:29; 18:34; Isa 36:19; 37:13; Am 6:2
  49. 2 Kings 17:25 : S Ge 37:20; Isa 5:29; 15:9; Jer 50:17
  50. 2 Kings 17:29 : Jer 2:28; 11:13
  51. 2 Kings 17:29 : S Lev 26:30; S 1Ki 12:31
  52. 2 Kings 17:29 : Mic 4:5
  53. 2 Kings 17:31 : 2Ki 19:37
  54. 2 Kings 17:31 : S ver 24
  55. 2 Kings 17:32 : S 1Ki 12:31
  56. 2 Kings 17:34 : S Ge 17:5; S 1Ki 18:31
  57. 2 Kings 17:35 : S Ex 20:5
  58. 2 Kings 17:35 : S Ex 20:3
  59. 2 Kings 17:36 : S Ex 3:20; Ps 136:12
  60. 2 Kings 17:37 : Dt 5:32
  61. 2 Kings 17:37 : S Lev 19:37
  62. 2 Kings 17:38 : S Dt 6:12
  63. 2 Kings 17:41 : S 1Ki 18:21; Ezr 4:2; Mt 6:24
  64. 2 Kings 18:1 : 18:2-4pp — 2Ch 29:1-2; 31:1
  65. 2 Kings 18:1 : 18:5-7pp — 2Ch 31:20-21
  66. 2 Kings 18:1 : 18:9-12pp — 2Ki 17:3-7
  67. 2 Kings 18:1 : Isa 1:1; Hos 1:1; Mic 1:1
  68. 2 Kings 18:2 : ver 13; Isa 38:5
  69. 2 Kings 18:3 : S 1Ki 14:8
  70. 2 Kings 18:3 : Isa 38:5
  71. 2 Kings 18:4 : 2Ch 31:1; Isa 36:7
  72. 2 Kings 18:4 : 2Ki 12:3; 21:3
  73. 2 Kings 18:4 : S Ex 23:24
  74. 2 Kings 18:4 : Nu 21:9
  75. 2 Kings 18:5 : ver 19; S 1Sa 7:3; 2Ki 19:10; Ps 21:7; 125:1; Pr 3:26
  76. 2 Kings 18:6 : Dt 10:20; S Dt 6:18
  77. 2 Kings 18:7 : S Ge 39:3; S Job 22:25
  78. 2 Kings 18:7 : 2Ki 24:1; Ezr 4:19; Isa 36:5
  79. 2 Kings 18:8 : 2Ki 17:9
  80. 2 Kings 18:9 : Isa 1:1; 36:1
  81. 2 Kings 18:11 : Isa 37:12
  82. 2 Kings 18:11 : Eze 16:39; 23:9
  83. 2 Kings 18:12 : S 2Ki 17:15
  84. 2 Kings 18:12 : 2Ki 21:8; Da 9:6, 10
  85. 2 Kings 18:12 : S 1Ki 9:6
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Acts 20

Through Macedonia and Greece

20 When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples(A) and, after encouraging them, said goodbye and set out for Macedonia.(B) He traveled through that area, speaking many words of encouragement to the people, and finally arrived in Greece, where he stayed three months. Because some Jews had plotted against him(C) just as he was about to sail for Syria,(D) he decided to go back through Macedonia.(E) He was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus(F) and Secundus from Thessalonica,(G) Gaius(H) from Derbe, Timothy(I) also, and Tychicus(J) and Trophimus(K) from the province of Asia.(L) These men went on ahead and waited for us(M) at Troas.(N) But we sailed from Philippi(O) after the Festival of Unleavened Bread, and five days later joined the others at Troas,(P) where we stayed seven days.

Eutychus Raised From the Dead at Troas

On the first day of the week(Q) we came together to break bread.(R) Paul spoke to the people and, because he intended to leave the next day, kept on talking until midnight. There were many lamps in the upstairs room(S) where we were meeting. Seated in a window was a young man named Eutychus, who was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell to the ground from the third story and was picked up dead. 10 Paul went down, threw himself on the young man(T) and put his arms around him. “Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “He’s alive!”(U) 11 Then he went upstairs again and broke bread(V) and ate. After talking until daylight, he left. 12 The people took the young man home alive and were greatly comforted.

Paul’s Farewell to the Ephesian Elders

13 We went on ahead to the ship and sailed for Assos, where we were going to take Paul aboard. He had made this arrangement because he was going there on foot. 14 When he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene. 15 The next day we set sail from there and arrived off Chios. The day after that we crossed over to Samos, and on the following day arrived at Miletus.(W) 16 Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus(X) to avoid spending time in the province of Asia,(Y) for he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem,(Z) if possible, by the day of Pentecost.(AA)

17 From Miletus,(AB) Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders(AC) of the church. 18 When they arrived, he said to them: “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you,(AD) from the first day I came into the province of Asia.(AE) 19 I served the Lord with great humility and with tears(AF) and in the midst of severe testing by the plots of my Jewish opponents.(AG) 20 You know that I have not hesitated to preach anything(AH) that would be helpful to you but have taught you publicly and from house to house. 21 I have declared to both Jews(AI) and Greeks that they must turn to God in repentance(AJ) and have faith in our Lord Jesus.(AK)

22 “And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem,(AL) not knowing what will happen to me there. 23 I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me(AM) that prison and hardships are facing me.(AN) 24 However, I consider my life worth nothing to me;(AO) my only aim is to finish the race(AP) and complete the task(AQ) the Lord Jesus has given me(AR)—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.(AS)

25 “Now I know that none of you among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom(AT) will ever see me again.(AU) 26 Therefore, I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of any of you.(AV) 27 For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole will of God.(AW) 28 Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock(AX) of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers.(AY) Be shepherds of the church of God,[a](AZ) which he bought(BA) with his own blood.[b](BB) 29 I know that after I leave, savage wolves(BC) will come in among you and will not spare the flock.(BD) 30 Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples(BE) after them. 31 So be on your guard! Remember that for three years(BF) I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.(BG)

32 “Now I commit you to God(BH) and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance(BI) among all those who are sanctified.(BJ) 33 I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.(BK) 34 You yourselves know that these hands of mine have supplied my own needs and the needs of my companions.(BL) 35 In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’

36 When Paul had finished speaking, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.(BM) 37 They all wept as they embraced him and kissed him.(BN) 38 What grieved them most was his statement that they would never see his face again.(BO) Then they accompanied him to the ship.(BP)

Footnotes:

  1. Acts 20:28 Many manuscripts of the Lord
  2. Acts 20:28 Or with the blood of his own Son.

Cross references:

  1. Acts 20:1 : S Ac 11:26
  2. Acts 20:1 : S Ac 16:9
  3. Acts 20:3 : ver 19; Ac 9:23, 24; 14:5; 23:12, 15, 30; 25:3; 2Co 11:26; S 1Th 2:16
  4. Acts 20:3 : S Lk 2:2
  5. Acts 20:3 : S Ac 16:9
  6. Acts 20:4 : S Ac 19:29
  7. Acts 20:4 : S Ac 17:1
  8. Acts 20:4 : S Ac 19:29
  9. Acts 20:4 : S Ac 16:1
  10. Acts 20:4 : Eph 6:21; Col 4:7; Tit 3:12
  11. Acts 20:4 : Ac 21:29; 2Ti 4:20
  12. Acts 20:4 : S Ac 2:9
  13. Acts 20:5 : S Ac 16:10
  14. Acts 20:5 : S Ac 16:8
  15. Acts 20:6 : S Ac 16:12
  16. Acts 20:6 : S Ac 16:8
  17. Acts 20:7 : 1Co 16:2; Rev 1:10
  18. Acts 20:7 : S Mt 14:19
  19. Acts 20:8 : Ac 1:13; 9:37
  20. Acts 20:10 : 1Ki 17:21; 2Ki 4:34
  21. Acts 20:10 : Mt 9:23, 24
  22. Acts 20:11 : ver 7; S Mt 14:19
  23. Acts 20:15 : ver 17; 2Ti 4:20
  24. Acts 20:16 : S Ac 18:19
  25. Acts 20:16 : S Ac 2:9
  26. Acts 20:16 : S Ac 19:21
  27. Acts 20:16 : S Ac 2:1
  28. Acts 20:17 : ver 15
  29. Acts 20:17 : S Ac 11:30
  30. Acts 20:18 : Ac 18:19-21; 19:1-41
  31. Acts 20:18 : S Ac 2:9
  32. Acts 20:19 : Ps 6:6
  33. Acts 20:19 : S ver 3
  34. Acts 20:20 : ver 27; Ps 40:10; Jer 26:2; 42:4
  35. Acts 20:21 : Ac 18:5
  36. Acts 20:21 : S Ac 2:38
  37. Acts 20:21 : Ac 24:24; 26:18; Eph 1:15; Col 2:5; Phm 5
  38. Acts 20:22 : ver 16
  39. Acts 20:23 : S Ac 8:29; 21:4
  40. Acts 20:23 : S Ac 9:16
  41. Acts 20:24 : Ac 21:13
  42. Acts 20:24 : 2Ti 4:7
  43. Acts 20:24 : 2Co 4:1
  44. Acts 20:24 : Gal 1:1; Tit 1:3
  45. Acts 20:24 : S Ac 11:23
  46. Acts 20:25 : S Mt 4:23
  47. Acts 20:25 : ver 38
  48. Acts 20:26 : Eze 3:17-19; Ac 18:6
  49. Acts 20:27 : S ver 20
  50. Acts 20:28 : ver 29; S Jn 21:16
  51. Acts 20:28 : S 1Ti 3:1
  52. Acts 20:28 : S 1Co 10:32
  53. Acts 20:28 : S 1Co 6:20
  54. Acts 20:28 : S Ro 3:25
  55. Acts 20:29 : Eze 34:5; Mt 7:15
  56. Acts 20:29 : ver 28
  57. Acts 20:30 : S Ac 11:26
  58. Acts 20:31 : Ac 19:10
  59. Acts 20:31 : ver 19
  60. Acts 20:32 : Ac 14:23
  61. Acts 20:32 : S Eph 1:14; S Mt 25:34; Col 1:12; 3:24; Heb 9:15; 1Pe 1:4
  62. Acts 20:32 : Ac 26:18
  63. Acts 20:33 : 1Sa 12:3; 1Co 9:12; 2Co 2:17; 7:2; 11:9; 12:14-17; 1Th 2:5
  64. Acts 20:34 : S Ac 18:3
  65. Acts 20:36 : Lk 22:41; Ac 9:40; 21:5
  66. Acts 20:37 : S Lk 15:20
  67. Acts 20:38 : ver 25
  68. Acts 20:38 : Ac 21:5
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Psalm 148

Psalm 148

Praise the Lord.[a](A)

Praise the Lord from the heavens;(B)
praise him in the heights above.
Praise him, all his angels;(C)
praise him, all his heavenly hosts.(D)
Praise him, sun(E) and moon;
praise him, all you shining stars.
Praise him, you highest heavens(F)
and you waters above the skies.(G)

Let them praise the name(H) of the Lord,
for at his command(I) they were created,
and he established them for ever and ever—
he issued a decree(J) that will never pass away.

Praise the Lord(K) from the earth,
you great sea creatures(L) and all ocean depths,(M)
lightning and hail,(N) snow and clouds,
stormy winds that do his bidding,(O)
you mountains and all hills,(P)
fruit trees and all cedars,
10 wild animals(Q) and all cattle,
small creatures and flying birds,
11 kings(R) of the earth and all nations,
you princes and all rulers on earth,
12 young men and women,
old men and children.

13 Let them praise the name of the Lord,(S)
for his name alone is exalted;
his splendor(T) is above the earth and the heavens.(U)
14 And he has raised up for his people a horn,[b](V)
the praise(W) of all his faithful servants,(X)
of Israel, the people close to his heart.(Y)

Praise the Lord.

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 148:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verse 14
  2. Psalm 148:14 Horn here symbolizes strength.
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Proverbs 18:6-7

The lips of fools bring them strife,
and their mouths invite a beating.(A)

The mouths of fools are their undoing,
and their lips are a snare(B) to their very lives.(C)

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06/29/2021

2 Kings 16:20; Acts 41, Psalm 20, Proverbs 5

Today is the 29th day of June, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian it is great to be here with you today as we take the next step forward together on our journey through the Scriptures this year that next step forward will land us back in the book of 2 Kings in the Old Testament and the Book of Acts in the new, and so let’s dive in today. 2 Kings, chapters 15 and 16.

Commentary:

Okay, so in the Book of Acts today we have a really fantastic opportunity to look and observe something and talk about something and that something is the name of Jesus. We hear that said, often in the name of Jesus. We even pray that way here around the Global Campfire every day, so it’s something that we should be familiar with the name of Jesus. There’s power in the name of Jesus, right, we sing this there’s power in the name of Jesus to break every chain. So, we have this awareness and yet the name of Jesus gets used all the time in all kinds of ways even to curse something, or as a curse. So, it’s like is there power in the name of Jesus when we’re just exasperated and we say it as a curse? Is there power in the name then? We see in the Book of Acts today are seven sons there called the seven sons of Sceva because Sceva is a high priest, so there’s seven sons of a high priest, high ranking people here, respected people here probably educated people here at least educated in God’s law to some degree. So, these are not people who are just like farmers who have decided they’re going say the name Jesus. They have been observing Paul and his companions using the name of Jesus. And when they use the name of Jesus. Things happen. People are delivered. People are set free from oppression, miracles, the miraculous happens around that name when it is used by these people especially the Apostle Paul. So, the seven sons of Sceva see this and they begin using the name of Jesus to try to set people free from oppression. The oppression of the enemy of the demonic, as it’s laid out in the Book of Acts. And so, they go to do this kind of exorcism in the name of Jesus and so there in there and they’re saying in the name of Jesus, we command you to depart and it doesn’t work. They use the name of Jesus. And it doesn’t work so what can we say about that like if we step back. There’s power in the name of Jesus to break every chain and yet were watching people use the name of Jesus and nothing happens. So, what could be said? There’s power in the name of Jesus, but not without Jesus, right. So, Paul is able to look at somebody and say okay in the name of Jesus Christ stand up and walk because he can see that their faith is in collaboration with the spirit of Christ within him. In other words, Jesus is present in that scenario and the scenario with the seven sons of Sceva, they don’t know Jesus and the demon who responds and then there jumped and beat up and run out of the house naked and bleeding. The demon says I know Jesus and I know Paul but I don’t know who you are and that’s that’s sort of the deal. When Paul is saying in the name of Jesus depart from this person, the spirit of Christ is that Jesus, it’s not just His name His spirit is present, the authority is there. It’s not Paul it’s not Paul’s authority. It’s Christ His presence, taking authority, enforcing that which is oppressing someone to to depart. What ultimately happens in the story we read today is that the name of Jesus becomes a revered name. It descends upon the people. This respect after hearing the story about the high priests’ sons people respect the name of Jesus and the sorcerers’ people who have incantations and spells to try to accomplish some of this work. They’re burning up their spell books etc. etc. because the name of Jesus accomplishes what they’re trying to accomplish by witchcraft and they turn to the Lord. We use the name Jesus a lot as we said when we started talking about this a few minutes ago but if we examine sometimes were using it like it’s an incantation like we can say this name, and that has to make things change. But if the spirit of Christ isn’t in that thing, if it’s not something that Jesus wants to do, then we can’t make him do it because we called his name like we rubbed a genie bottle and then the genie was forced to come out of the bottle and grant our wishes, we are invited to collaborate with the spirit of Christ within us and the spirit of Christ within us is to increase even as we decrease so that we are moving about the earth as ambassadors for Christ, and other words doing the things that Jesus wants to do and that’s worth rolling around in our mind today, kind of meditating on that, inviting Jesus into that. How are we using his name and what are we expecting? Are we expecting that we can call upon his name and he appears like a genie or are we attempting to collaborate with the spirit of Christ in this world being a light in the darkness?

Prayer:

So, Jesus that’s we invite you into that and as we move through this day. We invite your Holy Spirit to come minister to us revealed to us the ways of your kingdom and the use of your authority. We ask this in your name. Amen.

Announcements:

dailyaudiobible.com is home base it’s the website it’s where you find out what’s going on around here. And we’ve been talking about what’s coming up and it’s a week from tomorrow. The Daily Audio Bible Long Walk that takes place every 7th of July and I mentioned bunch of stuff that I’ll keep mentioning until we do it. It’s just our own little internal community holiday. It’s a day that just lands us pretty close to the center of the year a really really good time to regroup, after the first six months of the year. Yeah, a day to regroup and just look back at where we’ve come from and where were going and to invite God into that conversation, is a good thing and so now go somewhere beautiful and go for a Long Walk with God giving ourselves permission to have time not to be always feeling rushed, and behind in its amazing what that can do just set aside a day and it’s not for chores. It’s not for catch up. It’s not for anything. It’s actually to just be with God and be in his creation and drink in all the healing that it offers to just be with no agenda other than to enjoy a day and so that is that is the Long Walk and that is coming up a week from tomorrow. And we do this, it’s very private and individual we do this alone, but we do it together. So, on the Daily Audio Bible Facebook page we’ll post a post for the Long Walk next week and then when you go on your long walk picture or a video or whatever wherever you go and post it into that post, then we will have windows into each other’s lives. And the beauty of God’s creation all over the world on the same day that is so much fun. So, that is coming up on the 7th of July a week from tomorrow. There is a resource available that we have created that pairs perfectly with the Long Walk. It is called Heart: A Contemplative Journey and it’s a prayer and musical journey really just to pray and invite God into all of the different emotions that we’ve probably been feeling and then just to allow music to kind of wash through and into that as we contemplate as we just go further in silence and consideration. And so, that is available wherever you get your music, wherever you purchase your music. So, for example it’s not on Apple music but it is on the iTunes store. You can’t stream it but you can purchase and that is really because to make it stream able means, I’ve said this. It’s weird because it’s a prayer and musical journey and the prayers once there separated from the whole thing. It’s just odd. And that’s I have to do it if you going to stream it so you can purchase it at the iTunes shop or a Google play or wherever you get your music just search for my name Brian Hardin or Heart: A Contemplative Journey and you can download that in advance of the Long Walk.

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Prayers and Encouragements:

Grace and peace Daily Audio Bible family this is RJ Running for Jesus out of Connecticut. Just listen to the prayer from Lonnie Always Praying you spoke about your son, 39 years old, saved but has walked away drinks consistently every day in his body and his life, you see, is wasting away. This prayerless this request that you requested to prayer really touched me because his story is so similar to mine even so much that my RJ actually stands for Robert as well. Robert John so lift this brother up. I was one who alcohol or drugs. I’m 54 now and it took me all the way to the age of 38 to come back to the Lord. So, I’ll continue to lift them in my prayers. I just want to encourage you to let you know that God is able. He can do exceedingly abundantly above all that we can ask or think. We are praying for him, you’re praying for him and I know someone prays for me and I know without a doubt that our prayer the effectual fervent prayer of the righteous availeth much. So, you be encouraged let not your heart be weary in well doing, faint not and you will reap in due season. God saved me, brought me back like the prodigal son, He’ll bring your Robert back as well. To God be the glory, grace and peace to you. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.

Good morning DABers, I just wanted to calling this morning to tell you how excited I am thinking about the Long Walk. I did a Long Walk, actually with a Bible study group years ago and I was so discouraged as I went on that Walk because I was like okay God, I’m not sure how this really works. But I’m going to try and listen to you, or I’ll talk to you and once again I’m not exactly sure how does this work. Some I’m like Lord, do You want to talk and I’ll listen or do I talk and you listen or do we just talk back and forth to each other and I was just kind of confused, I’d never really done anything like that before and so I was actually a little discouraged and I was walking along, thinking nothings happening here. Yeah, whatever. So, I was walking back home and I’m kinda kicking some rocks it wasn’t a waste of time certainly, because I was still in nature. But as I was walking along all of a sudden, the Lord spoke to me in my mind and said, “Or, you could be quiet and I could be quiet and we could just be together.” So, as I contemplate a Long Walk this July 7th I’m almost on the verge of tears with excitement, thinking how God will speak this time. Anyways, love you all and pray you’ll have a wonderful day today and beautiful July 7th walking with God.

Hi, this is John. I began listening to the Daily Audio Bible pretty recently and listening is a way to I guess sort of may be maybe stay engaged and cling to God better and a difficult season. The last couple of years have have been really really difficult and but but God used a lot of that to kind of bring me back into the fold and bring me back into his family, but these this last year, in particular has just been so unbelievably difficult as more and more things have happened both around me and in my heart and now it is it is getting harder and harder to stay engaged. I feel like I am I’m getting further away from God, now and it’s not what I want, but I’m just so exhausted and there are so many people around me hurting and I want to I want to love them well and to show Christ to them, but I’m just I’m just so tired.

Good morning this is Sally in Massachusetts and I am always amazed by God’s grace. I am so thankful to be part of this family. I am so thankful that God is at work around the world it’s so wonderful to hear your praises and prayers and encouragements. I haven’t called in for a long time but I listen daily and pray with you and for you and praise the Lord with you, what a wonderful Psalm we had today reminding us of the greatness of our wonderful Lord and I would just lift up this morning Psalm in prayer. I pray for Duane and I just pray for God’s encouragement and strength to you and how I pray for Nicholas and Mason that their hearts will be drawn to our great and holy God of love and mercy and I would pray Father for Kingdom Daniel Seekers son Daniel as well and his daughter and his other children Lord we pray your mercy and your power for them and we think of all the children, Lord, who are not walking in your ways. We just pray God for sons and daughters for grandchildren that their hearts will be turned to you. We just praise You that You are near to those who call upon you and so we call upon you, and I would lift up prayer this morning for a friend named Diana. She is in the hospital seriously ill with COVID pneumonia and clots in her lungs. She needs God’s mercy and grace and healing and salvation. So, I would ask you please to be praying for Diane and I just thank the Lord that He is with us He is for us. I thank Him for each of you and pray for grace and strength. Thank you again, Brian and Jill and all the team that make this wonderful podcast possibly. And we praise our glorious Lord.

Daily Audio Bible this is Laura Lee in Bointen Beach. I would like to pray for everyone in the building, the families of people in the building that collapsed in Surfside very close to us. Heavenly Father as you give us Your word for comfort, you’ve also given us Your word that these birth pains, disasters, Jesus talked about them as birth pains before Your coming. And as they get more and more as a woman giving labor we need to continually lean on You, look to You for comfort because it said it will be like nothing that the world has ever seen before and there was a flood before and He said it would be worse than that so as the world experiences the suffering without You, Lord, we can give them the hope of knowing where they will go when they do die, so we never know our last day we never know our last breath but the Lord has known since before we were even conceived our first and our last day here. Help us to help those who don’t know you. Help us to be a light, helpful, hopeful and pointing to Jesus the author and finisher of our faith that they might join us in eternity in the new heaven and the new earth, the restoration of all things, come Lord Jesus, we love You, we’re waiting for you. We want to see You.

The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Tuesday June 29, 2021 (NIV)

2 Kings 15-16

Azariah King of Judah(A)

15 In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah[a](B) son of Amaziah king of Judah began to reign. He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jekoliah; she was from Jerusalem. He did what was right(C) in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father Amaziah had done. The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.

The Lord afflicted(D) the king with leprosy[b] until the day he died, and he lived in a separate house.[c](E) Jotham(F) the king’s son had charge of the palace(G) and governed the people of the land.

As for the other events of Azariah’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? Azariah rested(H) with his ancestors and was buried near them in the City of David. And Jotham(I) his son succeeded him as king.

Zechariah King of Israel

In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned six months. He did evil(J) in the eyes of the Lord, as his predecessors had done. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit.

10 Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah. He attacked him in front of the people,[d] assassinated(K) him and succeeded him as king. 11 The other events of Zechariah’s reign are written in the book of the annals(L) of the kings of Israel. 12 So the word of the Lord spoken to Jehu was fulfilled:(M) “Your descendants will sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation.”[e]

Shallum King of Israel

13 Shallum son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah, and he reigned in Samaria(N) one month. 14 Then Menahem son of Gadi went from Tirzah(O) up to Samaria. He attacked Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria, assassinated(P) him and succeeded him as king.

15 The other events of Shallum’s reign, and the conspiracy he led, are written in the book of the annals(Q) of the kings of Israel.

16 At that time Menahem, starting out from Tirzah, attacked Tiphsah(R) and everyone in the city and its vicinity, because they refused to open(S) their gates. He sacked Tiphsah and ripped open all the pregnant women.

Menahem King of Israel

17 In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria ten years. 18 He did evil(T) in the eyes of the Lord. During his entire reign he did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit.

19 Then Pul[f](U) king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave him a thousand talents[g] of silver to gain his support and strengthen his own hold on the kingdom. 20 Menahem exacted this money from Israel. Every wealthy person had to contribute fifty shekels[h] of silver to be given to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria withdrew(V) and stayed in the land no longer.

21 As for the other events of Menahem’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel? 22 Menahem rested with his ancestors. And Pekahiah his son succeeded him as king.

Pekahiah King of Israel

23 In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned two years. 24 Pekahiah did evil(W) in the eyes of the Lord. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit. 25 One of his chief officers, Pekah(X) son of Remaliah, conspired against him. Taking fifty men of Gilead with him, he assassinated(Y) Pekahiah, along with Argob and Arieh, in the citadel of the royal palace at Samaria. So Pekah killed Pekahiah and succeeded him as king.

26 The other events of Pekahiah’s reign, and all he did, are written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel.

Pekah King of Israel

27 In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah(Z) son of Remaliah(AA) became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned twenty years. 28 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit.

29 In the time of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser(AB) king of Assyria came and took Ijon,(AC) Abel Beth Maakah, Janoah, Kedesh and Hazor. He took Gilead and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali,(AD) and deported(AE) the people to Assyria. 30 Then Hoshea(AF) son of Elah conspired against Pekah son of Remaliah. He attacked and assassinated(AG) him, and then succeeded him as king in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.

31 As for the other events of Pekah’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals(AH) of the kings of Israel?

Jotham King of Judah(AI)

32 In the second year of Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel, Jotham(AJ) son of Uzziah king of Judah began to reign. 33 He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerusha daughter of Zadok. 34 He did what was right(AK) in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father Uzziah had done. 35 The high places,(AL) however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there. Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate(AM) of the temple of the Lord.

36 As for the other events of Jotham’s reign, and what he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? 37 (In those days the Lord began to send Rezin(AN) king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah.) 38 Jotham rested with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David, the city of his father. And Ahaz his son succeeded him as king.

Ahaz King of Judah(AO)

16 In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz(AP) son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign. Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. Unlike David his father, he did not do what was right(AQ) in the eyes of the Lord his God. He followed the ways of the kings of Israel(AR) and even sacrificed his son(AS) in the fire, engaging in the detestable(AT) practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites. He offered sacrifices and burned incense(AU) at the high places, on the hilltops and under every spreading tree.(AV)

Then Rezin(AW) king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel marched up to fight against Jerusalem and besieged Ahaz, but they could not overpower him. At that time, Rezin(AX) king of Aram recovered Elath(AY) for Aram by driving out the people of Judah. Edomites then moved into Elath and have lived there to this day.

Ahaz sent messengers to say to Tiglath-Pileser(AZ) king of Assyria, “I am your servant and vassal. Come up and save(BA) me out of the hand of the king of Aram and of the king of Israel, who are attacking me.” And Ahaz took the silver and gold found in the temple of the Lord and in the treasuries of the royal palace and sent it as a gift(BB) to the king of Assyria. The king of Assyria complied by attacking Damascus(BC) and capturing it. He deported its inhabitants to Kir(BD) and put Rezin to death.

10 Then King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria. He saw an altar in Damascus and sent to Uriah(BE) the priest a sketch of the altar, with detailed plans for its construction. 11 So Uriah the priest built an altar in accordance with all the plans that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus and finished it before King Ahaz returned. 12 When the king came back from Damascus and saw the altar, he approached it and presented offerings[i](BF) on it. 13 He offered up his burnt offering(BG) and grain offering,(BH) poured out his drink offering,(BI) and splashed the blood of his fellowship offerings(BJ) against the altar. 14 As for the bronze altar(BK) that stood before the Lord, he brought it from the front of the temple—from between the new altar and the temple of the Lord—and put it on the north side of the new altar.

15 King Ahaz then gave these orders to Uriah the priest: “On the large new altar, offer the morning(BL) burnt offering and the evening grain offering, the king’s burnt offering and his grain offering, and the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their grain offering and their drink offering. Splash against this altar the blood of all the burnt offerings and sacrifices. But I will use the bronze altar for seeking guidance.”(BM) 16 And Uriah the priest did just as King Ahaz had ordered.

17 King Ahaz cut off the side panels and removed the basins from the movable stands. He removed the Sea from the bronze bulls that supported it and set it on a stone base.(BN) 18 He took away the Sabbath canopy[j] that had been built at the temple and removed the royal entryway outside the temple of the Lord, in deference to the king of Assyria.(BO)

19 As for the other events of the reign of Ahaz, and what he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? 20 Ahaz rested(BP) with his ancestors and was buried with them in the City of David. And Hezekiah his son succeeded him as king.

Footnotes:

  1. 2 Kings 15:1 Also called Uzziah; also in verses 6, 7, 8, 17, 23 and 27
  2. 2 Kings 15:5 The Hebrew for leprosy was used for various diseases affecting the skin.
  3. 2 Kings 15:5 Or in a house where he was relieved of responsibilities
  4. 2 Kings 15:10 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts in Ibleam
  5. 2 Kings 15:12 2 Kings 10:30
  6. 2 Kings 15:19 Also called Tiglath-Pileser
  7. 2 Kings 15:19 That is, about 38 tons or about 34 metric tons
  8. 2 Kings 15:20 That is, about 1 1/4 pounds or about 575 grams
  9. 2 Kings 16:12 Or and went up
  10. 2 Kings 16:18 Or the dais of his throne (see Septuagint)

Cross references:

  1. 2 Kings 15:1 : 15:1-7pp — 2Ch 26:3-4, 21-23
  2. 2 Kings 15:1 : S ver 32; S 2Ki 14:21
  3. 2 Kings 15:3 : S 1Ki 14:8
  4. 2 Kings 15:5 : S Ge 12:17
  5. 2 Kings 15:5 : Lev 13:46
  6. 2 Kings 15:5 : ver 7, 32; 2Ch 27:1; Mic 1:1
  7. 2 Kings 15:5 : S Ge 41:40
  8. 2 Kings 15:7 : Isa 6:1; 14:28
  9. 2 Kings 15:7 : S ver 5
  10. 2 Kings 15:9 : 1Ki 15:26
  11. 2 Kings 15:10 : S 2Ki 12:20
  12. 2 Kings 15:11 : 1Ki 15:31
  13. 2 Kings 15:12 : 2Ki 10:30
  14. 2 Kings 15:13 : S 1Ki 13:32
  15. 2 Kings 15:14 : S 1Ki 15:33
  16. 2 Kings 15:14 : S 2Ki 12:20
  17. 2 Kings 15:15 : 1Ki 15:31
  18. 2 Kings 15:16 : 1Ki 4:24
  19. 2 Kings 15:16 : S 2Ki 8:12; S Hos 13:16
  20. 2 Kings 15:18 : 1Ki 15:26
  21. 2 Kings 15:19 : 1Ch 5:6, 26
  22. 2 Kings 15:20 : S 2Ki 12:18
  23. 2 Kings 15:24 : 1Ki 15:26
  24. 2 Kings 15:25 : 2Ch 28:6; Isa 7:1
  25. 2 Kings 15:25 : S 2Ki 12:20
  26. 2 Kings 15:27 : 2Ch 28:6; Isa 7:1
  27. 2 Kings 15:27 : Isa 7:4
  28. 2 Kings 15:29 : 2Ki 16:7; 17:6; 1Ch 5:26; 2Ch 28:20; Jer 50:17
  29. 2 Kings 15:29 : 1Ki 15:20
  30. 2 Kings 15:29 : 2Ki 16:9; 17:24; 2Ch 16:4; Isa 7:9; 9:1; 10:9, 10; 28:1; 36:19; 37:18
  31. 2 Kings 15:29 : 2Ki 24:14-16; 1Ch 5:22; Isa 14:6, 17; 36:17; 45:13
  32. 2 Kings 15:30 : 2Ki 17:1
  33. 2 Kings 15:30 : S 2Ki 12:20
  34. 2 Kings 15:31 : 1Ki 15:31
  35. 2 Kings 15:32 : 15:33-38pp — 2Ch 27:1-4, 7-9
  36. 2 Kings 15:32 : ver 1,S 5; 1Ch 5:17; Isa 1:1; Hos 1:1
  37. 2 Kings 15:34 : S 1Ki 14:8
  38. 2 Kings 15:35 : 2Ki 12:3
  39. 2 Kings 15:35 : S Ge 23:10; 2Ch 23:20
  40. 2 Kings 15:37 : 2Ki 16:5; Isa 7:1; 8:6; 9:11
  41. 2 Kings 16:1 : 16:1-20pp — 2Ch 28:1-27
  42. 2 Kings 16:1 : Isa 1:1; 7:1; 14:28; Hos 1:1; Mic 1:1
  43. 2 Kings 16:2 : S 1Ki 14:8
  44. 2 Kings 16:3 : 2Ki 17:19
  45. 2 Kings 16:3 : S Lev 18:21; S 2Ki 3:27
  46. 2 Kings 16:3 : S Lev 18:3; S Dt 9:4
  47. 2 Kings 16:4 : 2Ki 22:17; 23:5
  48. 2 Kings 16:4 : Dt 12:2; Eze 6:13
  49. 2 Kings 16:5 : S 2Ki 15:37
  50. 2 Kings 16:6 : Isa 9:12
  51. 2 Kings 16:6 : S 1Ki 9:26
  52. 2 Kings 16:7 : S 2Ki 15:29
  53. 2 Kings 16:7 : Isa 2:6; 10:20; Jer 2:18; 3:1; Eze 16:28; 23:5; Hos 10:6
  54. 2 Kings 16:8 : S 1Ki 15:18; 2Ki 12:18
  55. 2 Kings 16:9 : S Ge 14:15; S 2Ki 15:29
  56. 2 Kings 16:9 : Isa 22:6; Am 1:5; 9:7
  57. 2 Kings 16:10 : ver 11, 15, 16; Isa 8:2
  58. 2 Kings 16:12 : 2Ch 26:16
  59. 2 Kings 16:13 : Lev 6:8-13
  60. 2 Kings 16:13 : Lev 6:14-23
  61. 2 Kings 16:13 : S Ex 29:40
  62. 2 Kings 16:13 : Lev 7:11-21
  63. 2 Kings 16:14 : S Ex 20:24; S 40:6; S 1Ki 8:64
  64. 2 Kings 16:15 : Ex 29:38-41
  65. 2 Kings 16:15 : 1Sa 9:9
  66. 2 Kings 16:17 : 1Ki 7:27
  67. 2 Kings 16:18 : Eze 16:28
  68. 2 Kings 16:20 : Isa 14:28
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Acts 19:13-41

13 Some Jews who went around driving out evil spirits(A) tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were demon-possessed. They would say, “In the name of the Jesus(B) whom Paul preaches, I command you to come out.” 14 Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this. 15 One day the evil spirit answered them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know about, but who are you?” 16 Then the man who had the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. He gave them such a beating that they ran out of the house naked and bleeding.

17 When this became known to the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus,(C) they were all seized with fear,(D) and the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor. 18 Many of those who believed now came and openly confessed what they had done. 19 A number who had practiced sorcery brought their scrolls together and burned them publicly. When they calculated the value of the scrolls, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.[a] 20 In this way the word of the Lord(E) spread widely and grew in power.(F)

21 After all this had happened, Paul decided[b] to go to Jerusalem,(G) passing through Macedonia(H) and Achaia.(I) “After I have been there,” he said, “I must visit Rome also.”(J) 22 He sent two of his helpers,(K) Timothy(L) and Erastus,(M) to Macedonia, while he stayed in the province of Asia(N) a little longer.

The Riot in Ephesus

23 About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way.(O) 24 A silversmith named Demetrius, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought in a lot of business for the craftsmen there. 25 He called them together, along with the workers in related trades, and said: “You know, my friends, that we receive a good income from this business.(P) 26 And you see and hear how this fellow Paul has convinced and led astray large numbers of people here in Ephesus(Q) and in practically the whole province of Asia.(R) He says that gods made by human hands are no gods at all.(S) 27 There is danger not only that our trade will lose its good name, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited; and the goddess herself, who is worshiped throughout the province of Asia and the world, will be robbed of her divine majesty.”

28 When they heard this, they were furious and began shouting: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”(T) 29 Soon the whole city was in an uproar. The people seized Gaius(U) and Aristarchus,(V) Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia,(W) and all of them rushed into the theater together. 30 Paul wanted to appear before the crowd, but the disciples(X) would not let him. 31 Even some of the officials of the province, friends of Paul, sent him a message begging him not to venture into the theater.

32 The assembly was in confusion: Some were shouting one thing, some another.(Y) Most of the people did not even know why they were there. 33 The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander to the front, and they shouted instructions to him. He motioned(Z) for silence in order to make a defense before the people. 34 But when they realized he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”(AA)

35 The city clerk quieted the crowd and said: “Fellow Ephesians,(AB) doesn’t all the world know that the city of Ephesus is the guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell from heaven? 36 Therefore, since these facts are undeniable, you ought to calm down and not do anything rash. 37 You have brought these men here, though they have neither robbed temples(AC) nor blasphemed our goddess. 38 If, then, Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen(AD) have a grievance against anybody, the courts are open and there are proconsuls.(AE) They can press charges. 39 If there is anything further you want to bring up, it must be settled in a legal assembly. 40 As it is, we are in danger of being charged with rioting because of what happened today. In that case we would not be able to account for this commotion, since there is no reason for it.” 41 After he had said this, he dismissed the assembly.

Footnotes:

  1. Acts 19:19 A drachma was a silver coin worth about a day’s wages.
  2. Acts 19:21 Or decided in the Spirit
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Psalm 147

Psalm 147

Praise the Lord.[a]

How good it is to sing praises to our God,
how pleasant(A) and fitting to praise him!(B)

The Lord builds up Jerusalem;(C)
he gathers the exiles(D) of Israel.
He heals the brokenhearted(E)
and binds up their wounds.(F)
He determines the number of the stars(G)
and calls them each by name.
Great is our Lord(H) and mighty in power;(I)
his understanding has no limit.(J)
The Lord sustains the humble(K)
but casts the wicked(L) to the ground.

Sing to the Lord(M) with grateful praise;(N)
make music(O) to our God on the harp.(P)

He covers the sky with clouds;(Q)
he supplies the earth with rain(R)
and makes grass grow(S) on the hills.
He provides food(T) for the cattle
and for the young ravens(U) when they call.

10 His pleasure is not in the strength(V) of the horse,(W)
nor his delight in the legs of the warrior;
11 the Lord delights(X) in those who fear him,(Y)
who put their hope(Z) in his unfailing love.(AA)

12 Extol the Lord, Jerusalem;(AB)
praise your God, Zion.

13 He strengthens the bars of your gates(AC)
and blesses your people(AD) within you.
14 He grants peace(AE) to your borders
and satisfies you(AF) with the finest of wheat.(AG)

15 He sends his command(AH) to the earth;
his word runs(AI) swiftly.
16 He spreads the snow(AJ) like wool
and scatters the frost(AK) like ashes.
17 He hurls down his hail(AL) like pebbles.
Who can withstand his icy blast?
18 He sends his word(AM) and melts them;
he stirs up his breezes,(AN) and the waters flow.

19 He has revealed his word(AO) to Jacob,(AP)
his laws and decrees(AQ) to Israel.
20 He has done this for no other nation;(AR)
they do not know(AS) his laws.[b]

Praise the Lord.(AT)

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 147:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verse 20
  2. Psalm 147:20 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint nation; / he has not made his laws known to them
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Proverbs 18:4-5

The words of the mouth are deep waters,(A)
but the fountain of wisdom is a rushing stream.

It is not good to be partial to the wicked(B)
and so deprive the innocent of justice.(C)

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