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7/2/2023 DAB Transcript

2 Kings 20:1-22:2, Acts 21:18-36, Psalm 150:1-6, Proverbs 18:9-10

Today is the 2nd day of July, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian and it is wonderful to be here with you. Now we’ve crossed the threshold into a new month. And here we are crossing the threshold into a brand-new week. So, welcome to all things new here. Our first full week of this 7th month of the year and we will do what we always do, gather together around the Global Campfire, find a place, get comfy, release the cares of this life, allow them to go away for this moment in time, where we allow God to speak directly to us through His word. So, let’s launch into our new week by doing what we also do, picking up where we left off, and that happens to be the book of Second Kings. And today we will read chapter 20 verse 1 through 22 verse 2, and we will read from the Evangelical Heritage Version the EHV this week.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word and we thank You that Your name is a strong tower and we run to it and are protected. We thank You for that as we get ourselves moved into this new month and begin launching this brand-new week out in front of us. Those are words that we will take with us. Your name is a strong tower, the righteous person runs inside and is protected. Holy Spirit come as we continue this journey forward into month number seven, day-by-day, step-by-step, we invite Your Holy Spirit, here in the second half of the year, that You would lead us into all truth, that You would show us the narrow path that leads to life, that You would lead us on the pathways of peace and that the fruit of Your spirit might be bountiful in our hearts, spilling out into the world. As we get the grand adventure of collaborating with You and revealing You to the world. Come, Holy Spirit, we pray, in the name of Jesus, we ask. Amen.

Prayer and Encouragements:

What’s up, DAB family, this is TAC from Atlanta, son of Pray Without Ceasing. And you know, I heard some interesting calls today on June 27th podcast. But that kind of led me to tell a story. The second time that I met my father-in-law, he, I’m in the car with him alone and he slams on the breaks. And I’m like, on my phone as I look up. And I look in the rearview, you know the passenger rearview mirror to see what happened behind us and I saw nothing. So, now I turn to the left and I see my father-in-law, he was not my father-in-law at the time, but father-in-law staring at me. Right, and then he proceeds to cuss me out. This is the second time I met him. I’m on a family vacation with him and his family. He’s going in. This was the first incident of many for six years and counting of disrespectful interactions between me and my father-in-law. But I heard, I heard, I believe her name was Without a Dove [Eyes of a Dove], and I know her name, I hear her all the time, so forgive me for, forgive me for forgetting right now. But you know, she said you know, she was just livid and you would have never thought it was her, how upset she was at her son. That’s how you would have thought of me, if you would have saw how I interacted the last time I interacted with my father-in-law. But, but as far as me and my spirit, I’m cool, I’m okay. But I wanted to call because I wanted to pray for him. You know, you know, sometimes when stuff happens, and when people lash out at you constantly and pick at you constantly, yeah, it could be of the enemy but at the same time it could not be about you. And it could be a bigger picture. And I would just ask you guys for your prayers and encouragement for my father-in-law to get better.

Hello, my DAB family, this is Mark Street from Sydney, Australia. Today, is Tuesday, the 27th of June. And I am just calling in to ask for prayer for me. I’m about to put my resignation in for my job that I’ve been there for 10 years. I have had prophetic word, saying God will look after me. What I’m doing is probably not, may not make any human sense to me to do but I’m gonna be starting my own business and I think that is what God is calling me to do. But I also know that it may be my own human thinking. So, I’m asking you to pray for me to God that if that’s not His will for me that He will reveal to me what He wants me to do. And that I will be sensitive to His calling and change directions without feeling anxiety and there is definitely fear there. So, please pray for the fear I have of what I’m doing. But I feel, definitely compelled to leave cause of issues as well. I love you all family. Mark Street from Sydney, Australia. Bye.

Hello Daily Audio Bible Family, it’s Jay from Clarkesville, Tennessee. Just calling in for prayer today. You know, the Lord’s been good, he’s really blessed me. He’s given me my degree, He’s given me my job, He’s given me my home. These are all things that I prayed for. And now, I’m faced with having all of these things and being single. And it’s been a challenge because you know, years and years ago, there was no such thing as dating apps. So, you, you, you had to physically talk to somebody, get to know them, meet them in person. You know, today it’s, you know, it’s all digital, so you’re spending all of your time on these apps with people who present themselves in a way that’s not necessarily what they are. So, I’m praying for myself and I’m praying for any brother or sister out there that is single and that has dedicated themselves to the Lord, mind, body and spirit. And I just wanna, I want to thank the Lord for the time that He is blessed me through the power of the Holy Spirit to truly find with Him, with my body, because that has been the struggle of my life. And so, for me to stand here today and not be giving myself to other people physically, it’s a miracle. So, I thank the Lord for that. And so, let’s pray. Father, in the precious name of Jesus Christ, we are so grateful for Your strength and Your will and the power that comes in the name of Jesus Christ. So, we call upon You know oh God, to hear our hearts, hear our desires for a good wife, a good husband, a God-fearing wife, a God-fearing husband. Lord, and just continue to strengthen us to resist temptation during this time as we are prepared for our future spouse. We pray this in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.

This is Candace from Oregon. This call is about my grandson, my daughter’s teenage son. He started having a lot of problems and he’s only had mild problems, ADHD and such. But a month ago, it got, it started getting really strange, intermittently. By the time we got, as I speak to you, it’s Tuesday, 10pm. By the time it got to last Saturday, I, she needed help. I came over to stay overnight with them. He, he’s just not making any sense at all. Long story short, we tried to get him into a hospital, actually earlier on Saturday. I must have come over there early Saturday. And anyway, it was an arduous thing. Because he turned 18 Sunday night, I think was part of the problem. One hospital couldn’t keep him because he wasn’t 18 yet and the next hospital that they referred us to wouldn’t keep him for no discernable reason. He got worse. Then we realized we would have to get help that we couldn’t safely transport him ourselves because he was getting worse. He got to where he didn’t recognize his mom anymore, did not know who she was. Please pray. Please pray. He’s in the hospital, he’s not getting better yet. Thank you.

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Wednesday July 5, 2023 (NIV)

1 Chronicles 1:1-2:17

From Adam to Abraham

1 [a] (A)Adam, Seth, Enosh; 2 (B)Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared; 3 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech; 4 Noah, (C)Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

5 (D)The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. 6 The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath,[b] and Togarmah. 7 The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.

8 (E)The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. 9 The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. 10 Cush fathered Nimrod. He was the first on earth to be a mighty man.[c]

11 (F)Egypt fathered Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, 12 Pathrusim, Casluhim (from whom the Philistines came), and Caphtorim.

13 Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn and Heth, 14 and the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, 15 the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, 16 the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.

17 (G)The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. And the sons of Aram:[d] Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech. 18 Arpachshad fathered Shelah, and Shelah fathered Eber. 19 To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg[e] (for in his days the earth was divided), and his brother's name was Joktan. 20 Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 21 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 22 Obal,[f] Abimael, Sheba, 23 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.

24 (H)Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah; 25 Eber, Peleg, Reu; 26 Serug, Nahor, Terah; 27 Abram, that is, Abraham.

From Abraham to Jacob

28 The sons of Abraham: (I)Isaac and (J)Ishmael. 29 (K)These are their genealogies: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 30 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, 31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael. 32 (L)The sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bore Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan. 33 The sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the descendants of Keturah.

34 Abraham fathered (M)Isaac. The sons of Isaac: (N)Esau and (O)Israel. 35 (P)The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. 36 The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, Kenaz, and of Timna,[g] Amalek. 37 The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

38 (Q)The sons of Seir: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. 39 The sons of Lotan: Hori and Hemam;[h] and Lotan's sister was Timna. 40 The sons of Shobal: Alvan,[i] Manahath, Ebal, Shepho,[j] and Onam. The sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. 41 The son[k] of Anah: Dishon. The sons of Dishon: Hemdan,[l] Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. 42 The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.[m] The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.

43 (R)These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the people of Israel: Bela the son of Beor, the name of his city being Dinhabah. 44 Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of (S)Bozrah reigned in his place. 45 Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the (T)Temanites reigned in his place. 46 Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his place, the name of his city being Avith. 47 Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place. 48 Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth on the Euphrates[n] reigned in his place. 49 Shaul died, and Baal-hanan, the son of Achbor, reigned in his place. 50 Baal-hanan died, and Hadad reigned in his place, the name of his city being Pai; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. 51 And Hadad died.

The chiefs of Edom were: chiefs Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, 52 Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, 53 Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, 54 Magdiel, and Iram; these are the chiefs of Edom.

A Genealogy of David

2 These are the sons of (U)Israel: (V)Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, (W)Issachar, Zebulun, 2 (X)Dan, (Y)Joseph, (Z)Benjamin, (AA)Naphtali, (AB)Gad, and Asher. 3 (AC)The sons of Judah: (AD)Er, Onan and Shelah; these three Bath-shua the Canaanite bore to him. Now Er, Judah's firstborn, was evil in the sight of the Lord, and he put him to death. 4 His daughter-in-law (AE)Tamar also bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.

5 The (AF)sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul. 6 The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara, five in all. 7 The son[o] of Carmi: Achan, the troubler of Israel, who (AG)broke faith in the matter of the devoted thing; 8 and Ethan's son was Azariah.

9 The sons of Hezron that were born to him: Jerahmeel, (AH)Ram, and (AI)Chelubai. 10 (AJ)Ram fathered Amminadab, and (AK)Amminadab fathered (AL)Nahshon, prince of the sons of Judah. 11 Nahshon fathered (AM)Salmon,[p] Salmon fathered (AN)Boaz, 12 Boaz fathered Obed, (AO)Obed fathered Jesse. 13 (AP)Jesse fathered Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, (AQ)Shimea the third, 14 Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 15 Ozem the sixth, (AR)David the seventh. 16 And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. (AS)The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three. 17 (AT)Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was (AU)Jether the Ishmaelite.

Footnotes:

  1. 1 Chronicles 1:1 Many names in these genealogies are spelled differently in other biblical books
  2. 1 Chronicles 1:6 Septuagint; Hebrew Diphath
  3. 1 Chronicles 1:10 Or He began to be a mighty man on the earth
  4. 1 Chronicles 1:17 Septuagint; Hebrew lacks And the sons of Aram
  5. 1 Chronicles 1:19 Peleg means division
  6. 1 Chronicles 1:22 Septuagint, Syriac (compare Genesis 10:28); Hebrew Ebal
  7. 1 Chronicles 1:36 Septuagint (compare Genesis 36:12); Hebrew lacks and of
  8. 1 Chronicles 1:39 Septuagint (compare Genesis 36:22); Hebrew Homam
  9. 1 Chronicles 1:40 Septuagint (compare Genesis 36:23); Hebrew Alian
  10. 1 Chronicles 1:40 Septuagint (compare Genesis 36:23); Hebrew Shephi
  11. 1 Chronicles 1:41 Hebrew sons
  12. 1 Chronicles 1:41 Septuagint (compare Genesis 36:26); Hebrew Hamran
  13. 1 Chronicles 1:42 Septuagint (compare Genesis 36:27); Hebrew Jaakan
  14. 1 Chronicles 1:48 Hebrew the River
  15. 1 Chronicles 2:7 Hebrew sons
  16. 1 Chronicles 2:11 Septuagint (compare Ruth 4:21); Hebrew Salma

Cross references:

  1. 1 Chronicles 1:1 : Gen. 4:25, 26; 5:3, 6
  2. 1 Chronicles 1:2 : For ver. 2-4, see Gen. 5:9-32
  3. 1 Chronicles 1:4 : Gen. 6:10; 9:18
  4. 1 Chronicles 1:5 : For ver. 5-7, see Gen. 10:2-4
  5. 1 Chronicles 1:8 : For ver. 8-10, see Gen. 10:6-8
  6. 1 Chronicles 1:11 : For ver. 11-16, see Gen. 10:10-18
  7. 1 Chronicles 1:17 : For ver. 17-23, see Gen. 10:22-29
  8. 1 Chronicles 1:24 : For ver. 24, 27, see Gen. 11:10-26; Luke 3:34-36
  9. 1 Chronicles 1:28 : Gen. 21:2, 3
  10. 1 Chronicles 1:28 : Gen. 16:11, 15
  11. 1 Chronicles 1:29 : For ver. 29-31, see Gen. 25:13-16
  12. 1 Chronicles 1:32 : For ver. 32, 33, see Gen. 25:1-4
  13. 1 Chronicles 1:34 : [See ver. 28 above]; Gen. 21:2, 3
  14. 1 Chronicles 1:34 : Gen. 25:25, 26
  15. 1 Chronicles 1:34 : Gen. 32:28
  16. 1 Chronicles 1:35 : For ver. 35-37, see Gen. 36:4, 5, 9-13
  17. 1 Chronicles 1:38 : For ver. 38-42, see Gen. 36:20-28
  18. 1 Chronicles 1:43 : For ver. 43-54, see Gen. 36:31-43
  19. 1 Chronicles 1:44 : Isa. 34:6; 63:1
  20. 1 Chronicles 1:45 : Gen. 36:11; Job 2:11; Jer. 49:7, 20; Ezek. 25:13
  21. 1 Chronicles 2:1 : ch. 1:34
  22. 1 Chronicles 2:1 : Gen. 29:32-35
  23. 1 Chronicles 2:1 : Gen. 30:18-20
  24. 1 Chronicles 2:2 : Gen. 30:6
  25. 1 Chronicles 2:2 : Gen. 30:22-24
  26. 1 Chronicles 2:2 : Gen. 35:18
  27. 1 Chronicles 2:2 : Gen. 30:8
  28. 1 Chronicles 2:2 : Gen. 30:10-13
  29. 1 Chronicles 2:3 : Gen. 38:2-5; 46:12
  30. 1 Chronicles 2:3 : Gen. 38:7
  31. 1 Chronicles 2:4 : Gen. 38:11, 14, 29, 30; Ruth 4:12; Matt. 1:3
  32. 1 Chronicles 2:5 : Gen. 46:12; Ruth 4:18
  33. 1 Chronicles 2:7 : Josh. 6:18; 7:1
  34. 1 Chronicles 2:9 : Ruth 4:19; Matt. 1:3, 4
  35. 1 Chronicles 2:9 : [ver. 13, 42]
  36. 1 Chronicles 2:10 : [See ver. 9 above]; Ruth 4:19; Matt. 1:3, 4
  37. 1 Chronicles 2:10 : Ruth 4:19; Matt. 1:4
  38. 1 Chronicles 2:10 : Num. 1:7; 2:3
  39. 1 Chronicles 2:11 : [Ruth 4:20, 21; Matt. 1:4]
  40. 1 Chronicles 2:11 : Ruth 4:21, 22; Matt. 1:5, 6
  41. 1 Chronicles 2:12 : [See ver. 11 above]; Ruth 4:21, 22; Matt. 1:5, 6
  42. 1 Chronicles 2:13 : 1 Sam. 16:6, 8; 17:13
  43. 1 Chronicles 2:13 : [1 Sam. 16:9; 17:13]
  44. 1 Chronicles 2:15 : [1 Sam. 16:10; 17:12, 14]
  45. 1 Chronicles 2:16 : 2 Sam. 2:18
  46. 1 Chronicles 2:17 : [2 Sam. 17:25]
  47. 1 Chronicles 2:17 : [2 Sam. 17:25]
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Acts 23:11-35

11 (A)The following night (B)the Lord stood by him and said, (C)“Take courage, for (D)as you have testified to the facts about me in Jerusalem, so you must (E)testify also in Rome.”

A Plot to Kill Paul

12 When it was day, (F)the Jews made a plot and (G)bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. 13 There were more than forty who made this conspiracy. 14 They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have strictly bound ourselves by an oath to taste no food till we have killed Paul. 15 Now therefore you, along with the council, give notice to the tribune to bring him down to you, as though you were going to determine his case more exactly. And we are ready to kill him before he comes near.”

16 Now the son of Paul's sister heard of their ambush, so he went and entered (H)the barracks and told Paul. 17 Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the tribune, for he has something to tell him.” 18 So he took him and brought him to the tribune and said, “Paul (I)the prisoner called me and asked me to bring this young man to you, as he has something to say to you.” 19 The tribune took him by the hand, and going aside asked him privately, “What is it that you have to tell me?” 20 And he said, (J)“The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as though they were going to inquire somewhat more closely about him. 21 But do not be persuaded by them, for more than forty of their men are lying in ambush for him, who (K)have bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they have killed him. And now they are ready, waiting for your consent.” 22 So the tribune dismissed the young man, charging him, “Tell no one that you have informed me of these things.”

Paul Sent to Felix the Governor

23 Then he called two of the centurions and said, “Get ready two hundred soldiers, with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen to go as far as Caesarea at the third hour of the night.[a] 24 Also provide mounts for Paul to ride and bring him safely to (L)Felix (M)the governor.” 25 And he wrote a letter to this effect:

26 “Claudius Lysias, to (N)his Excellency the governor Felix, (O)greetings. 27 (P)This man was seized by the Jews and (Q)was about to be killed by them (R)when I came upon them with the soldiers and rescued him, (S)having learned that he was a Roman citizen. 28 And (T)desiring to know the charge for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their council. 29 I found that he was being accused (U)about questions of their law, but (V)charged with nothing deserving death or imprisonment. 30 (W)And when it was disclosed to me (X)that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, (Y)ordering his accusers also to state before you what they have against him.”

31 So the soldiers, according to their instructions, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris. 32 And on the next day they returned to (Z)the barracks, letting the horsemen go on with him. 33 When they had come to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they presented Paul also before him. 34 On reading the letter, he asked what (AA)province he was from. And when he learned (AB)that he was from Cilicia, 35 he said, “I will give you a hearing (AC)when your accusers arrive.” And he commanded him to be guarded in Herod's (AD)praetorium.

Footnotes:

  1. Acts 23:23 That is, 9 p.m.

Cross references:

  1. Acts 23:11 : ch. 18:9; 27:23
  2. Acts 23:11 : 1 Sam. 3:10
  3. Acts 23:11 : [2 Tim. 4:17]
  4. Acts 23:11 : [ch. 19:21]
  5. Acts 23:11 : ch. 22:15
  6. Acts 23:12 : ver. 30
  7. Acts 23:12 : ver. 14, 21
  8. Acts 23:16 : ver. 10, 32
  9. Acts 23:18 : See Eph. 3:1
  10. Acts 23:20 : ver. 14, 15
  11. Acts 23:21 : ver. 12, 14
  12. Acts 23:24 : ver. 26; ch. 24:2; 25:14
  13. Acts 23:24 : ver. 33; ch. 24:1, 10; 26:30; See Luke 20:20
  14. Acts 23:26 : ch. 24:1
  15. Acts 23:26 : See ch. 15:23
  16. Acts 23:27 : ch. 21:27
  17. Acts 23:27 : [ch. 21:32, 33]
  18. Acts 23:27 : [ch. 21:32, 33]
  19. Acts 23:27 : [ch. 22:25-29]
  20. Acts 23:28 : ch. 22:30
  21. Acts 23:29 : ch. 18:15; 25:19
  22. Acts 23:29 : ch. 25:25; 26:31; 28:18; [ver. 9]
  23. Acts 23:30 : ver. 20
  24. Acts 23:30 : ver. 12; See ch. 9:24
  25. Acts 23:30 : ver. 35; [ch. 24:19; 25:16]
  26. Acts 23:32 : ver. 10, 16
  27. Acts 23:34 : ch. 25:1
  28. Acts 23:34 : ch. 21:39
  29. Acts 23:35 : ver. 30
  30. Acts 23:35 : See Matt. 27:27
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Psalm 3

Save Me, O My God

A Psalm of David, (A)when he fled from Absalom his son.

3 O Lord, (B)how many are my foes!
Many are (C)rising against me;
2 many are saying of my soul,
(D)“There is no salvation for him in God.” Selah[a]

3 But you, O Lord, are (E)a shield (F)about me,
my glory, and (G)the lifter of my head.
4 I (H)cried aloud to the Lord,
and he (I)answered me from his (J)holy hill. Selah

5 I (K)lay down and slept;
I woke again, for the Lord sustained me.
6 I (L)will not be afraid of many thousands of people
who have (M)set themselves against me all around.

7 (N)Arise, O Lord!
Save me, O my God!
For you (O)strike all my enemies on the cheek;
you (P)break the teeth of the wicked.

8 (Q)Salvation belongs to the Lord;
your blessing be on your people! Selah

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 3:2 The meaning of the Hebrew word Selah, used frequently in the Psalms, is uncertain. It may be a musical or liturgical direction

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 3:1 : See 2 Sam. 15:14-17
  2. Psalm 3:1 : 2 Sam. 15:12
  3. Psalm 3:1 : 2 Sam. 18:31, 32
  4. Psalm 3:2 : Ps. 71:11; [2 Sam. 16:8]
  5. Psalm 3:3 : Ps. 28:7; 84:9; 119:114; Gen. 15:1
  6. Psalm 3:3 : Job 1:10
  7. Psalm 3:3 : Ps. 27:5, 6; [Job 10:15]
  8. Psalm 3:4 : Ps. 77:1; 142:1
  9. Psalm 3:4 : Ps. 34:4; 60:5; 108:6; [Ps. 6:8; 34:6]
  10. Psalm 3:4 : See Ps. 2:6
  11. Psalm 3:5 : Ps. 4:8; [Lev. 26:6; Job 11:18, 19; Prov. 3:24]
  12. Psalm 3:6 : [Ps. 23:4; 27:3]
  13. Psalm 3:6 : Isa. 22:7; [1 Kgs. 20:12]
  14. Psalm 3:7 : Ps. 7:6; 9:19; 10:12; Num. 10:35
  15. Psalm 3:7 : See Job 16:10
  16. Psalm 3:7 : Ps. 58:6; Job 29:17
  17. Psalm 3:8 : Ps. 37:39; 62:7; Isa. 43:11; 45:21; Jer. 3:23; Hos. 13:4; Jonah 2:9; Rev. 7:10; 19:1
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Proverbs 18:14-15

14 A man's spirit will endure sickness,
but (A)a crushed spirit who can bear?
15 An intelligent heart acquires knowledge,
and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

Cross references:

  1. Proverbs 18:14 : ch. 15:13
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07/05/2023 DAB Transcript

1 Chronicles 1:1-2:17, Acts 23:11-35, Psalms 3:1-8, Proverbs 18:14-15

Today is the 5th day of July welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I am Brian it is wonderful to be here with you today as we continue our journey forward. And, so, yesterday we concluded the book of second Kings. And, so, we had moved through the books of Samuel and the books of Kings ending up with no kingdom left. The northern kingdom of Israel had been carried away into exile by the Assyrian Empire and then the kingdom of Judah in the south was carried away into exile by the Babylonian Empire, resulting in the destruction of Jerusalem, including the destruction of the…of the temple of the most high God. Now we are about to turn the page and open the book of first Chronicles

Introduction to first Chronicles:

Obviously, there is a second Chronicles following that and we’ll…we’ll be covering a lot of the same…same territory. So it’s almost like, didn’t we already…haven’t we already heard this story? Didn’t we already go through this territory? And the answer would be yes. We’re going back through this territory from a different perspective and time. Chronicles looks at the same history through the eyes of the priests. So, as we just said, we finished the books of Kings yesterday and Judah was exiled to Babylon. And first and second Chronicles were written from this exile. And we’re not sure who was the author or who collected the Chronicles together. There is…there is Jewish tradition that suggests that the scribe and priest Ezra was involved. And even though there isn’t total consensus among biblical scholars, which is not a surprise, the books were written about for centuries before the time of Jesus, which would make them contemporary with Ezra. And as we begin, we have the first nine chapters that will cover a lot of genealogy. It’s that part of the Bible where we have all these hard to pronounce names and…and there long lists and we’re like what is going on and I don’t even know how to pronounce these names and why are these people’s names in the Bible and what is the purpose of this? But once we understand the purpose of this, we find a pretty moving story. We just have to think about exile, just the concept in and of itself. Imagine you…well…let’s just use Jerusalem. Imagine you lived in Jerusalem and you were there under the siege, and you saw the slow erosion and you saw eventually that a tipping point had been reached and the city would eventually be conquered and…and then it was and lots of people were killed, people that you knew, maybe family members that you knew. And there are some people that maybe are in your family or are in your friend group that you can’t find. You don’t know what happened to them. And then all of a sudden you’re starting to be rounded up like cattle and shipped off to some other place where you have to march to another land and you have to go somewhere else and people are just being arbitrarily divided up into groups. And, so, families are being split up and going in different directions, and never will see each other again. Imagine that if you’re a parent, watching a child disappear or a sibling disappear or even your spouse going somewhere else being carried away into an unknown land where unknown things are going to happen. These names, these genealogies that we wrestle with they were knit together so that the people would remember where they came from and who they were and every one of those names has a story of life and loss in it. The books of Chronicles were written to remind the children of Israel who they were and where they came from and who God is. And I often tell this story when we reach this point in the Bible because it's…it’s a story that kind of snapped this into place for me. And we know about World War II and we know that the Jewish people faced more displacement. And we can visit Holocaust Museum’s throughout the world where some of the atrocities took place. I personally several years ago was in Africa, was in the country of Rwanda. And Rwanda had experienced a genocide back in the 90s, a pretty brutal genocide where a million people died over tribal warfare over the course of the summer. And, so, they too have museums and memorials throughout their country in some very, very remote places. It’s really sad how all of that happened. But they also have a national…national Memorial in Kigali in the…in the nation…nation’s capital, and I visited that. Jill and I visited that one year and went through the site. It's…it…it’s really hard. I mean so many of the skeletons…so many of the bones of the people that were killed are preserved and displayed and can be seen and the clothing that they were wearing and maybe what they were carrying when they died. And then you go into a very, very quiet, round room. Many places are like this. A very reverent room. It’s darkly lit. And from the floor to the ceiling, and it’s probably 25 feet tall, are pictures hung from floor-to-ceiling of people who had died. And you can sort of sit in that room and just be surrounded by all of these faces, all of these lives, all of these people who had relationships and loved others and had a life that was taken from them. And you sit in there and it’s quiet and there’s a soft voice, a female voice, and she’s saying the names. And it doesn’t stop. She’s just saying the names of the people that were lost. You might think of it as if she were reciting the genealogies that were lost. We can’t understate the impact of the exiles and the destruction of ancient Israel, biblical Israel as we knew it, and the book the books of Chronicles open by giving us the chance to say the names. And, so, with that we begin first Chronicles chapter 1 verse 1 through 2 verse 17.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word and we thank You for this new territory that we are moving into as we move into the books of Chronicles. And as we read the names and as we re-familiar…refamiliarize ourselves with the story we see a story of back-and-forth of ebb and flow of returning to You and watch You shower graciousness and protection on Your people only for them to abandon You again and walk away, which ultimately leads to destruction. May we see this pattern in the Scriptures and may we see this pattern as it materializes in our lives and learn the lesson. The safest place we can possibly be is in Your presence and You have not withdrawn from us. We are in Your presence. Make us aware we pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Tuesday July 4, 2023 (NIV)

2 Kings 23:31-25:30

Jehoahaz's Reign and Captivity

31 (A)Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother's name was (B)Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 32 And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, (C)according to all that his fathers had done. 33 And (D)Pharaoh Neco put him in bonds at (E)Riblah in the land of (F)Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem, and laid on the land a tribute of a hundred talents[a] of silver and a talent of gold. 34 And (G)Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and (H)changed his name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz away, (I)and he came to Egypt and died there. 35 And Jehoiakim (J)gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh, but he taxed the land to give the money according to the command of Pharaoh. He exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, from everyone according to his assessment, to give it to Pharaoh Neco.

Jehoiakim Reigns in Judah

36 (K)Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. 37 And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, (L)according to all that his fathers had done.

24 (M)In his days, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him. 2 And the Lord sent against him bands of the (N)Chaldeans and (O)bands of the Syrians and bands of the Moabites and bands of the Ammonites, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, (P)according to the word of the Lord that he spoke by his servants the prophets. 3 Surely this came upon Judah at the command of the Lord, to remove them out of his sight, (Q)for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done, 4 and also (R)for the innocent blood that he had shed. For he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord would not pardon. 5 (S)Now the rest of the deeds of Jehoiakim and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? 6 So Jehoiakim (T)slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place. 7 (U)And the king of Egypt did not come again out of his land, (V)for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt (W)from the Brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates.

Jehoiachin Reigns in Judah

8 (X)Jehoiachin was (Y)eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. 9 And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, (Z)according to all that his father had done.

Jerusalem Captured

10 At that time the servants of (AA)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. 11 And (AB)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it, 12 (AC)and Jehoiachin the king of Judah gave himself up to the king of Babylon, himself and his mother and his servants and his officials and his palace officials. (AD)The king of Babylon took him prisoner (AE)in the eighth year of his reign 13 and carried off all the treasures of the house of the Lord (AF)and the treasures of the king's house, (AG)and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold in the temple of the Lord, (AH)which Solomon king of Israel had made, (AI)as the Lord had foretold. 14 (AJ)He carried away all Jerusalem and all the officials and all the mighty men of valor, (AK)10,000 captives, (AL)and all the craftsmen and the smiths. None remained, (AM)except the poorest people of the land. 15 (AN)And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon. The king's mother, the king's wives, his officials, and the chief men of the land he took into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. 16 And the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon all the men of valor, (AO)7,000, and the craftsmen and the metal workers, 1,000, all of them strong and fit for war. 17 (AP)And the king of Babylon (AQ)made Mattaniah, (AR)Jehoiachin's uncle, king in his place, (AS)and changed his name to Zedekiah.

Zedekiah Reigns in Judah

18 (AT)Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was (AU)Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 19 And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, (AV)according to all that Jehoiakim had done. 20 For because of the anger of the Lord it came to the point in Jerusalem and Judah that he cast them out from his presence.

(AW)And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

Fall and Captivity of Judah

25 (AX)And in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, (AY)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came with all his army against Jerusalem and laid siege to it. (AZ)And they built siegeworks all around it. 2 So the city was besieged till the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. 3 On the ninth day of the fourth month (BA)the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land. 4 Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, by (BB)the king's garden, and (BC)the Chaldeans were around the city. And they went in the direction of the (BD)Arabah. 5 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was scattered from him. 6 Then they captured the king (BE)and brought him up to the king of Babylon at (BF)Riblah, and they passed sentence on him. 7 They slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, (BG)and put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him in chains and took him to Babylon.

8 (BH)In the fifth month, on (BI)the seventh day of the month—that was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon—Nebuzaradan, the captain of the bodyguard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 9 (BJ)And he burned the house of the Lord (BK)and the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down. 10 And all the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, (BL)broke down the walls around Jerusalem. 11 (BM)And the rest of the people who were left in the city and the deserters who had deserted to the king of Babylon, together with the rest of the multitude, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried into exile. 12 But the captain of the guard left (BN)some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.

13 (BO)And the pillars (BP)of bronze that were in the house of the Lord, and (BQ)the stands and (BR)the bronze sea that were in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke in pieces and carried the bronze to Babylon. 14 (BS)And they took away the pots and the shovels and the snuffers and the dishes for incense and all the vessels of bronze used in the temple service, 15 the fire pans also and the bowls. What was of gold the captain of the guard took away as gold, and what was of silver, as silver. 16 As for the two pillars, the one sea, and the stands that Solomon had made for the house of the Lord, (BT)the bronze of all these vessels was beyond weight. 17 (BU)The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits,[b] and on it was a capital of bronze. The height of the capital was three cubits. A latticework and pomegranates, all of bronze, were all around the capital. And the second pillar had the same, with the latticework.

18 (BV)And the captain of the guard took (BW)Seraiah the chief priest and (BX)Zephaniah the second priest and the three keepers of the threshold; 19 and from the city he took an officer who had been in command of the men of war, and (BY)five men of the king's council who were found in the city; and the secretary of the commander of the army, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the city. 20 And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at (BZ)Riblah. 21 And the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at (CA)Riblah in the land of Hamath. (CB)So Judah was taken into exile out of its land.

Gedaliah Made Governor of Judah

22 And over the people who remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, he appointed (CC)Gedaliah the son of (CD)Ahikam, son of Shaphan, governor. 23 (CE)Now when all the captains and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah governor, they came with their men to Gedaliah at (CF)Mizpah, namely, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite. 24 And Gedaliah swore to them and their men, saying, “Do not be afraid because of the Chaldean officials. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.” 25 (CG)But in the seventh month, (CH)Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down Gedaliah and put him to death along with the Jews and the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah. 26 (CI)Then all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces arose and went to Egypt, for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.

Jehoiachin Released from Prison

27 (CJ)And in the thirty-seventh year of (CK)the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, graciously (CL)freed[c] Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison. 28 And he spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat above the seats of the kings who were with him in Babylon. 29 So Jehoiachin put off his prison garments. And every day of his life (CM)he dined regularly at the king's table, 30 and for his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king, according to his daily needs, as long as he lived.

Footnotes:

  1. 2 Kings 23:33 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
  2. 2 Kings 25:17 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
  3. 2 Kings 25:27 Hebrew reign, lifted up the head of

Cross references:

  1. 2 Kings 23:31 : [1 Chr. 3:15; Jer. 22:11]
  2. 2 Kings 23:31 : ch. 24:18
  3. 2 Kings 23:32 : [ch. 24:9, 19]
  4. 2 Kings 23:33 : [See ver. 29 above]; Jer. 46:2
  5. 2 Kings 23:33 : ch. 25:6, 20, 21; Jer. 39:5, 6; 52:9, 10, 26, 27
  6. 2 Kings 23:33 : See 1 Kgs. 8:65
  7. 2 Kings 23:34 : [See ver. 29 above]; Jer. 46:2
  8. 2 Kings 23:34 : [ch. 24:17; Dan. 1:7]
  9. 2 Kings 23:34 : Jer. 22:11, 12; [Ezek. 19:3, 4]
  10. 2 Kings 23:35 : ver. 33
  11. 2 Kings 23:36 : 2 Chr. 36:5
  12. 2 Kings 23:37 : [See ver. 32 above]; [ch. 24:9, 19]
  13. 2 Kings 24:1 : 2 Chr. 36:6; Jer. 25:1, 9; Dan. 1:1
  14. 2 Kings 24:2 : ch. 25:4; Jer. 32:28, 29; 35:11; [Ezek. 19:8]
  15. 2 Kings 24:2 : Jer. 35:11
  16. 2 Kings 24:2 : ch. 20:17; 21:12-14; 23:27
  17. 2 Kings 24:3 : ch. 21:11; 23:26
  18. 2 Kings 24:4 : ch. 21:16
  19. 2 Kings 24:5 : 2 Chr. 36:8
  20. 2 Kings 24:6 : [2 Chr. 36:6; Jer. 22:18, 19; 36:30]
  21. 2 Kings 24:7 : Jer. 37:5-7
  22. 2 Kings 24:7 : [Jer. 46:2, 20, 24, 26]
  23. 2 Kings 24:7 : See Num. 34:5
  24. 2 Kings 24:8 : [1 Chr. 3:16; Esth. 2:6; Jer. 22:24, 28; 24:1; 37:1]
  25. 2 Kings 24:8 : [2 Chr. 36:9]
  26. 2 Kings 24:9 : ch. 23:37
  27. 2 Kings 24:10 : Dan. 1:1
  28. 2 Kings 24:11 : [See ver. 10 above]; Dan. 1:1
  29. 2 Kings 24:12 : [Jer. 24:1; 29:1, 2; Ezek. 17:12]
  30. 2 Kings 24:12 : [2 Chr. 36:10]
  31. 2 Kings 24:12 : [ch. 25:27]
  32. 2 Kings 24:13 : ch. 20:17; Isa. 39:6
  33. 2 Kings 24:13 : 2 Chr. 36:7; Ezra 1:7; Dan. 1:2; 5:2, 3
  34. 2 Kings 24:13 : See 1 Kgs. 7:48-50
  35. 2 Kings 24:13 : Jer. 20:5
  36. 2 Kings 24:14 : Jer. 24:1
  37. 2 Kings 24:14 : [ver. 16; Jer. 52:28]
  38. 2 Kings 24:14 : Jer. 24:1; 29:2; [1 Sam. 13:19, 22]
  39. 2 Kings 24:14 : ch. 25:12
  40. 2 Kings 24:15 : 2 Chr. 36:10; Esth. 2:6; [Jer. 22:24-26]
  41. 2 Kings 24:16 : [ver. 14]
  42. 2 Kings 24:17 : For ver. 17-20, see 2 Chr. 36:10-13
  43. 2 Kings 24:17 : [Jer. 37:1]
  44. 2 Kings 24:17 : [1 Chr. 3:15]
  45. 2 Kings 24:17 : [ch. 23:34; 2 Chr. 36:4]
  46. 2 Kings 24:18 : For ch. 24:18–25:21, see Jer. 52:1-27
  47. 2 Kings 24:18 : ch. 23:31
  48. 2 Kings 24:19 : ch. 23:37
  49. 2 Kings 24:20 : [Ezek. 17:18]
  50. 2 Kings 25:1 : For ver. 1-7, see 2 Chr. 36:17-20; Jer. 39:1-7; 52:4-11
  51. 2 Kings 25:1 : Jer. 34:1, 2; 39:1, 2; Ezek. 24:2
  52. 2 Kings 25:1 : [Ezek. 21:22; 26:8]
  53. 2 Kings 25:3 : [Lam. 4:9, 10]
  54. 2 Kings 25:4 : Neh. 3:15
  55. 2 Kings 25:4 : See ch. 24:2
  56. 2 Kings 25:4 : See Deut. 1:1
  57. 2 Kings 25:6 : Jer. 32:4
  58. 2 Kings 25:6 : [ch. 23:33]
  59. 2 Kings 25:7 : [Ezek. 12:13]
  60. 2 Kings 25:8 : For ver. 8-12, see Jer. 39:8-12; 52:12-16
  61. 2 Kings 25:8 : [Jer. 52:12]
  62. 2 Kings 25:9 : 2 Chr. 36:19; Ps. 79:1
  63. 2 Kings 25:9 : [Hos. 8:14; Amos 2:5]
  64. 2 Kings 25:10 : Neh. 1:3
  65. 2 Kings 25:11 : 2 Chr. 36:20
  66. 2 Kings 25:12 : ch. 24:14; Jer. 40:7
  67. 2 Kings 25:13 : [Jer. 27:19, 22]; For ver. 13-17, see 2 Chr. 36:18-20; Jer. 52:17-23
  68. 2 Kings 25:13 : 1 Kgs. 7:15
  69. 2 Kings 25:13 : 1 Kgs. 7:27
  70. 2 Kings 25:13 : 1 Kgs. 7:23
  71. 2 Kings 25:14 : Ex. 27:3; 1 Kgs. 7:45, 50
  72. 2 Kings 25:16 : 1 Kgs. 7:47
  73. 2 Kings 25:17 : [1 Kgs. 7:15-18; 2 Chr. 3:15]
  74. 2 Kings 25:18 : For ver. 18-21, see Jer. 52:24-27
  75. 2 Kings 25:18 : 1 Chr. 6:14; Ezra 7:1
  76. 2 Kings 25:18 : Jer. 21:1; 29:25; 37:3
  77. 2 Kings 25:19 : Esth. 1:14; [Jer. 52:25]
  78. 2 Kings 25:20 : ch. 23:33
  79. 2 Kings 25:21 : [See ver. 20 above]; ch. 23:33
  80. 2 Kings 25:21 : [ch. 23:27; Lev. 26:33; Deut. 28:64]
  81. 2 Kings 25:22 : Jer. 39:14; 40:5
  82. 2 Kings 25:22 : ch. 22:12
  83. 2 Kings 25:23 : For ver. 23, 24, see Jer. 40:7-9
  84. 2 Kings 25:23 : Josh. 18:26
  85. 2 Kings 25:25 : Jer. 41:1, 2
  86. 2 Kings 25:25 : Jer. 40:14, 15
  87. 2 Kings 25:26 : See Jer. 43:4-7
  88. 2 Kings 25:27 : For ver. 27-30, see Jer. 52:31-34
  89. 2 Kings 25:27 : ch. 24:12, 15
  90. 2 Kings 25:27 : Gen. 40:13, 20
  91. 2 Kings 25:29 : 2 Sam. 9:7, 13
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Acts 22:17-23:10

17 (A)“When I had returned to Jerusalem and (B)was praying in the temple, I fell into (C)a trance 18 and saw him saying to me, (D)‘Make haste and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’ 19 And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that in one synagogue after another (E)I imprisoned and (F)beat those who believed in you. 20 And when the blood of Stephen (G)your witness was being shed, (H)I myself was standing by and (I)approving and (J)watching over the garments of those who killed him.’ 21 And he said to me, ‘Go, for I will send you (K)far away to the Gentiles.’”

Paul and the Roman Tribune

22 Up to this word they listened to him. Then they raised their voices and said, (L)“Away with such a fellow from the earth! For (M)he should not be allowed to live.” 23 And as they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks and flinging dust into the air, 24 the tribune ordered him to be brought into (N)the barracks, saying that he should be (O)examined by flogging, to find out why they were shouting against him like this. 25 But when they had stretched him out for the whips,[a] Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, “Is it lawful for you to flog (P)a man who is a Roman citizen and uncondemned?” 26 When the centurion heard this, he went to the tribune and said to him, “What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman citizen.” 27 So the tribune came and said to him, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” And he said, “Yes.” 28 The tribune answered, “I bought this citizenship for a large sum.” Paul said, “But I am a citizen by birth.” 29 So those who were about (Q)to examine him withdrew from him immediately, and the tribune also (R)was afraid, (S)for he realized that Paul was a Roman citizen and that (T)he had bound him.

Paul Before the Council

30 But on the next day, (U)desiring to know the real reason why he was being accused by the Jews, he unbound him and commanded the chief priests and all the council to meet, and he brought Paul down and set him before them.

23 And looking intently at the council, Paul said, “Brothers, (V)I have lived my life before God in all good conscience up to this day.” 2 And the high priest (W)Ananias commanded those who stood by him (X)to strike him on the mouth. 3 Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, you (Y)whitewashed (Z)wall! Are you sitting to judge me according to the law, and yet (AA)contrary to the law you (AB)order me to be struck?” 4 Those who stood by said, “Would you revile (AC)God's high priest?” 5 And Paul said, (AD)“I did not know, brothers, that he was the high priest, for it is written, (AE)‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’”

6 Now when Paul perceived that one part were (AF)Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Brothers, (AG)I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is (AH)with respect to the (AI)hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.” 7 And when he had said this, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided. 8 For the Sadducees (AJ)say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all. 9 Then a great clamor arose, and some of (AK)the scribes of the Pharisees' party stood up and contended sharply, (AL)“We find nothing wrong in this man. What (AM)if a spirit or an angel spoke to him?” 10 And when the dissension became violent, the tribune, afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him away from among them by force and bring him into (AN)the barracks.

Footnotes:

  1. Acts 22:25 Or when they had tied him up with leather strips

Cross references:

  1. Acts 22:17 : ch. 9:26; 26:20
  2. Acts 22:17 : ch. 3:1; Luke 18:10
  3. Acts 22:17 : ch. 10:10; 11:5; [2 Cor. 12:1-4]
  4. Acts 22:18 : [ch. 9:29]
  5. Acts 22:19 : ver. 4
  6. Acts 22:19 : ch. 26:11; See Matt. 10:17
  7. Acts 22:20 : [Rev. 2:13]
  8. Acts 22:20 : ch. 7:58
  9. Acts 22:20 : ch. 8:1; [ch. 26:10]; See Rom. 1:32
  10. Acts 22:20 : ch. 7:58
  11. Acts 22:21 : See ch. 2:39; 9:15
  12. Acts 22:22 : See ch. 21:36
  13. Acts 22:22 : ch. 25:24
  14. Acts 22:24 : ch. 21:34; 23:10
  15. Acts 22:24 : ver. 29
  16. Acts 22:25 : ch. 16:37
  17. Acts 22:29 : ver. 24
  18. Acts 22:29 : ch. 16:38
  19. Acts 22:29 : [ch. 23:27]
  20. Acts 22:29 : ch. 21:33
  21. Acts 22:30 : ver. 24; ch. 23:28
  22. Acts 23:1 : 2 Cor. 1:12; 2 Tim. 1:3; [ch. 24:16; Job 27:5, 6; 1 Cor. 4:4; 2 Cor. 4:2; 5:11; Heb. 13:18]
  23. Acts 23:2 : ch. 24:1
  24. Acts 23:2 : 1 Kgs. 22:24; Lam. 3:30; Mic. 5:1; 2 Cor. 11:20
  25. Acts 23:3 : [Matt. 23:27]
  26. Acts 23:3 : [Isa. 30:13; Ezek. 13:10-14]
  27. Acts 23:3 : Deut. 25:1, 2; See John 7:51
  28. Acts 23:3 : Deut. 25:1, 2; See John 7:51
  29. Acts 23:4 : [1 Sam. 2:28; Ps. 106:16]
  30. Acts 23:5 : [ch. 24:1]
  31. Acts 23:5 : Cited from Ex. 22:28
  32. Acts 23:6 : See Matt. 22:23
  33. Acts 23:6 : ch. 26:5; Phil. 3:5
  34. Acts 23:6 : ch. 24:15, 21; 26:6-8; 28:20
  35. Acts 23:6 : [ch. 2:26, 27]; See Col. 1:5
  36. Acts 23:8 : Luke 20:27; [1 Cor. 15:12]
  37. Acts 23:9 : ch. 4:5; Mark 2:16; Luke 5:30
  38. Acts 23:9 : [ver. 29]
  39. Acts 23:9 : [ch. 22:7, 17, 18; John 12:29]
  40. Acts 23:10 : ver. 16, 32; ch. 21:34; 22:24
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Psalm 2

The Reign of the Lord's Anointed

2 (A)Why do (B)the nations rage[a]
and the peoples plot in vain?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against the Lord and against his (C)Anointed, saying,
3 “Let us (D)burst their bonds apart
and cast away their cords from us.”

4 He who (E)sits in the heavens (F)laughs;
the Lord holds them in derision.
5 Then he will speak to them in his (G)wrath,
and terrify them in his fury, saying,
6 “As for me, I have (H)set my King
on (I)Zion, my (J)holy hill.”

7 I will tell of the decree:
The Lord said to me, (K)“You are my Son;
today I have begotten you.
8 Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage,
and (L)the ends of the earth your possession.
9 You shall (M)break[b] them with (N)a rod of iron
and dash them in pieces like (O)a potter's vessel.”

10 Now therefore, O kings, be wise;
be warned, O rulers of the earth.
11 (P)Serve the Lord with (Q)fear,
and (R)rejoice with (S)trembling.
12 (T)Kiss (U)the Son,
lest he be angry, and you perish in the way,
for his (V)wrath is quickly kindled.
(W)Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 2:1 Or nations noisily assemble
  2. Psalm 2:9 Revocalization yields (compare Septuagint) You shall rule

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 2:1 : Cited Acts 4:25, 26
  2. Psalm 2:1 : [Ps. 46:6]
  3. Psalm 2:2 : Ps. 18:50; 20:6; 45:7; 89:20
  4. Psalm 2:3 : Jer. 5:5
  5. Psalm 2:4 : Ps. 11:4; 29:10; [Isa. 40:22]
  6. Psalm 2:4 : Ps. 37:13; 59:8; Job 22:19; Prov. 1:26
  7. Psalm 2:5 : Rev. 6:16, 17
  8. Psalm 2:6 : Prov. 8:23
  9. Psalm 2:6 : 2 Sam. 5:7; Ps. 110:2
  10. Psalm 2:6 : Ps. 3:4; 15:1; 43:3; 99:9
  11. Psalm 2:7 : Rom. 1:4; Cited Acts 13:33; Heb. 1:5; 5:5
  12. Psalm 2:8 : [Ps. 72:8; 89:27; Dan. 7:14]
  13. Psalm 2:9 : Ps. 89:23; Job 34:24
  14. Psalm 2:9 : Rev. 2:27; 12:5; 19:15
  15. Psalm 2:9 : Isa. 30:14; Jer. 19:11
  16. Psalm 2:11 : Heb. 12:28
  17. Psalm 2:11 : Phil. 2:12
  18. Psalm 2:11 : Phil. 4:4
  19. Psalm 2:11 : Phil. 2:12
  20. Psalm 2:12 : 1 Sam. 10:1; 1 Kgs. 19:18; [John 5:23]
  21. Psalm 2:12 : Prov. 31:2
  22. Psalm 2:12 : ver. 5
  23. Psalm 2:12 : Ps. 34:8; 84:12; Prov. 16:20; Jer. 17:7; [Ps. 146:5; Isa. 30:18]
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Proverbs 18:13

13 If one gives an answer (A)before he hears,
it is his folly and shame.

Cross references:

  1. Proverbs 18:13 : [John 7:51]
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6/30/2023 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, which makes it the last day of the month of June, which means that as we take our next step forward together today, we are…we are reaching the halfway point. I can hardly believe that’s true, but here we are again in the dead center of the year. And so, it is great to be here with you in the middle and grateful for every day that we’ve been able to gather together and take another step forward. And so, we end months, and we begin months, and we end months, and we begin months, and they all add up to a year and we do that by keeping going day-by-day, step-by-step. And so, let’s finish this month well, so that tomorrow we can begin a new month anew. So, we will go back to where we left off and that leads us, at this point, back into the book of Second Kings, and today we will read Second Kings chapter 17 verse 1 through 18 verse 12 today.

Commentary:

Okay, so, as we end this 30th day of the sixth month of the year and find ourselves basically at halftime, here we are in the middle of it all. The Bible brings us to a point of melancholy. It’s a somber reading in both the Old and New Testaments today. And as we go forward from here into the second half of the year, starting tomorrow, we’re kind of changing again the complexion. In the Old Testament true to, true to the Bible’s kind of understated way, when these massive, massive things happen. We were, we were told of the Assyrian invasion of Samaria. The northern kingdom of Israel. Now, let’s remember without going back through exhaustive review, let’s remember that after Solomon’s reign, the nation, the kingdom of Israel split into two, and so we’ve been moving along with the northern and the southern kingdoms. So, the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah and the northern kingdoms capital city was the city of Samaria. The Assyrians attacked the northern kingdom, the 10 tribes of the north. And in today’s reading they besieged Samaria for three years and Samaria fell. What that means is that 10 of the tribes of Israel were defeated and conquered and according to the Scriptures the people were deported, they were carried away into exile by the Assyrian Empire. And we’ve talked about some of the strategies of Empire building at this time and we see it on, in plain display today in our reading. The peoples that were conquered in the northern tribes of Israel were deported to a different land; they were carried away to a different part of the Assyrian Empire. Another part of the Empire that had been conquered. They were resettled in a new land. Meanwhile, other conquered peoples were moved into the land of Samaria. These new peoples who had been settled in the new land, who were also facing exile. They didn’t want to be there any more than the Israelites wanted to be in a different land. They were being mixed into the Empire; conquered peoples were relocated to other parts of the Empire. This is empire building because over the generations, as the Empire brings prosperity to all the people, people stop, start to forget about their history or their homeland. They start thinking, hey, things are pretty good here. Like, this is a good life, we have a good life, and you start to forget where you came from. So, you become a product of the Empire. That’s what you know. That’s the only thing you know that’s how you were born into it. This is what you know. And so, over time conquered peoples over the generations become assimilated and don’t know anything different. That’s not a good plan though for the children of Israel, because God had a different plan and that was to reveal himself through this people. But rather than revealing God to the nations, they did everything that they could to assimilate themselves into being like the other nations, including worshiping the gods of the other nations, not revealing the one true God to all the nations. And they eroded, and we watched all this, we read all this. Like we got here somehow. We started in Genesis and went through the whole story that led us here. The back-and-forth of idolatry. The back-and-forth of looking around for something to give us life and then offering our hearts in worship to that thing. So, we end the first half of our year in a very, very different place than how we started it. We followed this story all the way to the formation of the children of Israel, and now we step through the threshold, tomorrow, into the second half of the year, and 10 of the tribes of Israel are missing. And here’s the thing, they never materialize again. What we read today, was the end of the chapter or an era, of the 10 tribes of Israel were assimilated and disappeared, never to be cohesive tribes again, until today. So, as we step forward, Israel is gone. The kingdom of Israel is gone and all that remains is the smaller kingdom of Judah in the south, but it does contain the holy city of Jerusalem. So, as we go forward now in Kings, we don’t have kings of Israel to learn about anymore. We’ve reached the end of that story. There are no more kings of Israel. We’ll continue our story forward with the kings of Judah and find out what happens to them.

We also have a somber scene in the Book of Acts, the apostle Paul was on his third missionary journey. The Holy Spirit has instructed Paul to return to Jerusalem, and Paul has a pretty strong sense of what that will mean and that, that imprisonments and persecution are probably in front of him, as he makes his way back to this holy city, after the same fashion of Jesus who knew, he was going to Jerusalem and knew how he would be received there. So, we are watching Paul’s final days of what he believes to be his freedom. So, as he’s passing by, he sends messengers to take to get the elders from the church at Ephesus to come, basically, meet him by the ship. He can’t take the time stay in Ephesus because he is trying to get to Jerusalem by Pentecost. But he has a very weighty meeting with the leaders of Ephesus because this is the last meeting that they will ever have. And he makes a declaration like, I have withheld nothing from you. I’ve given you the gospel I did everything that I could to share Jesus with you. I am clean. And we’ve seen that pattern before, we saw Moses doing that when he’s standing befor the children of Israel, saying, like I have led you, I have been faithful to you, I haven’t stolen anything from you. Like, if there’s something against me, say it now, so that everything can be made right. We saw Samuel do the same kind of thing. So, we’re seeing Paul do something similar, which is to say, if you have anything against me, then speak it to me now, and I’m letting you know I know anything against you, and I have done what I came to do, I’ve given everything that I had that God gave me to give you, I’ve given to you. But in this life we will never see each other again. If anything needs to be addressed, let’s do that. And so, we’re left with a bit of melancholy scene of people who love each other very, very much. Who are very, very much following the leading of the Holy Spirit and the roads are going in different directions. And so, they will never see each other again and that is how we land at the halfway point of our journey through the Scriptures this year.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You, we thank You for bringing us here, halfway through the year. It’s hard to believe that it’s been that long since New Year’s Day, but here we are and that’s just the nature of our experience of time. Sometimes it feels like it’s taking 100 years to go five minutes and sometimes it feels like a year goes by in a breath, but we are marking the time, we are marking the fact that we have come halfway through our journey together. So, at this halfway point, we lift our hands in worship, we throw open the doors of our hearts and say come, Holy Spirit. Nothing is off limits to You, lead us in the second half of the year to everything that we need for the journey that we are on, and may we become more and more aware not only of your presence, but of your activity and that we are part of Your story, and You are not a part of ours. You have invited us into the dance of life in the journey that we get to experience together, not the other way around. So, we love You, we humble ourselves before You, and we ask that You lead us into all truth, as we prepare for the second half of the year. I pray this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Monday July 3, 2023 (NIV)

2 Kings 22:3-23:30

3 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: 4 “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. 5 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— 6 the carpenters, the builders and the masons. Also have them purchase timber and dressed stone to repair the temple.(E) 7 But they need not account for the money entrusted to them, because they are honest in their dealings.”(F)

8 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. 9 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. 2 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. 3 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.

4 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. 5 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) 6 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) 7 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.

8 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. 9 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 1 “Brothers and fathers,(I) listen now to my defense.”

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

Then Paul said: 3 “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. 4 I persecuted(R) the followers of this Way(S) to their death, arresting both men and women and throwing them into prison,(T) 5 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.

6 “About noon as I came near Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.(X) 7 I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?’

8 “‘Who are you, Lord?’ I asked.

“ ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth,(Y) whom you are persecuting,’ he replied. 9 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

Cross references:

  1. Acts 21:37 : 22:3-16pp — Ac 9:1-22; 26:9-18
  2. Acts 21:37 : S ver 34
  3. Acts 21:38 : Mt 24:26
  4. Acts 21:38 : Ac 5:36
  5. Acts 21:39 : S Ac 9:11
  6. Acts 21:39 : S Ac 6:9
  7. Acts 21:40 : S Ac 12:17
  8. Acts 21:40 : S Jn 5:2
  9. Acts 22:1 : Ac 7:2
  10. Acts 22:2 : Ac 21:40; S Jn 5:2
  11. Acts 22:3 : Ac 21:39
  12. Acts 22:3 : S Ac 9:11
  13. Acts 22:3 : S Ac 6:9
  14. Acts 22:3 : Lk 10:39
  15. Acts 22:3 : Ac 5:34
  16. Acts 22:3 : Ac 26:5
  17. Acts 22:3 : 1Ki 19:10; S Ac 21:20
  18. Acts 22:4 : S Ac 8:3
  19. Acts 22:4 : S Ac 9:2
  20. Acts 22:4 : ver 19, 20
  21. Acts 22:5 : Lk 22:66
  22. Acts 22:5 : S Ac 1:16; 2:29; 13:26; 23:1; 28:17, 21; S Ro 7:1; 9:3
  23. Acts 22:5 : Ac 9:2
  24. Acts 22:6 : Ac 9:3
  25. Acts 22:8 : S Mk 1:24
  26. Acts 22:9 : Ac 26:13
  27. Acts 22:9 : Ac 9:7
  28. Acts 22:10 : Ac 16:30
  29. Acts 22:11 : Ac 9:8
  30. Acts 22:12 : Ac 9:17
  31. Acts 22:12 : Ac 10:22
  32. Acts 22:14 : S Ac 3:13
  33. Acts 22:14 : S 1Co 15:8
  34. Acts 22:14 : Ac 7:52
  35. Acts 22:15 : Ac 23:11; 26:16
  36. Acts 22:15 : ver 14
  37. Acts 22:16 : S Ac 2:38
  38. Acts 22:16 : Lev 8:6; Ps 51:2; Eze 36:25; Jn 3:5; 1Co 6:11; Eph 5:26; Tit 3:5; Heb 10:22; 1Pe 3:21
  39. Acts 22:16 : Ro 10:13
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Psalm 1

BOOK I

Psalms 1–41

Psalm 1

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)
2 but whose delight(H) is in the law of the Lord,(I)
and who meditates(J) on his law day and night.
3 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)

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

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

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 1:1 : S Dt 33:29; Ps 40:4; 128:4
  2. Psalm 1:1 : Ps 89:15
  3. Psalm 1:1 : S Job 21:16; Ps 10:2-11
  4. Psalm 1:1 : S Ge 49:6
  5. Psalm 1:1 : Ps 26:9; 37:38; 51:13; 104:35
  6. Psalm 1:1 : Ps 26:4
  7. Psalm 1:1 : S Job 11:3; Pr 1:22; Isa 28:14; Hos 7:5
  8. Psalm 1:2 : Ps 112:1; 119:16, 35; Ro 7:22
  9. Psalm 1:2 : Ps 19:7; 119:1; Eze 11:20; 18:17
  10. Psalm 1:2 : S Ge 24:63
  11. Psalm 1:3 : Ps 52:8; 92:12; 128:3; Jer 11:16; Zec 4:3
  12. Psalm 1:3 : Ps 46:4; 65:9; Isa 33:21; Jer 31:9
  13. Psalm 1:3 : S Nu 24:6; S Job 14:9; S Eze 17:5
  14. Psalm 1:3 : Ps 92:14; Eze 47:12
  15. Psalm 1:3 : Isa 1:30; 64:6
  16. Psalm 1:3 : S Ge 39:3
  17. Psalm 1:4 : S Job 13:25; Isa 40:24; Jer 13:24
  18. Psalm 1:5 : Ps 5:5
  19. Psalm 1:5 : S Job 19:29
  20. Psalm 1:5 : Ps 26:12; 35:18; 82:1; 89:5; 107:32; 111:1; 149:1
  21. Psalm 1:6 : Ps 37:18; 121:5; 145:20; Na 1:7
  22. Psalm 1:6 : S Lev 26:38; Ps 9:6
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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)

Cross references:

  1. Proverbs 18:11 : Pr 10:15
  2. Proverbs 18:12 : S Pr 11:2; 15:33; S 16:18
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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Monday July 3, 2023 (NIV)

2 Kings 22:3-23:30

3 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: 4 “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. 5 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— 6 the carpenters, the builders and the masons. Also have them purchase timber and dressed stone to repair the temple.(E) 7 But they need not account for the money entrusted to them, because they are honest in their dealings.”(F)

8 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. 9 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. 2 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. 3 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.

4 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. 5 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) 6 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) 7 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.

8 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. 9 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 1 “Brothers and fathers,(I) listen now to my defense.”

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

Then Paul said: 3 “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. 4 I persecuted(R) the followers of this Way(S) to their death, arresting both men and women and throwing them into prison,(T) 5 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.

6 “About noon as I came near Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.(X) 7 I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?’

8 “‘Who are you, Lord?’ I asked.

“ ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth,(Y) whom you are persecuting,’ he replied. 9 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

Cross references:

  1. Acts 21:37 : 22:3-16pp — Ac 9:1-22; 26:9-18
  2. Acts 21:37 : S ver 34
  3. Acts 21:38 : Mt 24:26
  4. Acts 21:38 : Ac 5:36
  5. Acts 21:39 : S Ac 9:11
  6. Acts 21:39 : S Ac 6:9
  7. Acts 21:40 : S Ac 12:17
  8. Acts 21:40 : S Jn 5:2
  9. Acts 22:1 : Ac 7:2
  10. Acts 22:2 : Ac 21:40; S Jn 5:2
  11. Acts 22:3 : Ac 21:39
  12. Acts 22:3 : S Ac 9:11
  13. Acts 22:3 : S Ac 6:9
  14. Acts 22:3 : Lk 10:39
  15. Acts 22:3 : Ac 5:34
  16. Acts 22:3 : Ac 26:5
  17. Acts 22:3 : 1Ki 19:10; S Ac 21:20
  18. Acts 22:4 : S Ac 8:3
  19. Acts 22:4 : S Ac 9:2
  20. Acts 22:4 : ver 19, 20
  21. Acts 22:5 : Lk 22:66
  22. Acts 22:5 : S Ac 1:16; 2:29; 13:26; 23:1; 28:17, 21; S Ro 7:1; 9:3
  23. Acts 22:5 : Ac 9:2
  24. Acts 22:6 : Ac 9:3
  25. Acts 22:8 : S Mk 1:24
  26. Acts 22:9 : Ac 26:13
  27. Acts 22:9 : Ac 9:7
  28. Acts 22:10 : Ac 16:30
  29. Acts 22:11 : Ac 9:8
  30. Acts 22:12 : Ac 9:17
  31. Acts 22:12 : Ac 10:22
  32. Acts 22:14 : S Ac 3:13
  33. Acts 22:14 : S 1Co 15:8
  34. Acts 22:14 : Ac 7:52
  35. Acts 22:15 : Ac 23:11; 26:16
  36. Acts 22:15 : ver 14
  37. Acts 22:16 : S Ac 2:38
  38. Acts 22:16 : Lev 8:6; Ps 51:2; Eze 36:25; Jn 3:5; 1Co 6:11; Eph 5:26; Tit 3:5; Heb 10:22; 1Pe 3:21
  39. Acts 22:16 : Ro 10:13
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Psalm 1

BOOK I

Psalms 1–41

Psalm 1

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)
2 but whose delight(H) is in the law of the Lord,(I)
and who meditates(J) on his law day and night.
3 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)

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

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

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 1:1 : S Dt 33:29; Ps 40:4; 128:4
  2. Psalm 1:1 : Ps 89:15
  3. Psalm 1:1 : S Job 21:16; Ps 10:2-11
  4. Psalm 1:1 : S Ge 49:6
  5. Psalm 1:1 : Ps 26:9; 37:38; 51:13; 104:35
  6. Psalm 1:1 : Ps 26:4
  7. Psalm 1:1 : S Job 11:3; Pr 1:22; Isa 28:14; Hos 7:5
  8. Psalm 1:2 : Ps 112:1; 119:16, 35; Ro 7:22
  9. Psalm 1:2 : Ps 19:7; 119:1; Eze 11:20; 18:17
  10. Psalm 1:2 : S Ge 24:63
  11. Psalm 1:3 : Ps 52:8; 92:12; 128:3; Jer 11:16; Zec 4:3
  12. Psalm 1:3 : Ps 46:4; 65:9; Isa 33:21; Jer 31:9
  13. Psalm 1:3 : S Nu 24:6; S Job 14:9; S Eze 17:5
  14. Psalm 1:3 : Ps 92:14; Eze 47:12
  15. Psalm 1:3 : Isa 1:30; 64:6
  16. Psalm 1:3 : S Ge 39:3
  17. Psalm 1:4 : S Job 13:25; Isa 40:24; Jer 13:24
  18. Psalm 1:5 : Ps 5:5
  19. Psalm 1:5 : S Job 19:29
  20. Psalm 1:5 : Ps 26:12; 35:18; 82:1; 89:5; 107:32; 111:1; 149:1
  21. Psalm 1:6 : Ps 37:18; 121:5; 145:20; Na 1:7
  22. Psalm 1:6 : S Lev 26:38; Ps 9:6
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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)

Cross references:

  1. Proverbs 18:11 : Pr 10:15
  2. Proverbs 18:12 : S Pr 11:2; 15:33; S 16:18
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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Sunday July 2, 2023 (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.”

2 Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, 3 “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.

4 Before Isaiah had left the middle court, the word of the Lord came to him: 5 “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. 6 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.’”

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

8 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?”

9 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) 2 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. 3 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. 4 He built altars(AB) in the temple of the Lord, of which the Lord had said, “In Jerusalem I will put my Name.”(AC) 5 In the two courts(AD) of the temple of the Lord, he built altars to all the starry hosts. 6 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.

7 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. 8 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.” 9 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) 2 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)

Cross references:

  1. Acts 21:18 : S Ac 15:13
  2. Acts 21:18 : S Ac 11:30
  3. Acts 21:19 : Ac 14:27; 15:4, 12
  4. Acts 21:19 : Ac 1:17
  5. Acts 21:20 : Ac 22:3; Ro 10:2; Gal 1:14; Php 3:6
  6. Acts 21:20 : Ac 15:1, 5
  7. Acts 21:21 : ver 28
  8. Acts 21:21 : Ac 15:19-21; 1Co 7:18, 19
  9. Acts 21:21 : S Ac 6:14
  10. Acts 21:23 : Nu 6:2, 5, 18; Ac 18:18
  11. Acts 21:24 : ver 26; Ac 24:18
  12. Acts 21:24 : Ac 18:18
  13. Acts 21:25 : Ac 15:20, 29
  14. Acts 21:26 : Nu 6:13-20; Ac 24:18
  15. Acts 21:27 : Jer 26:8; Ac 24:18; 26:21; S 1Th 2:16
  16. Acts 21:28 : Mt 24:15; Ac 6:13; 24:5, 6
  17. Acts 21:29 : Ac 20:4; 2Ti 4:20
  18. Acts 21:29 : S Ac 18:19
  19. Acts 21:30 : Ac 26:21
  20. Acts 21:30 : S Ac 16:19
  21. Acts 21:32 : Ac 23:27
  22. Acts 21:33 : ver 11
  23. Acts 21:33 : Ac 12:6
  24. Acts 21:33 : Ac 20:23; 22:29; Eph 6:20; 2Ti 2:9
  25. Acts 21:34 : Ac 19:32
  26. Acts 21:34 : ver 37; Ac 22:24; 23:10, 16, 32
  27. Acts 21:35 : ver 40
  28. Acts 21:36 : Lk 23:18; Jn 19:15; Ac 22:22
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Psalm 150

Psalm 150

1 Praise the Lord.[a](A)

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

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

Praise the Lord.

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 150:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verse 6

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 150:1 : S Ps 112:1
  2. Psalm 150:1 : Ps 68:24-26; 73:17; 102:19
  3. Psalm 150:1 : S Ps 148:1
  4. Psalm 150:2 : S Dt 3:24
  5. Psalm 150:2 : S Ex 15:7
  6. Psalm 150:3 : S Nu 10:2
  7. Psalm 150:3 : S Ps 57:8
  8. Psalm 150:4 : S Ex 15:20
  9. Psalm 150:4 : S Ps 45:8
  10. Psalm 150:4 : S Ge 4:21
  11. Psalm 150:5 : S 2Sa 6:5
  12. Psalm 150:6 : S Ps 103:22
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Proverbs 18:9-10

9 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)

Cross references:

  1. Proverbs 18:9 : Pr 28:24
  2. Proverbs 18:10 : S Ps 61:3
  3. Proverbs 18:10 : S Ps 20:1; Pr 14:26
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07/01/2023 DAB Transcript

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

Today is the 1st day of July welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I am Brian and it is wonderful to be here with you today as we walk into the seventh month of the year together. Today is the 182nd day of the year. And we reached the halfway point yesterday as we ended the month of June. And, so, here we are launching ourselves into the second half, the second half of the Scriptures, the second half of the year as the adventure continues. And we concluded our first half of the year with a somber…with a couple of kind of somber and more sobering stories. In the Old Testament, the Assyrians conquered the northern kingdom of Israel and carried all of its people into exile, thereby bringing an end to the northern kingdom of…of Israel. And, so, as we move forward now there is no northern kingdom of Israel. And then in the book of Acts we saw Paul sailing back through Ephesus and the leaders of the church at Ephesus coming to see him as he continues his journey back toward Jerusalem. And he lets them know that they will never be able to see each other again in that life, in this life in person. The Holy Spirit has given Paul some advance words about what he will face as he continues his journey to Jerusalem. And we’ll all get to experience that as we continue in the days ahead. But that’s how we kind of landed our first half of the year. And let’s step forward into the second half. And that obviously leads us right where we left off and that happens to be the book of second Kings. And today we’ll read chapters 18 verse 13 through 19 verse 37.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You. We thank You for Your word. And here at the threshold as we begin this brand-new shiny sparkly month and move into the back half of the year we…we are grateful. We are humbled by Your generosity toward us and loving us and caring for us and being patient with us and guiding us and directing us. We are grateful for all that You have done in our lives thus far in the year and we are also declaring that we are open and look for…looking forward to all that You will teach us and all of the things that You will reveal to us as You continue to direct us forward. May we have eyes to see, ears to hear, and a willing heart to obey we pray in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Announcements:

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And, so, just a few days from now, the 7th day of July, which is a week from yesterday, the 7th day of July is our own little Global Campfire holiday around here that we love…lovingly call the Daily Audio Bible long walk because that's…that’s what it is. It’s that. It’s this day on the calendar that we carve out that we defend, that we take because we need…because we need it. It’s a day for our hearts. It’s a day for God. It’s a day to go for a long walk, bringing our full presence, our hearts and walking with God giving ourselves to Him again. Going for a long walk, the kind of long walk that you do when you’re in love with somebody. The kind long walk, right, hand in hand, slow stroll, maybe even fast-paced. Doesn’t really matter. The point is together. And on those walks time goes away. Like wasting time…like what we would think of as time wasted away from productivity is actually time invested into actual life and relationship, what we are made for, what we are working so hard for. It’s a day to say that’s my day. It’s the middle of the year. I need to regroup. I gotta second half of the year I gotta live. I cannot go blindly into that. I gotta lot that’s going on inside of me. I’m going to go and spend the day with the wonderful counselor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of peace. I’m gonna spend my day and I’m gonna say at all and I’m gonna listen, and I’m gonna listen and obey. So, that’s a beautiful thing to do. Go somewhere beautiful. Go for a long walk. Take the day. Spend it enjoying the lavish gift of the earth that God has given us that He offers to us each and every day. Enjoy it. Let it fill you up. Let it restore your soul. It’s unbelievable even what birdsong can do to a person’s mental health. So, everybody pick somewhere beautiful wherever you may be in the world. We’ll all be all over the world. We’ll be walking with God. Imagine that. Our community all over the world walking, literally walking with God. What makes it a community experience is that after we spend our day, maybe we took a picture while we were out there, maybe we took a video wherever we went. We want to remember the day ourselves and commemorate it ourselves and remember what God may have spoke to us ourselves. So, we come back to the Daily Audio Bible Facebook page - facebook.com/dailyaudiobible and we will have a post there on the 7th July for the long walk. And as we complete our long walks, we can come back and post our pictures and videos and stories and that makes a story all of its own, the story of the day, the story of us all going and walking with God and we can hear from each other and what we heard and what we saw. And its lovely. So, make plans for that. It’s less than a week away. It’s the 7th of July, this coming Friday. The Daily Audio Bible long walk.

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Community Prayer and Praise:

Hello I’ve been listener since I think about 2010. One of my good friends for a long time is laid up with cancer dying and I just ask for you all the pray for her. Her name is Katie and also for her girl. She’s about 11. Lilly Ann. Katies in hospice. And anyway it’s really heartbreaking and I don’t know…I would love for the Lord to heal her. But I just ask for you all to pray for Katie and Lily Ann. Thank you.

Hi DAB family this is Rebecca from Missouri. I am brand new to the Daily Audio Bible having just found out about it a couple of weeks ago and I’m loving it. I’m praying with all of you. And I ask for your prayers. Today marks one month since my dad passed away. This happened on May 26th. He was 64 years old, and he died after having a series of four strokes over the course of just under a year. And my mom is 63 and they were married for 44 years. And my mom went straight from being a 19-year-old living with her parents to a 19 year old bride. So, being alone is new for her. And I ask prayers for my mom Julie. And she’s a Christian and so was my dad. But this is hard on her big time. And, so, I ask that you pray that she gets friends to hang out with, finds things to do, keeps busy, goes traveling, all of the things that she can do now as a widow, that…that she just misses my dad less and less because it’s hard on her right now. Lord just please protect my mom and love her. Let her know that there’s so many people who love her and are there for her. She has neighbors, she has family. Let her know that she can lean on us all that she needs to and keep her from feeling like she’s a burden because she’s not, not at all. Thank you, Lord, for such a good mom and for giving me such a good dad in Jesus’s name Amen. Thank you everyone.

Good morning DAB family this is mummy’s Little Rock from Arkansas. I just wanted to call in. I listened to the June 25th prayer request for that day and Sharon from Tacoma WA called in. I believe that was your name. But her mom is now having to enter hospice and she was just feeling so overwhelmed. And Sharon I just…oh…I totally felt your call having gone through that with my mom 2-½ years ago, just feeling like, oh my goodness, I don’t know what to do, I don’t know what’s gonna be best for her, the hospice care team. It was just all overwhelming and also very heartbreaking because we know the end was near…we knew the end was near. And, so, having to deal with all of that as well as being kind of thrust into making decisions was just so overwhelming. And your voice just took me right back to that moment where I had to make decisions for my mom as well, my brother and I. And I just want you to know that God hears you, that He loves you, and He’s holding you. And although I kind of knew that…I always knew that but just…I just needed strength to get through and I would pray every single moment every day to just ask for strength. And I promise you the Lord will give that to you. He gave it to me. I don’t know how I made it through without God. I know that He was there pushing me and pulling me and helping me to get through. So, just know that you’re loved and you are supported and you will get through this as well. God bless you.

Hello DAB family, Bubba Dee from Tennessee currently in Minnesota. I want to pray for today June 27th Eyes of a Dove you’re going through all those troubles with Ryland. Know that you’re not the only one. Parenting for a high schooler for me personally has been the toughest time in my life and still walking through a few things. And I’m gonna lift you up dear sister. Heavenly father I’m asking for Ryland, I’m asking that he would come back to you, come back to understanding what responsibility is, come back to understanding what he is made for. Lord we wanna pray purpose for Ryland. I’m asking God that you meet him what he is. I pray his mom is praying and pouring and even losing it but that all of this would testify to him of Your love and of Your good plan for his life. Just that through the Eyes of the Dove, his mom, he would see how You care for him, how much You want him to succeed, how much You want him to be a person who’s responsible and trustworthy and faithful. We bless him. As a community we lived Ryland up to you heavenly Father. We ask that he would come back to his senses. We now all this is possible. We saw this in the parable of the prodigal and it…

Morning DAB family this is Trucker Justin from Pennsylvania. I just listened to the June 18th podcast and heard Bernice request for his marriage and family. I’m telling you brother I was there last year separated from my wife and kids and I thought it was pretty much over but I pursued fellowship with my church and pursued God and He brought in some brothers into my life that have been through the same thing and they encouraged me and I just want to encourage you and pray for you. So, heavenly Father I would ask for Bernie and anyone else who’s having trouble in their marriage, Father I pray that You would just soften hearts and reconcile these men and women together. Father, restore the love and the peace that they have in their marriages Father and if there’s any sin that needs to be repented of and put away Father I pray that these men and women would have the humility to…to deal with that. So, heavenly Father we thank You for what You will do and I ask these things in Jesus’ name. Amen.

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Saturday July 1, 2023 (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. 2 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. 3 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. 4 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.”

5 When King Hezekiah’s officials came to Isaiah, 6 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. 7 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)’”

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

9 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. 2 We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia,(B) went on board and set sail. 3 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. 4 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. 5 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) 6 After saying goodbye to each other, we went aboard the ship, and they returned home.

7 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. 8 Leaving the next day, we reached Caesarea(I) and stayed at the house of Philip(J) the evangelist,(K) one of the Seven. 9 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)

Cross references:

  1. Acts 21:1 : S Ac 16:10
  2. Acts 21:2 : Ac 11:19
  3. Acts 21:3 : S Lk 2:2
  4. Acts 21:4 : S Ac 11:26
  5. Acts 21:4 : ver 11; Ac 20:23
  6. Acts 21:5 : Lk 22:41; Ac 9:40; 20:36
  7. Acts 21:7 : Ac 12:20
  8. Acts 21:7 : S Ac 1:16
  9. Acts 21:8 : S Ac 8:40
  10. Acts 21:8 : Ac 6:5; 8:5-40
  11. Acts 21:8 : Eph 4:11; 2Ti 4:5
  12. Acts 21:9 : Ex 15:20; Jdg 4:4; Ne 6:14; Lk 2:36; Ac 2:17; 1Co 11:5
  13. Acts 21:10 : Ac 11:28
  14. Acts 21:11 : S Ac 8:29
  15. Acts 21:11 : ver 33
  16. Acts 21:11 : 1Ki 22:11; Isa 20:2-4; Jer 13:1-11; Mt 20:19
  17. Acts 21:13 : Ac 20:24
  18. Acts 21:13 : S Jn 15:21; S Ac 9:16
  19. Acts 21:14 : Ru 1:18
  20. Acts 21:14 : S Mt 26:39
  21. Acts 21:15 : S Ac 19:21
  22. Acts 21:16 : S Ac 8:40
  23. Acts 21:16 : ver 3, 4
  24. Acts 21:17 : S Ac 9:30
  25. Acts 21:17 : Ac 15:4
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Psalm 149

Psalm 149

1 Praise the Lord.[a](A)

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

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

6 May the praise of God be in their mouths(M)
and a double-edged(N) sword in their hands,(O)
7 to inflict vengeance(P) on the nations
and punishment(Q) on the peoples,
8 to bind their kings with fetters,(R)
their nobles with shackles of iron,(S)
9 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

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 149:1 : Ps 33:2; 103:1
  2. Psalm 149:1 : S Ps 28:7; S 96:1; Rev 5:9
  3. Psalm 149:1 : S Ps 1:5
  4. Psalm 149:2 : Isa 13:3; Jer 51:48
  5. Psalm 149:2 : S Job 10:3; Ps 95:6; Isa 44:2; 45:11; 54:5
  6. Psalm 149:2 : Ps 10:16; 47:6; Isa 32:1; Zec 9:9
  7. Psalm 149:3 : S Ex 15:20
  8. Psalm 149:3 : S Ps 57:8
  9. Psalm 149:4 : Ps 35:27; 147:11
  10. Psalm 149:4 : Ps 132:16
  11. Psalm 149:5 : S Ps 132:16
  12. Psalm 149:5 : Job 35:10; Ps 42:8
  13. Psalm 149:6 : Ps 66:17
  14. Psalm 149:6 : Heb 4:12; Rev 1:16
  15. Psalm 149:6 : Ne 4:17
  16. Psalm 149:7 : S Nu 31:3; S Dt 32:41
  17. Psalm 149:7 : Ps 81:15
  18. Psalm 149:8 : S 2Sa 3:34; S Isa 14:1-2
  19. Psalm 149:8 : 2Ch 33:11
  20. Psalm 149:9 : Dt 7:1; Eze 28:26
  21. Psalm 149:9 : S Ps 145:10
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Proverbs 18:8

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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