Month: June 2022

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6/10/2022 DAB Transcript

1 Kings 7:1-51, Acts 7:30-50, Psalm 128:1-6, Proverbs 16:31-33

Today is the 10th day of the month of June, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian and 10th month, the 10th day of any month is a good day to be here, any day is a good day to be here as we gather around the Global Campfire and step forward together in the book of first Kings, which is where we are right now in the Old Testament. We’re tracking alongside King Solomon, who is bringing ancient Israel to their greatest, finest moments. We’ve seen the temple of God built, the very first Temple for the Lord God in Jerusalem. And so, let’s pick up the story. We’re reading from the English Standard Version this week, first Kings chapter 7.

Commentary:

Okay so, in first Kings we are still alongside King Solomon watching the developments that he is doing and the improvements to the infrastructure that he is doing in Israel. And Jerusalem is certainly getting some grandiose buildings and obviously you have your capital and then it’s growing up around you and you have the temple of God, the worship of God in the city. So now, this is becoming the place like, the place of pilgrimage and a place of identity for the people as Solomon continues to reign and these pages that we are reading like, this is the culmination of all we have read and dreamed about and thought about, all the way since Abraham as we’ve mentioned. So, let’s enjoy this because it’s brief enough. So, let’s enjoy the fact that we got here because we wandered with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. We saw the enslavement and were in Egypt, we saw the freedom. We wandered in the wilderness and all of the other dramas that we have experienced along the way. It has taken all lot of time and a lot of energy to get to this place and so, let’s enjoy it as we’re here.

Then in the New Testament, in the book of Acts today, we are continuing to hear the testimony of Stephen who has been arrested and has been drug before the Jewish Council to answer for what he is doing, in the name of Jesus. And what we are hearing Stephen recite is the story of the Hebrew people, which is allowing us a little bit of review, a little bit of the major stories that we have already wandered through to get to the place that we are in first Kings in the Old Testament. And so, we will obviously continue with both of these stories, the next step forward tomorrow.

Then in Proverbs today, whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city. What we’re being told in effect here is, it is more powerful to have self-control then to be powerful. It is more important to rule over yourself, than to be mighty. Or maybe put another way, it is more mighty and powerful to have self-control then it is to watch someone with great strength and power obliterate something. So, if where the person who, who tends to rise up in dominance, rather than to be self-controlled then there’s a lesson here for us to learn indeed.

And then finally, in the book of Psalms today, we have the song of a sense, so these, the songs of a sense were four people on pilgrimage up to Jerusalem, the kinds of things that they would sing and the kinds of things that would be spoken over them, or spoken over their departure. These affirming words with outstretched hands, spoken over us, can be such a gift and so let’s go back to the Psalm today and just allow this to wash over us, as if it were being spoken over us, because it is. Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways, you shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands, you shall be blessed and it shall be well with you. Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house, your children will be like olive shoots around your table. Behold thus, shall the man be blessed who fears the Lord.

Prayer:

Father, we want that to be true of us that we are blessed because we fear You, we have awe and respect we are overwhelmed with Your greatness and overwhelmed with the depth of Your love that is immeasurable and we thank You for ancient words of affirmation, words of encouragement that have been spoken over brothers and sisters for thousands and thousands and thousands of years. Thank You for these words that still resonate in our hearts and embolden us and encourage us. Come, Holy Spirit and plant these words in our hearts that they may be a part of our lives. We pray this in the precious name of Jesus. Amen.

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Prayer and Encouragements:

Hi, Daily Audio Bible, this is Rifka, currently in Ohio. So, I just wanted to pray for the precious lady who just called about a neuropathic issue that she’s dealing with and just her cry was just so, so touched me. God, so I ask for this lady, would You just give her healing, God. We ask that she would have no pain God, and I’m reminded of that verse in Revelation. I was just trying to find it, I know it but, I can’t find the address right now. But the one of when you know, when there will be no more pain, no more sorrow, no more hurt, no more tears. Yeshua, we just cry out for that, Yeshua, would You come, would You come for this lady. Would You touch her body? I can’t, yeah, I’ve had some pain but yeah, just the thought of having the constant pain, I mean for me, if, it comes and goes but yeah, the thought of having it all the time. So, I’m so sorry. And there was a guy also, his name was John and he is suffering from severe back pain and just yeah, it’s the same thing. Yeshua, would You come, would you just touch our body, would You just heal us that we know we’re Your, we’re Your servants, we love You God. And we know how much You love us and we know that You didn’t say that this life would be easy but we’re just asking God, for some relief, would You just come. Come and be with us God. We thank You and we ask You for all of these things, God in Yeshua’s name. Amen. 

Hi DAB family, this is Tammy from the Adirondacks. My husband and I just gone done listening to the June 7th podcast and Cindy from California, you called in about, I think you named the illness that you have and there’s no cure for it and we just wanna pray for you. And ask the Lord, who is the great physician for a mighty healing touch and just take this burning sensation and to just heal you completely from this. Father God, we come to You, we come to You Lord, You are the great Physician, You are the great Healer, You are the Lord of lords and the Kind of kings. And with You Father, all things are possible. There is no sickness, no illness, no disease, no ailment, no anything that is too big for You, Father, to heal, to cure and to just get rid of, to throw as far as the East is to the West, Lord. So, we lift Cindy up to You, Lord. We lift up her daughter, she called her, her angel, who introduced her to this family. And Cindy’s now apart of this family, Lord. And we ask You Father, to just touch her, give her a mighty healing touch, Father, that can come from only You, Lord. Because You can do anything, Father. You are God and we just praise Your precious name, Jesus. We give You the glory and the honor in every good thing that’s in our life. And we give You the glory and the honor when those bad things happen, that You love us and You take us through them, Lord. You take us through the wilderness. So, we’re asking You Father, to just pull Cindy out of this wilderness, Lord. Take her Father, reach her hand and just pull her out, Father, and heal her. In the might name of Jesus. We thank You and we love You. Be strong sister, God Bless. 

Hey DAB family, this is GG in Bama and I am compelled to call and pray for some of the people we’ve been hearing lately, who are all calling in with severe pain from one thing or another. Men, women it seems to be all ages. So, I just want to pray for those of you that are experiencing such severe pain. Father in Heaven, I ask You, right now to just reach down from where You are in the Heavenly realms and just heal these people, who are suffering mightily from one thing or another. It’s seems to be that there is so much pain among Your people, lately. And I know, that You are still in the healing business. I know, because You healed me from Plantares Facetious, I know because You healed me from infertility and You’ve given me beautiful children. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt You are still in the healing business. And I just ask You to reach out to my brothers and sisters in Christ and to heal them of the things that are causing them pain. Causing them to suffer. And I know that in suffering, we glorify Your suffering on the cross but I also know that there is power in the name of Jesus and there is power in the testimony that these people were healed and I know that they will use there healing as a testimony for You. In Jesus name. Amen.

Hi, this is Richard in Ohio. I would like prayer for my daughter, she has anxiety that is crushing her. She’s sees no hope in the future. Please pray that God would relieve her of this anxiety. That she will see that God is the one who has sustained her all these years. And pray that God would soften her heart, that she will turn to Jesus for her hope. Thank you DAB family.

Father God in Heaven, I lift up your son, Ben, who has been through the ICU, been through COVID, he’s been through many ups and downs. He’s been through a miraculous recovery and now Lord, he’s back and he’s not doing so hot. So, I lift up your son as an individual, as a father, as a son. I lift him up to you today, Lord, and I pray that You would bless him and heal him and allow him to recover. If not by himself, let him do it, let him do it together, with the people he has around him. Let this maybe be a new chapter in his life where he is not relying on other people but it able and willing and acceptable and accepting. Be like, yeah, you can help me and let us come together and praise the Lord together, for there is more power in two, than there are one. His mother encouraged me today by saying, on the Prayer Wall or on the Prayer Chain, that he might be continued to be better to be strong so that he can be about his Father’s business. And may we all be about our Father’s business. I just really like that phrase. This is People on the Water from Indiana. I love you, it’s all in Jesus name that I pray and I ask. Amen.     

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Friday June 10, 2022 (NIV)

1 Kings 7

Solomon Builds His Palace

7 Solomon was (A)building his own house thirteen years, and he finished his entire house.

2 He built (B)the House of the Forest of Lebanon. Its length was a hundred cubits[a] and its breadth fifty cubits and its height thirty cubits, and it was built on four[b] rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the pillars. 3 And it was covered with cedar above the chambers that were on the forty-five pillars, fifteen in each row. 4 There were window frames in three rows, and window opposite window in three tiers. 5 All the doorways and windows[c] had square frames, and window was opposite window in three tiers.

6 And he made (C)the Hall of Pillars; its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth thirty cubits. There was a porch in front with pillars, and (D)a canopy in front of them.

7 And he made the Hall of the Throne where he was to pronounce judgment, even the Hall of Judgment. (E)It was finished with cedar from floor to rafters.[d]

8 His own house where he was to dwell, in the other court back of the hall, was of like workmanship. Solomon also made a house like this hall for Pharaoh's daughter (F)whom he had taken in marriage.

9 All these were made of costly stones, cut according to measure, sawed with saws, back and front, even from the foundation to the coping, and from the outside to the great court. 10 The foundation was of costly stones, huge stones, stones of eight and ten cubits. 11 And above were costly stones, cut according to measurement, and cedar. 12 (G)The great court had three courses of cut stone all around, and a course of cedar beams; so had the inner court of the house of the Lord and (H)the vestibule of the house.

The Temple Furnishings

13 And King Solomon sent and brought (I)Hiram from Tyre. 14 He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze. And (J)he was full of wisdom, understanding, and skill for making any work in bronze. He came to King Solomon and did all his work.

15 (K)He cast (L)two pillars of bronze. (M)Eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits measured its circumference. It was hollow, and its thickness was four fingers. The second pillar was the same.[e] 16 He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on the tops of the pillars. The height of the one capital was five cubits, and (N)the height of the other capital was five cubits. 17 There were lattices of checker work with wreaths of chain work for the capitals on the tops of the pillars, a lattice[f] for the one capital and a lattice for the other capital. 18 Likewise he made pomegranates[g] in two rows around the one latticework to cover the capital that was on the top of the pillar, and he did the same with the other capital. 19 Now the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars in the vestibule were of lily-work, four cubits. 20 The capitals were on the two pillars and also above the rounded projection which was beside the latticework. There were (O)two hundred pomegranates in two rows all around, and so with the other capital. 21 (P)He set up the pillars at the vestibule of the temple. He set up the pillar on the south and called its name Jachin, and he set up the pillar on the north and called its name Boaz. 22 And on the tops of the pillars was lily-work. Thus the work of the pillars was finished.

23 (Q)Then he made (R)the sea of cast metal. It was round, ten cubits from brim to brim, and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured its circumference. 24 Under its brim were (S)gourds, for ten cubits, compassing the sea all around. The gourds were in two rows, cast with it when it was cast. 25 It stood on (T)twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The sea was set on them, and all their rear parts were inward. 26 Its thickness was a handbreadth,[h] and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily. It held two thousand baths.[i]

27 He also made the (U)ten stands of bronze. Each stand was four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high. 28 This was the construction of the stands: they had panels, and the panels were set in the frames, 29 and on the panels that were set in the frames were lions, oxen, and cherubim. On the frames, both above and below the lions and oxen, there were wreaths of beveled work. 30 Moreover, each stand had four bronze wheels and axles of bronze, and at the four corners were supports for a basin. The supports were cast with wreaths at the side of each. 31 Its opening was within a crown that projected upward one cubit. Its opening was round, as a pedestal is made, a cubit and a half deep. At its opening there were carvings, and its panels were square, not round. 32 And the four wheels were underneath the panels. The axles of the wheels were of one piece with the stands, and the height of a wheel was a cubit and a half. 33 The wheels were made like a chariot wheel; their axles, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs were all cast. 34 There were four supports at the four corners of each stand. The supports were of one piece with the stands. 35 And on the top of the stand there was a round band half a cubit high; and on the top of the stand its stays and its panels were of one piece with it. 36 And on the surfaces of its stays and on its panels, he carved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, according to the space of each, with wreaths all around. 37 After this manner he made (V)the ten stands. All of them were cast alike, of the same measure and the same form.

38 And he made (W)ten basins of bronze. Each basin held forty baths, each basin measured four cubits, and there was a basin for each of the ten stands. 39 And he set the stands, five on the south side of the house, and five on the north side of the house. And he set the sea at the southeast corner of the house.

40 (X)Hiram also made (Y)the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram finished all the work that he did for King Solomon on the house of the Lord: 41 the two pillars, the two bowls of the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars, and the two (Z)latticeworks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the tops of the pillars; 42 and the (AA)four hundred pomegranates for the two latticeworks, two rows of pomegranates for each latticework, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars; 43 the ten stands, and the ten basins on the stands; 44 and (AB)the one sea, and the twelve oxen underneath the sea.

45 Now (AC)the pots, the shovels, and the basins, all these vessels in the house of the Lord, which Hiram made for King Solomon, were of burnished bronze. 46 In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between (AD)Succoth and (AE)Zarethan. 47 And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because there were so many of them; (AF)the weight of the bronze was not ascertained.

48 So Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of the Lord: (AG)the golden altar, (AH)the golden table for (AI)the bread of the Presence, 49 (AJ)the lampstands of pure gold, five on the south side and five on the north, before the inner sanctuary; (AK)the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs, of gold; 50 the cups, snuffers, basins, dishes for incense, and (AL)fire pans, of pure gold; and the sockets of gold, for the doors of the innermost part of the house, (AM)the Most Holy Place, and for the doors of the nave of the temple.

51 Thus all the work that King Solomon did on the house of the Lord was finished. And Solomon brought in (AN)the things that David his father had dedicated, the silver, the gold, and the vessels, and stored them in the treasuries of the house of the Lord.

Footnotes:

  1. 1 Kings 7:2 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
  2. 1 Kings 7:2 Septuagint three
  3. 1 Kings 7:5 Septuagint; Hebrew posts
  4. 1 Kings 7:7 Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew floor
  5. 1 Kings 7:15 Targum, Syriac (compare Septuagint and Jeremiah 52:21); Hebrew and a line of twelve cubits measured the circumference of the second pillar
  6. 1 Kings 7:17 Septuagint; Hebrew seven; twice in this verse
  7. 1 Kings 7:18 Two manuscripts (compare Septuagint); Hebrew pillars
  8. 1 Kings 7:26 A handbreadth was about 3 inches or 7.5 centimeters
  9. 1 Kings 7:26 A bath was about 6 gallons or 22 liters

Cross references:

  1. 1 Kings 7:1 : ch. 3:1; 9:10; 2 Chr. 8:1
  2. 1 Kings 7:2 : ch. 10:17, 21
  3. 1 Kings 7:6 : [ver. 12]
  4. 1 Kings 7:6 : Ezek. 41:25, 26
  5. 1 Kings 7:7 : ch. 6:15, 16
  6. 1 Kings 7:8 : ch. 3:1; 2 Chr. 8:11
  7. 1 Kings 7:12 : ch. 6:36
  8. 1 Kings 7:12 : [ver. 6]
  9. 1 Kings 7:13 : [2 Chr. 2:14]
  10. 1 Kings 7:14 : [Ex. 31:3-5; 35:31]
  11. 1 Kings 7:15 : For ver. 15-21, see 2 Chr. 3:15-17
  12. 1 Kings 7:15 : 2 Kgs. 25:17; 1 Chr. 18:8; 2 Chr. 4:12; Jer. 52:21-23
  13. 1 Kings 7:15 : ver. 41
  14. 1 Kings 7:16 : [See ver. 15 above]; ver. 41
  15. 1 Kings 7:20 : [ver. 42; 2 Chr. 3:16; 4:13; Jer. 52:23]
  16. 1 Kings 7:21 : 2 Chr. 3:17
  17. 1 Kings 7:23 : For ver. 23-26, see 2 Chr. 4:2-5
  18. 1 Kings 7:23 : 2 Kgs. 16:17; 25:13; 1 Chr. 18:8; Jer. 52:17; [Ex. 30:18]
  19. 1 Kings 7:24 : [ch. 6:18]
  20. 1 Kings 7:25 : Jer. 52:20
  21. 1 Kings 7:27 : 2 Kgs. 25:13; 2 Chr. 4:14; Jer. 52:17
  22. 1 Kings 7:37 : [See ver. 27 above]; 2 Kgs. 25:13; 2 Chr. 4:14; Jer. 52:17
  23. 1 Kings 7:38 : 2 Chr. 4:6; [Ex. 30:18]
  24. 1 Kings 7:40 : For ver. 40-51, see 2 Chr. 4:11–5:1
  25. 1 Kings 7:40 : Ex. 27:3; 38:3
  26. 1 Kings 7:41 : ver. 17, 18
  27. 1 Kings 7:42 : [ver. 20]
  28. 1 Kings 7:44 : ver. 23, 25
  29. 1 Kings 7:45 : Ex. 27:3; 38:3
  30. 1 Kings 7:46 : Josh. 13:27
  31. 1 Kings 7:46 : Josh. 3:16
  32. 1 Kings 7:47 : [1 Chr. 22:3, 14]
  33. 1 Kings 7:48 : See Ex. 37:25-29
  34. 1 Kings 7:48 : [2 Chr. 4:8]; See Ex. 37:10-16
  35. 1 Kings 7:48 : Ex. 25:30; See Lev. 24:5-8
  36. 1 Kings 7:49 : 2 Chr. 4:7
  37. 1 Kings 7:49 : See Ex. 25:31-38
  38. 1 Kings 7:50 : Ex. 27:3
  39. 1 Kings 7:50 : See ch. 6:16
  40. 1 Kings 7:51 : 2 Sam. 8:11
English Standard Version (ESV)

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Acts 7:30-50

30 “Now when forty years had passed, (A)an angel appeared to him (B)in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush. 31 When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight, and as he drew near to look, there came the voice of the Lord: 32 (C)‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob.’ And Moses trembled and did not dare to look. 33 Then the Lord said to him, (D)‘Take off the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground. 34 (E)I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and (F)have heard their groaning, and (G)I have come down to deliver them. (H)And now come, I will send you to Egypt.’

35 “This Moses, whom they rejected, (I)saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’—this man God sent as both ruler and redeemer (J)by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush. 36 (K)This man led them out, performing (L)wonders and signs (M)in Egypt and (N)at the Red Sea and (O)in the wilderness for (P)forty years. 37 This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you (Q)a prophet like me from your brothers.’ 38 This is the one (R)who was in the congregation in the wilderness with (S)the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. (T)He received (U)living (V)oracles to give to us. 39 Our fathers refused to obey him, but thrust him aside, and (W)in their hearts they turned to Egypt, 40 saying to Aaron, (X)‘Make for us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who led us out from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’ 41 And (Y)they made a calf in those days, and offered a sacrifice to the idol and (Z)were rejoicing in (AA)the works of their hands. 42 But (AB)God turned away and (AC)gave them over to worship (AD)the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets:

(AE)“‘Did you bring to me slain beasts and sacrifices,
(AF)during the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
43 You took up the tent of (AG)Moloch
and the star of your god Rephan,
the images that you made to worship;
and I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’

44 “Our fathers had (AH)the tent of witness in the wilderness, just as he who spoke to Moses (AI)directed him to make it, according to the pattern that he had seen. 45 Our fathers in turn (AJ)brought it in with Joshua when they (AK)dispossessed the nations (AL)that God drove out before our fathers. So it was (AM)until the days of David, 46 (AN)who found favor in the sight of God and (AO)asked to find a dwelling place for (AP)the God of Jacob.[a] 47 But it was (AQ)Solomon who built a house for him. 48 (AR)Yet the Most High does not dwell (AS)in houses made by hands, as the prophet says,

49 (AT)“‘Heaven is my throne,
(AU)and the earth is my footstool.
What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord,
or what is the place of my rest?
50 Did not my hand make all these things?’

Footnotes:

  1. Acts 7:46 Some manuscripts for the house of Jacob

Cross references:

  1. Acts 7:30 : Ex. 3:2
  2. Acts 7:30 : [Ex. 3:1]
  3. Acts 7:32 : Cited from Ex. 3:6
  4. Acts 7:33 : Ex. 3:5; Josh. 5:15
  5. Acts 7:34 : Ex. 3:7
  6. Acts 7:34 : Ex. 2:24
  7. Acts 7:34 : Ex. 3:8
  8. Acts 7:34 : Ex. 3:10
  9. Acts 7:35 : ver. 27
  10. Acts 7:35 : [Ex. 3:2; 14:19; 23:20; Num. 20:16]
  11. Acts 7:36 : Ex. 12:41; 33:1; Heb. 8:9
  12. Acts 7:36 : Ex. 7:3
  13. Acts 7:36 : Ex. 7-12; Ps. 78:43-51; 105:27-36
  14. Acts 7:36 : Ex. 14:21, 27-31; Ps. 78:53; 106:9
  15. Acts 7:36 : Ex. 16:1, 35; 17:1-6; Ps. 78:15
  16. Acts 7:36 : ver. 42; ch. 13:18; Ex. 16:35; Num. 14:33, 34; Ps. 95:10; Heb. 3:9, 17
  17. Acts 7:37 : ch. 3:22; Cited from Deut. 18:15
  18. Acts 7:38 : Ex. 19:3, 17, 18
  19. Acts 7:38 : [ver. 53; Isa. 63:9]
  20. Acts 7:38 : Deut. 5:27, 31; 33:4; See John 1:17
  21. Acts 7:38 : [Deut. 32:47]
  22. Acts 7:38 : Rom. 3:2; Heb. 5:12; 1 Pet. 4:11
  23. Acts 7:39 : Ex. 16:3; Num. 11:4, 5; 14:3, 4; Ezek. 20:8, 24
  24. Acts 7:40 : Cited from Ex. 32:1, 23
  25. Acts 7:41 : Ex. 32:4-6, 35; Deut. 9:16; Ps. 106:19
  26. Acts 7:41 : Amos 6:13
  27. Acts 7:41 : Isa. 2:8; Jer. 1:16; 25:6, 7
  28. Acts 7:42 : [Josh. 24:20; Isa. 63:10]
  29. Acts 7:42 : Ps. 81:12; Ezek. 20:39; Rom. 1:28
  30. Acts 7:42 : Deut. 4:19; 2 Kgs. 17:16; 21:3; 23:5; Jer. 19:13; Zeph. 1:5
  31. Acts 7:42 : Cited from Amos 5:25-27
  32. Acts 7:42 : See ver. 36
  33. Acts 7:43 : See 1 Kgs. 11:7
  34. Acts 7:44 : Rev. 15:5; See Ex. 38:21
  35. Acts 7:44 : See Ex. 25:40
  36. Acts 7:45 : Josh. 3:14-17
  37. Acts 7:45 : Num. 32:5; Deut. 32:49
  38. Acts 7:45 : ch. 13:19; Josh. 3:10; 23:9; 24:18; 2 Chr. 20:7
  39. Acts 7:45 : 2 Sam. 7:1
  40. Acts 7:46 : ch. 13:22; 1 Sam. 16:1; Ps. 89:19
  41. Acts 7:46 : 1 Kgs. 8:17; 1 Chr. 22:7; Ps. 132:5
  42. Acts 7:46 : [Gen. 49:24; Isa. 49:26]
  43. Acts 7:47 : 2 Sam. 7:13; 1 Kgs. 6:1, 2; 8:20; 2 Chr. 3:1
  44. Acts 7:48 : [1 Kgs. 8:27; 2 Chr. 2:6]
  45. Acts 7:48 : ch. 17:24
  46. Acts 7:49 : [Ps. 11:4]
  47. Acts 7:49 : Matt. 5:34, 35; Cited from Isa. 66:1, 2
English Standard Version (ESV)

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Psalm 128

Blessed Is Everyone Who Fears the Lord

A Song of (A)Ascents.

128 (B)Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord,
who (C)walks in his ways!
2 You (D)shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands;
you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.

3 Your wife will be like (E)a fruitful vine
within your house;
your children will be like (F)olive shoots
around your table.
4 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed
who fears the Lord.

5 (G)The Lord bless you (H)from Zion!
May you see (I)the prosperity of Jerusalem
all the days of your life!
6 May you see your (J)children's children!
(K)Peace be upon Israel!

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 128:1 : [See Ps. 120, title]
  2. Psalm 128:1 : See Ps. 112:1
  3. Psalm 128:1 : Ps. 119:1; [Prov. 8:32]
  4. Psalm 128:2 : Isa. 3:10; [Ps. 109:11]
  5. Psalm 128:3 : Ezek. 19:10; [Gen. 49:22]
  6. Psalm 128:3 : See Ps. 52:8
  7. Psalm 128:5 : Ps. 134:3
  8. Psalm 128:5 : Ps. 20:2; 135:21
  9. Psalm 128:5 : [Ps. 122:9]
  10. Psalm 128:6 : Prov. 17:6; See Job 42:16
  11. Psalm 128:6 : Ps. 125:5
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Proverbs 16:31-33

31 (A)Gray hair is (B)a crown of glory;
it (C)is gained in a righteous life.
32 (D)Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.
33 (E)The lot is cast into the lap,
but its every decision is (F)from the Lord.

Cross references:

  1. Proverbs 16:31 : ch. 20:29
  2. Proverbs 16:31 : ch. 17:6
  3. Proverbs 16:31 : See ch. 3:1, 2
  4. Proverbs 16:32 : ch. 14:29; [ch. 19:11; 25:28]
  5. Proverbs 16:33 : [Acts 1:26]
  6. Proverbs 16:33 : ch. 29:26
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06/09/2022 DAB Transcript

1 Kings 5:1-6:38, Acts 7:1-29, Psalms 127:1-5, Proverbs 16:28-30

Today is the 9th day of June, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I am Brian it is great to be here with you today as we gather around the Global Campfire together find a place and relax and let the Scriptures come washing over us as we take the next step forward together. That next step of course, is the one that comes right after the one we just took yesterday. So, the next step forward leads is back in the book of first Kings where we are learning of King Solomon’s reign, and we are witnessing kind of the glory days. This uphill climb that we’ve been on since we’ve met Abraham is kinda fulfilled in Solomon’s reign, where he brings the children of Israel in their own land to their finest hour. And, so, we’re reading from the English Standard Version this week. First Kings chapters 5 and 6 today.

Commentary:

Okay, a couple of things for us to pay attention to today in what we read today. In the book of first Kings what we watched was a temple being erected to the God of Israel, the most-high God. This is the first time this has happened. We do remember when we were in that second Samuel that’s something that David wanted to do, but he wasn’t permitted, and Solomon was. And, so, he has erected the temple of God. This is a pretty big game changer. Now God is firmly placed among His people in the capital city of Jerusalem. This makes it the holy city of Jerusalem where God dwells and this temple is known as the first Temple. And the period of time that we’re in, this is the first Temple period. The temple that Solomon has built that we saw today eventually…and we will get to it soon enough…eventually is destroyed and then later there is a second Temple period. That’s the period that Jesus came and did His ministry at. But for now, as we were mentioning yesterday Solomon is bringing the people to the mountaintop experience, the apex of their civilization, the apex of ancient Israel. And, so, now there is a temple in Jerusalem, for the most-high God giving the people a national icon and identity. And the temple becomes more and more of an important thing, right? We will remember in Jesus’ lifetime that one of the accusations against Jesus was that He spoke against the temple, which is a major offense. But for now, there is a temple in Jerusalem, the Solomonic or the temple of Solomon, the temple that Solomon built the most-high God in Jerusalem. And, of course, day by day step-by-step we will continue with the story.

In the book of Acts one person did most of the talking and the narrative that we read today. His name was Stephen. We met him yesterday. One of the early…one of the first deacons, one of the first helpers to serve God’s people, while the apostles devoted themselves to sharing the gospel of Jesus. He was arrested. He has been brought to trial before the Jewish Council. He was accused of speaking against the Hebrew people, but he was also accused of being a follower of Jesus, who said he would destroy the temple and raise it back up. So, the temple figures pretty big now that it exists. So, we’ve seen it begin to exist in first Kings. In the book of Acts, we’re talking about the second Temple, but its prominence and its importance is evident. Ironically, from this point where we’re reading in the book of Acts that temple only has maybe three decades left to exist before it actually will be destroyed by the Roman Empire, but for now it’s clearly a big deal. So, Stephen is questioned, and he begins to give his testimony. And it’s not just like a defensive testimony. He’s telling the story and what we are listening to right now might very much seem like an encapsulated review of what we’ve read in the Bible since we met Abraham back in January because that’s exactly what we’re doing. And, so, the book of Acts gives us the chance through Steven’s testimony to kind of review some of the major mileposts that we visited along the way to get here so far. For Stephen this is His testimony. He is standing before the Hebrew religious counsel. And, so, what he is doing is beginning to recite the story of the Hebrew people so that the Jewish Council will understand that Stephen isn’t an outsider. He’s…He’s a Hebrew. He knows the story. He lives within that context. And we aren’t done with Steven’s testimony. We will continue it tomorrow but it…as I said, gives us a chance to just kinda have a little bit of a review of some of the major things that we have read and discussed along the way thus far. And we’ll see where Steven’s testimony leads us as we continue forward tomorrow.

Prayer:

Father, we love You. We thank You for Your word. We thank You for it’s impact on our lives. We thank You that it’s just a remarkable thing that allows us to look into ancient stories, but also shapes the way we view our lives today and how we live our lives today. And, so, Holy Spirit come into all that we have read. Plant it into the soil of our hearts and continue to lead and guide us on the narrow path that leads to life. We pray this expectantly in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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Community Prayer and Praise:

Father God praying right now for Cindy in California. I ask all of you DABbers to pray with me. Fathert God, Cindy in California has pain that is driving her to despair, and we thank You that by Your stripes we are healed and that there’s nothing that You can’t do. And we long to give You the glory for her Healing. So, I ask in Jesus’ name by the blood of Jesus that You would heal Cindy in California from this condition that is causing her such pain in her body that it’s like her body is on fire. I ask for healing in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Hi DAB family I’m gonna go buy Shadow of His Wings unless that’s already been used. You can just let me know. But I had called previously and or anonymous about my marriage and just struggles that me and my wife are going through. She is no longer living with me. She hasn’t been for a few months. She doesn’t want to be a Christian anymore. And I just wanted you guys to join me in prayer. She’s going on a trip by herself to do some hiking and just time alone and I just want to take time to pray for her that while she’s out in the wilderness hiking and everything that God’s glory can be shown to her and that her relationship with God can be rekindled, that she can find all that she needs in Him. I just wanted you guys to be praying as well. I know that this prayer line is so powerful and that you guys honestly do care. I appreciate DAB and everything that the whole family has to offer and I’m just so grateful for this. I am. Thank you guys.

Hi DAB family this is Vicki from Texas and I’m calling to ask you to please cover me in prayer and send me as much love as you can because this is one of the hardest times of my entire life right now. I have so many people counting on me. I feel like a woman standing on the edge of a cliff holding several rope bridges while the people I love try to walk crossover this big ravine. I am the primary caretaker for my mom who has Alzheimer’s. She’s still independent enough to live on her own but it’s my job to manage all her finances, her legal affairs, her medical care, driving her anywhere she needs to go that’s beyond 15 miles of her house and protecting her from people who had taken advantage of her. And right now I suspect there’s a person who lives near here who is taking advantage of her mental condition. On top of that we got word yesterday that my father-in-law who is suffering from stage four cancer is going into Hospice or they’re bringing it to his house and the doctors have given him less than a month to live and I’ve been his daughter-in-law for 27 years and on top of that he entered our family three years ago…three years ago…when I was three years old. And, so, I’ve known him my entire life. So, I’m trying to be there for my husband and all my in-laws and help them with this. And on top of that I run a company that does clinical research internationally and there are people all over the world counting on me to hold this business together and I am just not able to think straight for the last couple of weeks and I feel like I’m about to let everybody down. And on top of that my son is getting ready to go to college and my younger son is struggling with that. So, I’m trying to be there with both of them, keep all of that running smoothly. I’m just tired. I appreciate your prayers and your love. Just…I just need help.

Hi DAB family this is God’s Tree for I have many branches, but I’m rooted in the word of God. You know, this walk you want to be here for people, and you want to pray, and you want to support and lift others up, but you go through some spaces in your life where he’s struggling yourself and today’s a real cloudy dark dark dark dark day for me today and I know the Lord is with me but sometimes you just feel like you’re by yourself. So, I ask and pray that you would pray for those who struggle with depression, for all of us that feel lonely sometimes in the world and those who try to lean and trust in God, but we still have a hard time. You know God is real. God is awesome. We gotta keep encouraging ourselves. But the enemy wants to drape us with those dark clouds sometimes. So, I ask that you pray my strength and pray strength for all of those who suffer from depression, heartache, and loneliness for God still gets the glory no matter what. He’s gonna get the glory out of this day too. Thank you. God bless.

Hi Daily Audio Bible this is New Eyes from Tennessee and I’m calling in just to agree with a fellow DABber who called in who want to bless and build up the next generation. I also agree that they have a destiny on them, and they have a calling. And so, I just want to stand and agree to all these young people who their parents or family have called in about either their health problems, problems at school, problems with anger, just whatever young people are struggling with right now in our DAB community I just wanna stand and agree with my brother in Christ that they have a destiny on them and I just break any power of the enemy has over their circumstances in the name of Jesus and that instead you would replace Lord God those doubts and fears and struggles and pain with blessing and smooth pathways and mentors and teachers and opportunities for this generation Lord. I just want to stand and say that. I also want to give a word for anyone else who made me this. I know that I consistently pray to God to be the Lord of my imagination and to take every thought captive so that any of you who struggle with fear, struggle with doubt, struggle with…just a mind that won’t rest, I just want to come in agreement that the Lord is the Lord of our imagination and He is…He is against all fear and all doubt and they do not own us and that our imagination is something that God has given us and it is blessed. So go in peace.

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Thursday June 9, 2022 (NIV)

1 Kings 5-6

Preparations for Building the Temple

5 [a] Now (A)Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon when he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father, (B)for Hiram always loved David. 2 And Solomon sent word to Hiram, 3 (C)“You know that David my father could not build a house for the name of the Lord his God (D)because of the warfare with which his enemies surrounded him, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet. 4 (E)But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side. There is neither adversary nor misfortune. 5 And so I intend to build a house for the name of the Lord my God, (F)as the Lord said to David my father, ‘Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, shall build the house for my name.’ 6 Now therefore command that cedars of Lebanon be cut for me. And my servants will join your servants, and I will pay you for your servants such wages as you set, for you know that there is no one among us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.”

7 As soon as Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly and said, “Blessed be the Lord this day, who has given to David a wise son to be over this great people.” 8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, “I have heard the message that you have sent to me. I am ready to do all you desire in the matter of cedar and cypress timber. 9 My servants shall bring it down to the sea from Lebanon, and I will make it into rafts to go by sea to the place you direct. And I will have them broken up there, and you shall receive it. And you shall meet my wishes (G)by providing food for my household.” 10 So Hiram supplied Solomon with all the timber of cedar and cypress that he desired, 11 while Solomon gave Hiram 20,000 cors[b] of wheat as food for his household, and 20,000[c] cors of beaten oil. Solomon gave this to Hiram year by year. 12 And the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, (H)as he promised him. And there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty.

13 King Solomon drafted (I)forced labor out of all Israel, and the draft numbered 30,000 men. 14 And he sent them to Lebanon, 10,000 a month in shifts. They would be a month in Lebanon and two months at home. (J)Adoniram was in charge of the draft. 15 Solomon also (K)had 70,000 burden-bearers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hill country, 16 besides Solomon's 3,300 (L)chief officers who were over the work, (M)who had charge of the people who carried on the work. 17 At the king's command (N)they quarried out great, costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with dressed stones. 18 So Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and (O)the men of Gebal did the cutting and prepared the timber and the stone to build the house.

Solomon Builds the Temple

6 (P)In the four hundred and eightieth year after the people of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, (Q)he began to build the house of the Lord. 2 (R)The house that King Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits[d] long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high. 3 The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits long, equal to the width of the house, and ten cubits deep in front of the house. 4 And (S)he made for the house windows with recessed frames.[e] 5 (T)He also built a structure[f] against the wall of the house, running around the walls of the house, both the nave and (U)the inner sanctuary. And he made (V)side chambers all around. 6 The lowest story[g] was five cubits broad, the middle one was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad. For around the outside of the house he made offsets on the wall in order that the supporting beams should not be inserted into the walls of the house.

7 When the house was built, (W)it was with stone prepared at the quarry, so that neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron was heard in the house while it was being built.

8 The entrance for the lowest[h] story was on the south side of the house, and one went up by stairs to the middle story, and from the middle story to the third. 9 (X)So he built the house and finished it, and he made the ceiling of the house of beams and planks of cedar. 10 He built the structure against the whole house, five cubits high, and it was joined to the house with timbers of cedar.

11 Now the word of the Lord came to Solomon, 12 “Concerning this house that you are building, (Y)if you will walk in my statutes and obey my rules and keep all my commandments and walk in them, then I will establish my word with you, (Z)which I spoke to David your father. 13 And (AA)I will dwell among the children of Israel (AB)and will not forsake my people Israel.”

14 (AC)So Solomon built the house and finished it. 15 He lined the walls of the house on the inside with boards of cedar. From the floor of the house to the walls of the ceiling, he covered them on the inside with wood, (AD)and he covered the floor of the house with boards of cypress. 16 (AE)He built twenty cubits of the rear of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the walls, and he built this within as an inner sanctuary, as (AF)the Most Holy Place. 17 The house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, was forty cubits long. 18 The cedar within the house was carved in the form of (AG)gourds and open flowers. All was cedar; no stone was seen. 19 The inner sanctuary he prepared in the innermost part of the house, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord. 20 The inner sanctuary[i] was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high, and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid[j] an altar of cedar. 21 And Solomon overlaid the inside of the house with pure gold, and he drew chains of gold across, in front of the inner sanctuary, and overlaid it with gold. 22 And he overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. (AH)Also the whole altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold.

23 (AI)In the inner sanctuary (AJ)he made two cherubim of olivewood, each ten cubits high. 24 Five cubits was the length of one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the length of the other wing of the cherub; it was ten cubits from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other. 25 The other cherub also measured ten cubits; both cherubim had the same measure and the same form. 26 The height of one cherub was ten cubits, and so was that of the other cherub. 27 He put the cherubim in the innermost part of the house. (AK)And the wings of the cherubim were spread out so that a wing of one touched the one wall, and a wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; their other wings touched each other in the middle of the house. 28 And he overlaid the cherubim with gold.

29 Around all the walls of the house he carved engraved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, in the inner and outer rooms. 30 The floor of the house he overlaid with gold in the inner and outer rooms.

31 For the entrance to the inner sanctuary he made doors of olivewood; the lintel and the doorposts were five-sided.[k] 32 He covered the two doors of olivewood with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers. He overlaid them with gold and spread gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees.

33 So also he made for the entrance to the nave doorposts of olivewood, in the form of a square, 34 and two doors of cypress wood. (AL)The two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding. 35 On them he carved cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and he overlaid them with gold evenly applied on the carved work. 36 (AM)He built the inner court with three courses of cut stone and one course of cedar beams.

37 (AN)In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid, in the month of Ziv. 38 And in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished in all its parts, and according to all its specifications. He was seven years in building it.

Footnotes:

  1. 1 Kings 5:1 Ch 5:15 in Hebrew
  2. 1 Kings 5:11 A cor was about 6 bushels or 220 liters
  3. 1 Kings 5:11 Septuagint; Hebrew twenty
  4. 1 Kings 6:2 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
  5. 1 Kings 6:4 Or blocked lattice windows
  6. 1 Kings 6:5 Or platform; also verse 10
  7. 1 Kings 6:6 Septuagint; Hebrew structure, or platform
  8. 1 Kings 6:8 Septuagint, Targum; Hebrew middle
  9. 1 Kings 6:20 Vulgate; Hebrew And before the inner sanctuary
  10. 1 Kings 6:20 Septuagint made
  11. 1 Kings 6:31 The meaning of the Hebrew phrase is uncertain

Cross references:

  1. 1 Kings 5:1 : [2 Chr. 2:3]
  2. 1 Kings 5:1 : 2 Sam. 5:11; 1 Chr. 14:1
  3. 1 Kings 5:3 : For ver. 3-11, see 2 Chr. 2:3-16
  4. 1 Kings 5:3 : 1 Chr. 22:8; 28:3
  5. 1 Kings 5:4 : [ch. 4:24; 1 Chr. 22:9]
  6. 1 Kings 5:5 : 2 Sam. 7:13; 1 Chr. 17:12; 22:10; 28:6
  7. 1 Kings 5:9 : [Ezra 3:7; Ezek. 27:17; Acts 12:20]
  8. 1 Kings 5:12 : ch. 3:12
  9. 1 Kings 5:13 : ch. 4:6; 9:15
  10. 1 Kings 5:14 : See ch. 4:6
  11. 1 Kings 5:15 : 2 Chr. 2:18; [ch. 9:20-22]
  12. 1 Kings 5:16 : ch. 4:5
  13. 1 Kings 5:16 : ch. 9:23
  14. 1 Kings 5:17 : [ch. 6:7; 1 Chr. 22:2]
  15. 1 Kings 5:18 : Josh. 13:5; Ezek. 27:9
  16. 1 Kings 6:1 : 2 Chr. 3:1, 2
  17. 1 Kings 6:1 : Acts 7:47
  18. 1 Kings 6:2 : 2 Chr. 3:3, 4; See Ezek. 40–42
  19. 1 Kings 6:4 : Ezek. 40:16; 41:16, 26
  20. 1 Kings 6:5 : Ezek. 41:6
  21. 1 Kings 6:5 : ver. 16, 19, 20, 23, 31; ch. 7:49; 8:6, 8; 2 Chr. 4:20; 5:7, 9; Ps. 28:2
  22. 1 Kings 6:5 : Ezek. 41:5, 6
  23. 1 Kings 6:7 : ch. 5:18; Deut. 27:5, 6
  24. 1 Kings 6:9 : ver. 14, 38
  25. 1 Kings 6:12 : ch. 9:4; [ch. 2:4]
  26. 1 Kings 6:12 : 2 Sam. 7:13; 1 Chr. 22:10
  27. 1 Kings 6:13 : Ex. 25:8
  28. 1 Kings 6:13 : Deut. 31:6, 8; Josh. 1:5
  29. 1 Kings 6:14 : ver. 9, 38
  30. 1 Kings 6:15 : [ch. 7:7]
  31. 1 Kings 6:16 : 2 Chr. 3:8
  32. 1 Kings 6:16 : ch. 7:50; 8:6; Ex. 26:33, 34; 2 Chr. 3:8; Ezek. 45:3; Heb. 9:3
  33. 1 Kings 6:18 : ch. 7:24
  34. 1 Kings 6:22 : Ex. 30:1, 3, 6
  35. 1 Kings 6:23 : For ver. 23-27, see 2 Chr. 3:10-12
  36. 1 Kings 6:23 : Ex. 37:7-9
  37. 1 Kings 6:27 : ch. 8:7; Ex. 25:20; 37:9; 2 Chr. 5:8
  38. 1 Kings 6:34 : [Ezek. 41:24]
  39. 1 Kings 6:36 : ch. 7:12
  40. 1 Kings 6:37 : ver. 1
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Acts 7:1-29

Stephen's Speech

7 And the high priest said, “Are these things so?” 2 And Stephen said:

(A)“Brothers and fathers, hear me. (B)The God (C)of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, (D)before he lived in Haran, 3 and said to him, (E)‘Go out from your land and from your kindred and go into the land that I will show you.’ 4 (F)Then he went out from the land of the Chaldeans and lived in Haran. And (G)after his father died, (H)God removed him from there into this land in which you are now living. 5 Yet he gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot's length, but promised (I)to give it to him as a possession and to his offspring after him, (J)though he had no child. 6 And God spoke to this effect—that (K)his offspring would (L)be sojourners in a land belonging to others, who would enslave them and afflict them (M)four hundred years. 7 ‘But (N)I will judge the nation that they serve,’ said God, ‘and after that they shall come out (O)and worship me in this place.’ 8 And (P)he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And (Q)so Abraham became the father of Isaac, and (R)circumcised him on the eighth day, and (S)Isaac became the father of Jacob, and (T)Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.

9 “And the patriarchs, (U)jealous of Joseph, (V)sold him into Egypt; but (W)God was with him 10 and rescued him out of all his afflictions and (X)gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, (Y)who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household. 11 Now (Z)there came a famine throughout all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers could find no food. 12 (AA)But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers on their first visit. 13 And (AB)on the second visit (AC)Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and (AD)Joseph's family became known to Pharaoh. 14 And (AE)Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his kindred, (AF)seventy-five persons in all. 15 And (AG)Jacob went down into Egypt, and (AH)he died, he (AI)and our fathers, 16 and (AJ)they were carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that (AK)Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

17 “But (AL)as the time of the promise drew near, which God had granted to Abraham, (AM)the people increased and multiplied in Egypt 18 until there arose over Egypt another king (AN)who did not know Joseph. 19 (AO)He dealt shrewdly with our race and forced our fathers to expose their infants, (AP)so that they would not be kept alive. 20 (AQ)At this time Moses was born; and he was beautiful in God's sight. And he was brought up for three months in his father's house, 21 and (AR)when he was exposed, Pharaoh's daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son. 22 And Moses (AS)was instructed in (AT)all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was (AU)mighty in his words and deeds.

23 “When he was forty years old, it came into his heart (AV)to visit his brothers, the children of Israel. 24 And seeing one of them being wronged, he defended the oppressed man and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian. 25 He supposed that his brothers would understand that God was giving them salvation by his hand, but they did not understand. 26 (AW)And on the following day he appeared to them as they were quarreling and tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why do you wrong each other?’ 27 But the man who was wronging his neighbor thrust him aside, saying, (AX)‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? 28 Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’ 29 At this retort (AY)Moses fled and became an exile in the land of Midian, (AZ)where he became the father of two sons.

Cross references:

  1. Acts 7:2 : ch. 22:1
  2. Acts 7:2 : [Gen. 15:7; Josh. 24:3; Neh. 9:7]
  3. Acts 7:2 : Ps. 29:3; [1 Cor. 2:8; James 2:1]
  4. Acts 7:2 : Gen. 11:31
  5. Acts 7:3 : Cited from Gen. 12:1
  6. Acts 7:4 : [See ver. 2 above]; Gen. 11:31
  7. Acts 7:4 : Gen. 11:32
  8. Acts 7:4 : Gen. 12:4, 5
  9. Acts 7:5 : Gen. 12:7; 13:15; 15:18; 17:8; 48:4; Heb. 11:8, 9
  10. Acts 7:5 : Gen. 15:3; 18:10
  11. Acts 7:6 : Cited from Gen. 15:13, 14
  12. Acts 7:6 : [Ex. 2:22; Heb. 11:9]
  13. Acts 7:6 : ver. 17; See Ex. 12:40
  14. Acts 7:7 : [Jer. 25:12; 30:20]
  15. Acts 7:7 : [Ex. 3:12]
  16. Acts 7:8 : Gen. 17:9-12
  17. Acts 7:8 : Gen. 21:2-4
  18. Acts 7:8 : See Luke 1:59
  19. Acts 7:8 : Gen. 25:26
  20. Acts 7:8 : Gen. 29:31-35; 30:5-24; 35:18, 23-26
  21. Acts 7:9 : Gen. 37:11
  22. Acts 7:9 : Gen. 37:28; 45:4; Ps. 105:17
  23. Acts 7:9 : Gen. 39:2, 21, 23
  24. Acts 7:10 : Gen. 41:37-40
  25. Acts 7:10 : Gen. 41:41, 43, 46; 42:6; Ps. 105:21
  26. Acts 7:11 : Gen. 41:54, 55; 42:5; Ps. 105:16
  27. Acts 7:12 : Gen. 42:1-3
  28. Acts 7:13 : Gen. 43:2-15
  29. Acts 7:13 : Gen. 45:1-4
  30. Acts 7:13 : Gen. 45:16
  31. Acts 7:14 : Gen. 45:9, 10, 27
  32. Acts 7:14 : [Gen. 46:26, 27; Ex. 1:5; Deut. 10:22]
  33. Acts 7:15 : Gen. 46:5, 28; Ps. 105:23
  34. Acts 7:15 : Gen. 49:33
  35. Acts 7:15 : Ex. 1:6
  36. Acts 7:16 : Gen. 50:25; Ex. 13:19; Josh. 24:32
  37. Acts 7:16 : [Gen. 23:16 with Gen. 33:19; Josh. 24:32]
  38. Acts 7:17 : ver. 5-7
  39. Acts 7:17 : ch. 13:17; Ex. 1:7, 12; Ps. 105:24
  40. Acts 7:18 : Cited from Ex. 1:8
  41. Acts 7:19 : Ex. 1:9, 10; Ps. 105:25
  42. Acts 7:19 : Ex. 1:16-18, 22
  43. Acts 7:20 : Ex. 2:2; Heb. 11:23
  44. Acts 7:21 : Ex. 2:3-10
  45. Acts 7:22 : [Dan. 1:4, 17]
  46. Acts 7:22 : 1 Kgs. 4:30; [Isa. 19:11]
  47. Acts 7:22 : [Luke 24:19]
  48. Acts 7:23 : Ex. 2:11, 12
  49. Acts 7:26 : Ex. 2:13, 14
  50. Acts 7:27 : ver. 35; [Luke 12:14]
  51. Acts 7:29 : Ex. 2:15
  52. Acts 7:29 : Ex. 2:22; 18:3, 4
English Standard Version (ESV)

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Psalm 127

Unless the Lord Builds the House

A Song of (A)Ascents. Of Solomon.

127 Unless the Lord builds the house,
those who build it labor in vain.
Unless the Lord (B)watches over the city,
the watchman stays awake in vain.
2 It is in vain that you rise up early
and go late to rest,
eating the bread of anxious (C)toil;
for he gives to his (D)beloved (E)sleep.

3 Behold, (F)children are a heritage from the Lord,
(G)the fruit of the womb a reward.
4 Like arrows in the hand of (H)a warrior
are the children[a] of one's youth.
5 Blessed is the man
who fills his quiver with them!
He shall not be put to shame
when he speaks with his enemies (I)in the gate.[b]

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 127:4 Or sons
  2. Psalm 127:5 Or They shall not be put to shame when they speak with their enemies in the gate

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 127:1 : [See Ps. 120, title]
  2. Psalm 127:1 : See Ps. 121:4
  3. Psalm 127:2 : Gen. 3:17, 19
  4. Psalm 127:2 : Ps. 60:5
  5. Psalm 127:2 : [Mark 4:26, 27]
  6. Psalm 127:3 : [Gen. 33:5]
  7. Psalm 127:3 : Deut. 28:4; [Ps. 132:11]
  8. Psalm 127:4 : Ps. 120:4
  9. Psalm 127:5 : See Job 5:4
English Standard Version (ESV)

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Proverbs 16:28-30

28 (A)A dishonest man spreads strife,
and (B)a whisperer (C)separates close friends.
29 A man of violence (D)entices his neighbor
and leads him in a way that is not good.
30 Whoever winks his eyes plans[a] (E)dishonest things;
he who (F)purses his lips brings evil to pass.

Footnotes:

  1. Proverbs 16:30 Hebrew to plan

Cross references:

  1. Proverbs 16:28 : See ch. 15:18
  2. Proverbs 16:28 : [ch. 18:8; 26:20, 22]
  3. Proverbs 16:28 : ch. 17:9
  4. Proverbs 16:29 : ch. 1:10
  5. Proverbs 16:30 : See ch. 2:12
  6. Proverbs 16:30 : [ch. 6:13]
English Standard Version (ESV)

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6/8/2022 DAB Transcript

1 Kings 3:3-4:34, Acts 6:1-15, Psalm 126:1-6, Proverbs 16:26-27

Today is the 8th day of June, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian. It is awesome to be here with you today. Today, would have been my mom’s birthday, of course, she has left us several years ago, but I miss her, no less, and so on this, her birthday, I’m thinking about her. But I am also thinking about the next step forward and we are about to take. We’re just kinda getting moved into the book of first Kings and the books of the kings of Israel. King David has died, his son Solomon, is on the throne and we are now learning about King Solomon. We’re reading from the English Standard Version this week, first Kings chapter 3 verse 3 through 4 verse 34.

Commentary:

Okay, a couple of little mileposts, just to kinda, keep us in the stories that we are in. In the book of first Kings, we are obviously walking alongside the reign of King Solomon and we are seeing that wisdom has descended upon him, that respect is widespread for him, not only among his people, but all over the known world and many dignitaries are traveling to Jerusalem to hear and spend time with Solomon. We’re also seeing how he set up, setting up the organization of the country and who is responsible for what. And what we are seeing here and it will happen so fast, it will go by so fast, what we are seeing is the mountain top experience for the ancient Israelites. These people that we met, all the way back with Abraham, went all the way through the story of Isaac and Jacob and Joseph and slavery and Exodus from slavery, and the entire wilderness experience, and the crossing of the Jordan and the taking of the Promised Land. Like, we’ve been on this journey and there’s been much for us to reflect about our own journeys, but at this point, it’s the same journey and Solomon is bringing the people to the absolute mountaintop, the heights that they reach. And like I said, we’ll keep reading and we’ll see that this goes by rather quickly in the narrative and then we slide down. But we’ve been working for this place. We’ve been working to get to this place, this apex, where everything is working, everything is firing on all cylinders, it’s all working. And where there. And so. let’s enjoy it, while we’re there.

We turn into the book of Acts; we see that the community of faith is growing in Jerusalem. The growth is causing some tensions and the need to begin to build some sort of loose infrastructure, especially to care for the less fortunate, especially the widows. And as we saw in the book of Acts, there was some favoritism going on and so, we see seven people appointed to take care of these kinds of matters and that is kind of the birth of what we would know as the diaconate or deacons. And in the process, we met a person today named Stephen and the book of Acts tells us that essentially, Stevens an upstanding person, full of the love of the Lord, and full of the grace of the Holy Spirit. But he gets captured and incarcerated and accused and brought before the Council and now he’s going to have to defend himself. And we will watch that begin to unfold as well. And his testimony and its repercussions have a pretty pivotal influence on the church in Jerusalem. In fact, probably Steven’s testimony and the repercussions of it, were a major catalyst for the Gospel to begin to spread. And so, we will watch that, as we continue forward as well.

Prayer:

And so, Father, we thank You for Your word and as we move through these stories, and we…we witness what is going on, we are grateful for the opportunity to be a witness to what happened, and to be a witness to what is happening, both within us and in this world, and to know that the same Holy Spirit that led and directed our earliest brothers and sisters, is directing our lives. And so, come, Holy Spirit, You have been working among billions of brothers and sisters throughout thousands of years, may we be one who listens and obeys and draws near and holds on for dear life, as You lead and direct us. Come we pray, in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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Prayer and Encouragements:

There were men in the Bible
Who were clearly God’s own
There were considered His friends 
And were intimately known
But still they had troubles, fears and great doubt
But they walked on by faith, and God brought them out
Abraham believed and left his own land
He went all the way to Cana led by God’s hand
And as soon as he got there, there was famine and drought
So, he sojourned in Egypt till God brought him out
And then he returned and was surrounded by war 
His nephew Lot got captured when 5 kings fought 4
And right after that, he got tested again
And even though God was still with him, His problems didn’t end
He had problems with Hagar, Ishmael and even Sarah too
God asked him to sacrifice his son Isaac, just to prove his love was true
But though he had troubles, fears and sometimes doubt 
He walked on by faith till God brought him out
Gideon was another one, threshing wheat in fear
Afraid of the Midianites but God still called him dear
Likewise, we too, must face trials and tests 
Give it our all and let God do the rest
blindtony1016@gmail.com. 
I’d like to give a shout out to Mark Creet down under, haven’t heard from you in a while. I hope you’re still hanging in there. And Tony Part, the Writer, haven’t heard from you in a while either. Know that you are both thought of often and prayed for daily. And once again Brian and the Hardin Family, thank you for this wonderful podcast for God’s Holy Spirit to flow, keep it flowing ya’ll. Alright bye, bye. 

Hey Daily Audio Bible family, David here in Norge in the UK. My wife Penny, 57 days ago went into psychiatric care after having a break down. Her delusional thoughts, that she thinks everything is of God, but her facts are twisted. She comes out with things that are just untrue. She’s twisting Scripture. And she’s really struggling. Although, she thinks there’s nothing wrong with herself. It’s been a hard time. Been hard for 57 days now. And just appreciate your prayers that she would soon be better mentally and physically and that her epilepsy would go away and that she would have no seizures. While she’s been in the hospital, she’s had some quite bad ones and she was rushed to the emergency hospital. But she’s been returned to psychiatric care. I see her only about once a week and there’s not really much of a conversation. There’s, it’s not my wife, when I see her, it’s not, she’s…she’s not my wife, she’s just somebody there, that’s very confused. It’s she’s so irritated. So, I would just ask for your prayers and support. Thank you. 

Hello, from beautiful Cincinnati, Ohio. I am ready for whatever happens. Never been this way before, don’t know what all lies ahead but I’m ready Lord, I’m ready for whatever happens. Ready for the ups, ready for the downs, ready for the straight paths, ready for the curves, because you go before me, I can follow joyfully. Yes, I’m ready Lord, I’m ready for whatever happens. Ready for the flatlands, ready for the hills, ready for the warm times, ready for the chills. For as long as I’m with you, it will always be a thrill. I’m ready Lord, I’m ready for whatever happens. From beautiful Cincinnati, Ohio. God bless you all and let’s make it a great.

Good morning, DAB family. I’m a first-time caller. My name is Sharon, I’m from Charleston, SC. I listen to the Daily Audio Bible every morning on the way to work. I’ve been doing this now for 3-4 years. And I just love listening to everyone’s prayers, thoughts. I just love this community. And when ya’ll ask for prayers, I might not call in and pray for you but I want you to know that I am praying for you, every time. I’m calling today because I need to lift my husband up to the Lord. He is going through a lot. He’s not working. He’s got anger issues, pain issues from arthritis. He was telling me last night that he just don’t feel like the Lord knows him, hears him when he prays. And he just, I just fear that he’s at the end of his rope. But if ya’ll could please lift my husband up, his name is Roy, I would appreciate it. I love you guys. Bye from Charleston. 

Good morning, this is Peggy in Texas. Child of God. I am Ben’s mother. Ben is 62-years-old, a strong Christian, a child, a disciple of our Lord. He’s a leader, a teacher, he is married and he has four children and four love our Lord. God has been good. On January the 6th however, Ben entered ICU, a local hospital, for COVID 19. And he spent 3 months on a ventilator with heavy sedation. He endured a collapsed lung and a heart valve infection, heart complications, he lost much weight and of course, he became extremely weak. And at one point the family was called to tell him goodbye. But God gave Ben breath and he lives, really a miracle. But then he was moved to one facility to another, in order to remove the ventilator and the feeding tubes. And then, he went to another facility for physical therapy but now he is a Newrou Rehabilitation Center. Ben is trying to speak. It is hard to understand him. He is, we don’t even know what he’s comprehending. It is so difficult. He cannot feed himself; he cannot sit up and of course, he cannot walk and take care of himself. Ben is trapped. And so, we would love so for our Heavenly Father to, he would love to be about his Heavenly Father’s business and to be taken care of his family and not to be dependent on others. We know that, we know his nature. And I just ask the DAB family to join this mom.  

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Wednesday June 8, 2022 (NIV)

1 Kings 3:3-4:34

3 Solomon (A)loved the Lord, (B)walking in the statutes of David his father, only he sacrificed and made offerings at the high places. 4 And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, (C)for that was the great high place. Solomon used to offer a thousand burnt offerings on that altar. 5 (D)At Gibeon (E)the Lord appeared to Solomon (F)in a dream by night, and God said, “Ask what I shall give you.” 6 And Solomon said, “You have shown great and steadfast love to your servant David my father, because (G)he walked before you in faithfulness, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart toward you. And you have kept for him this great and steadfast love and (H)have given him a son to sit on his throne this day. 7 And now, O Lord my God, (I)you have made your servant king in place of David my father, (J)although I am but a little child. I do not know (K)how to go out or come in. 8 (L)And your servant is in the midst of your people whom you have chosen, a great people, (M)too many to be numbered or counted for multitude. 9 (N)Give your servant therefore an understanding mind (O)to govern your people, that I may (P)discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?”

10 It pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this. 11 And God said to him, “Because you have asked this, and have not asked for yourself long life or riches or the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern what is right, 12 behold, (Q)I now do according to your word. Behold, (R)I give you a wise and discerning mind, so that none like you has been before you and none like you shall arise after you. 13 (S)I give you also what you have not asked, (T)both riches and honor, so that no other king shall compare with you, all your days. 14 And if you will walk in my ways, keeping my statutes and my commandments, (U)as your father David walked, then (V)I will lengthen your days.”

15 And Solomon (W)awoke, and behold, it was a dream. Then he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered up burnt offerings and peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants.

Solomon's Wisdom

16 Then two prostitutes came to the king (X)and stood before him. 17 The one woman said, “Oh, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house, and I gave birth to a child while she was in the house. 18 Then on the third day after I gave birth, this woman also gave birth. And we were alone. There was no one else with us in the house; only we two were in the house. 19 And this woman's son died in the night, because she lay on him. 20 And she arose at midnight and took my son from beside me, while your servant slept, and laid him at her breast, and laid her dead son at my breast. 21 When I rose in the morning to nurse my child, behold, he was dead. But when I looked at him closely in the morning, behold, he was not the child that I had borne.” 22 But the other woman said, “No, the living child is mine, and the dead child is yours.” The first said, “No, the dead child is yours, and the living child is mine.” Thus they spoke before the king.

23 Then the king said, “The one says, ‘This is my son that is alive, and your son is dead’; and the other says, ‘No; but your son is dead, and my son is the living one.’” 24 And the king said, “Bring me a sword.” So a sword was brought before the king. 25 And the king said, “Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one and half to the other.” 26 Then the woman whose son was alive said to the king, because (Y)her heart yearned for her son, “Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and by no means put him to death.” But the other said, “He shall be neither mine nor yours; divide him.” 27 Then the king answered and said, “Give the living child to the first woman, and by no means put him to death; she is his mother.” 28 And all Israel heard of the judgment that the king had rendered, and they stood in awe of the king, because they perceived that (Z)the wisdom of God was in him to do justice.

Solomon's Officials

4 King Solomon was king over all Israel, 2 and these were his high officials: Azariah the son of Zadok was (AA)the priest; 3 Elihoreph and Ahijah the sons of Shisha were secretaries; (AB)Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; 4 (AC)Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was in command of the army; (AD)Zadok and Abiathar were priests; 5 Azariah the son of Nathan was over (AE)the officers; Zabud the son of Nathan was priest and (AF)king's friend; 6 Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and (AG)Adoniram the son of Abda was in charge of (AH)the forced labor.

7 Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household. Each man had to make provision for one month in the year. 8 These were their names: Ben-hur, in (AI)the hill country of Ephraim; 9 Ben-deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elonbeth-hanan; 10 Ben-hesed, in Arubboth (to him belonged Socoh and all the land of Hepher); 11 Ben-abinadab, in all (AJ)Naphath-dor (he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as his wife); 12 Baana the son of Ahilud, in (AK)Taanach, Megiddo, and all (AL)Beth-shean that is beside Zarethan below Jezreel, and from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as the other side of Jokmeam; 13 Ben-geber, (AM)in Ramoth-gilead (he had (AN)the villages of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, and he had (AO)the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars); 14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim; 15 Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he had taken Basemath the daughter of Solomon as his wife); 16 Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth; 17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar; 18 (AP)Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin; 19 Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, (AQ)the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan. And there was one governor who was over the land.

Solomon's Wealth and Wisdom

20 Judah and Israel were as many (AR)as the sand by the sea. They ate and drank and were happy. 21 [a] (AS)Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the (AT)Euphrates[b] to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt. (AU)They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

22 Solomon's provision for one day was thirty cors[c] of fine flour and sixty cors of meal, 23 ten fat oxen, and twenty pasture-fed cattle, a hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl. 24 For he had dominion over all the region west of the Euphrates[d] from Tiphsah to (AV)Gaza, over all the kings west of the Euphrates. (AW)And he had peace on all sides around him. 25 And Judah and Israel (AX)lived in safety, (AY)from Dan even to Beersheba, (AZ)every man under his vine and under his fig tree, all the days of Solomon. 26 (BA)Solomon also had 40,000[e] stalls of horses for his chariots, and 12,000 horsemen. 27 And those officers supplied provisions for King Solomon, and for all who came to King Solomon's table, each one in his month. They let nothing be lacking. 28 Barley also and straw for the horses and (BB)swift steeds they brought to the place where it was required, each according to his duty.

29 (BC)And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding beyond measure, and breadth of mind (BD)like the sand on the seashore, 30 so that Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all (BE)the people of the east (BF)and all the wisdom of Egypt. 31 For he was (BG)wiser than all other men, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol, and his fame was in all the surrounding nations. 32 (BH)He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, (BI)and his songs were 1,005. 33 He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of the wall. He spoke also of beasts, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of fish. 34 And people of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from (BJ)all the kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.

Footnotes:

  1. 1 Kings 4:21 Ch 5:1 in Hebrew
  2. 1 Kings 4:21 Hebrew the River
  3. 1 Kings 4:22 A cor was about 6 bushels or 220 liters
  4. 1 Kings 4:24 Hebrew the River; twice in this verse
  5. 1 Kings 4:26 Hebrew; one Hebrew manuscript (see 2 Chronicles 9:25 and Septuagint of 1 Kings 10:26) 4,000

Cross references:

  1. 1 Kings 3:3 : Deut. 6:5; 30:16, 20; [Ps. 31:23]
  2. 1 Kings 3:3 : ver. 6, 14
  3. 1 Kings 3:4 : 2 Chr. 1:3, 6, 13; [1 Chr. 16:39; 21:29]
  4. 1 Kings 3:5 : For ver. 5-14, see 2 Chr. 1:7-12
  5. 1 Kings 3:5 : ch. 9:2; 11:9
  6. 1 Kings 3:5 : [Num. 12:6; Matt. 1:20; 2:13, 19]
  7. 1 Kings 3:6 : ch. 2:4; 9:4; [Ps. 15:2]
  8. 1 Kings 3:6 : ch. 1:48
  9. 1 Kings 3:7 : [1 Chr. 28:5]
  10. 1 Kings 3:7 : [1 Chr. 29:1]
  11. 1 Kings 3:7 : Num. 27:17
  12. 1 Kings 3:8 : Deut. 7:6
  13. 1 Kings 3:8 : Gen. 13:16; 15:5
  14. 1 Kings 3:9 : [Prov. 2:6, 9; James 1:5]
  15. 1 Kings 3:9 : Ps. 72:1, 2
  16. 1 Kings 3:9 : [2 Sam. 14:17; Isa. 7:15; Heb. 5:14]
  17. 1 Kings 3:12 : [1 John 5:14, 15]
  18. 1 Kings 3:12 : ch. 4:29-31; 5:12; 10:23, 24; Eccles. 1:16
  19. 1 Kings 3:13 : [Matt. 6:33]
  20. 1 Kings 3:13 : ch. 4:21-24; 10:23, 27; [Prov. 3:16]
  21. 1 Kings 3:14 : ver. 6; ch. 15:5
  22. 1 Kings 3:14 : [Ps. 91:16; Prov. 3:2]
  23. 1 Kings 3:15 : Gen. 41:7
  24. 1 Kings 3:16 : Num. 27:2
  25. 1 Kings 3:26 : Gen. 43:30; Jer. 31:20; [Isa. 49:15]
  26. 1 Kings 3:28 : ver. 9, 11, 12; [Ezra 7:25]
  27. 1 Kings 4:2 : 1 Chr. 6:10
  28. 1 Kings 4:3 : 2 Sam. 8:16; 20:24
  29. 1 Kings 4:4 : ch. 2:35
  30. 1 Kings 4:4 : 2 Sam. 20:25; [ch. 2:27, 35]
  31. 1 Kings 4:5 : ver. 7
  32. 1 Kings 4:5 : [2 Sam. 15:37; 16:16; 1 Chr. 27:33]
  33. 1 Kings 4:6 : ch. 5:14; [ch. 12:18; 2 Sam. 20:24; 2 Chr. 10:18]
  34. 1 Kings 4:6 : [ch. 9:15]
  35. 1 Kings 4:8 : See Josh. 24:33
  36. 1 Kings 4:11 : Josh. 11:2
  37. 1 Kings 4:12 : [Josh. 17:11]
  38. 1 Kings 4:12 : [Josh. 17:11]
  39. 1 Kings 4:13 : [ch. 22:3]
  40. 1 Kings 4:13 : Num. 32:41
  41. 1 Kings 4:13 : Deut. 3:4
  42. 1 Kings 4:18 : ch. 1:8
  43. 1 Kings 4:19 : Deut. 3:8-10
  44. 1 Kings 4:20 : Gen. 22:17; [ch. 3:8; 2 Chr. 1:9]
  45. 1 Kings 4:21 : 2 Chr. 9:26
  46. 1 Kings 4:21 : Gen. 15:18; Ex. 23:31; Josh. 1:4; Ps. 72:8
  47. 1 Kings 4:21 : Ps. 68:29; 72:10, 11
  48. 1 Kings 4:24 : Gen. 10:19
  49. 1 Kings 4:24 : 1 Chr. 22:9
  50. 1 Kings 4:25 : Jer. 23:6; 32:37; Ezek. 28:26
  51. 1 Kings 4:25 : See 2 Sam. 3:10
  52. 1 Kings 4:25 : Mic. 4:4; Zech. 3:10; [2 Kgs. 18:31; Isa. 36:16]
  53. 1 Kings 4:26 : [ch. 10:26; 2 Chr. 1:14; 9:25]
  54. 1 Kings 4:28 : Esth. 8:10, 14; Mic. 1:13
  55. 1 Kings 4:29 : ch. 3:12
  56. 1 Kings 4:29 : [ver. 20]
  57. 1 Kings 4:30 : Judg. 6:3
  58. 1 Kings 4:30 : Acts 7:22; [Isa. 19:11]
  59. 1 Kings 4:31 : [See ver. 29 above]; ch. 3:12
  60. 1 Kings 4:32 : Prov. 1:1; Eccles. 12:9
  61. 1 Kings 4:32 : Song 1:1
  62. 1 Kings 4:34 : 2 Chr. 9:23; [ch. 10:1]
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Acts 6

Seven Chosen to Serve

6 Now in these days (A)when the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint by the Hellenists[a] arose against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in (B)the daily distribution. 2 And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said, “It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables. 3 (C)Therefore, brothers,[b] pick out from among you seven men (D)of good repute, (E)full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty. 4 But (F)we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” 5 And what they said pleased the whole gathering, and they chose Stephen, (G)a man full of faith and (H)of the Holy Spirit, and (I)Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, (J)a proselyte of Antioch. 6 These they set before the apostles, and (K)they prayed and (L)laid their hands on them.

7 And (M)the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests (N)became obedient to (O)the faith.

Stephen Is Seized

8 And Stephen, full of grace and (P)power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people. 9 Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, rose up and disputed with Stephen. 10 But (Q)they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking. 11 Then (R)they secretly instigated men who said, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.” 12 And they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes, and they came upon him and seized him and brought him before the council, 13 and they (S)set up false (T)witnesses who said, “This man never ceases to speak words against (U)this holy place and the law, 14 for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth (V)will destroy this place and will (W)change (X)the customs that Moses delivered to us.” 15 And gazing at him, all who sat in the council saw that his face (Y)was like the face of an angel.

Footnotes:

  1. Acts 6:1 That is, Greek-speaking Jews
  2. Acts 6:3 Or brothers and sisters

Cross references:

  1. Acts 6:1 : ch. 2:41, 47; 4:4; 5:14; [ver. 7]
  2. Acts 6:1 : [ch. 4:35]
  3. Acts 6:3 : [Deut. 1:13]
  4. Acts 6:3 : [1 Tim. 3:7]
  5. Acts 6:3 : ver. 5; ch. 7:55; 11:24; [Luke 1:15; 4:1]
  6. Acts 6:4 : See ch. 1:14
  7. Acts 6:5 : ch. 11:24
  8. Acts 6:5 : ver. 3
  9. Acts 6:5 : ch. 8:5; 21:8
  10. Acts 6:5 : ch. 2:11; 13:43; Matt. 23:15
  11. Acts 6:6 : ch. 1:24; 13:3
  12. Acts 6:6 : 1 Tim. 4:14; 5:22; 2 Tim. 1:6; [ch. 8:17; 9:17; 19:6; Heb. 6:2]
  13. Acts 6:7 : ch. 12:24; 19:20; [Col. 1:5, 6]
  14. Acts 6:7 : See Rom. 1:5
  15. Acts 6:7 : ch. 13:8; 14:22; 16:5
  16. Acts 6:8 : See ch. 1:8
  17. Acts 6:10 : See Luke 21:14, 15
  18. Acts 6:11 : [1 Kgs. 21:10, 13; Matt. 26:59, 60]
  19. Acts 6:13 : ver. 11
  20. Acts 6:13 : ch. 7:58
  21. Acts 6:13 : [ch. 21:28; 25:8; Matt. 24:15]
  22. Acts 6:14 : [Dan. 9:26; Matt. 26:61]
  23. Acts 6:14 : [Matt. 5:17]
  24. Acts 6:14 : ch. 15:1; 21:21
  25. Acts 6:15 : [Judg. 13:6; Eccles. 8:1]
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Psalm 126

Restore Our Fortunes, O Lord

A Song of (A)Ascents.

126 When the Lord (B)restored the fortunes of Zion,
we were like those who (C)dream.
2 Then our (D)mouth was filled with laughter,
and our tongue with shouts of joy;
then they said among the nations,
(E)“The Lord has done great things for them.”
3 The Lord has done great things for us;
we are glad.

4 Restore our fortunes, O Lord,
like streams in the Negeb!
5 (F)Those who sow in tears
shall reap with shouts of joy!
6 He who goes out weeping,
bearing the seed for sowing,
shall come home with shouts of joy,
bringing his sheaves with him.

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 126:1 : [See Ps. 120, title]
  2. Psalm 126:1 : See Ps. 14:7
  3. Psalm 126:1 : [Acts 12:9]
  4. Psalm 126:2 : Job 8:21
  5. Psalm 126:2 : See Ps. 71:19
  6. Psalm 126:5 : [Ezra 6:22; Neh. 12:43; Jer. 31:9; Gal. 6:9]; See Hag. 2:3-9
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Proverbs 16:26-27

26 A worker's appetite works for him;
his (A)mouth urges him on.
27 (B)A worthless man plots evil,
and his speech[a] is like (C)a scorching fire.

Footnotes:

  1. Proverbs 16:27 Hebrew what is on his lips

Cross references:

  1. Proverbs 16:26 : [Eccles. 6:7]
  2. Proverbs 16:27 : [ch. 6:12, 14, 19]
  3. Proverbs 16:27 : James 3:6
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06/07/2022 DAB Transcript

1 Kings 2:1-3:2, Acts 5:1-42, Psalms 125:1-5, Proverbs 16:25

Today is the 7th day of June welcome to the Daily Audio Bible I’m Brian it is great to be here with you today, really great. Glad as always that we have a place to gather around the Global Campfire as we take another step forward together in the Scriptures. And yesterday we began the book of first Kings, and we talked a little bit about the territory that we are moving in or into. And yesterday we saw the next king sitting on the throne. It didn’t happen without drama, but David’s son Solomon is now King Solomon and that is where we pick up the story. King David is…well…his health is failing. He is about to pass, and he has some instructions for his son. First Kings chapter 2 verse 1 through 3 verse 2.

Commentary:

Okay. So, as we are continuing our journey into the book of Acts and into the church era and what happened after Jesus’ ascension back to the Father, we’re largely following alongside the apostle Peter as we look at the earliest church. And what we should be able to see is that a great amount of joy and a great amount of generosity and a great amount of community is happening among the believers in Jesus and these are Jewish people. This is where it all begins. The odd thing is that the Christian faith now is almost completely Gentile. But at the beginning here it is completely Hebrew. And that is the context in which Peter is at this point ministering to people. They’re in the temple, they’re teaching at the temple. Like everything is in a Hebrew context and their getting in trouble by their fellow Hebrews. The Romans aren’t out to get Peter at least at this point. It’s the Jewish religious leadership that wants the name of Jesus to disappear and instead of disappearing, which they had hoped for when they got him killed it seems to be spreading. So, even in today’s reading they are incarcerated briefly for a couple of times, and they are freed, and they go back into the temple, and they have been warned on a couple of occasions in today’s readings not to do any more teachings in the name of Jesus, and they threatened them. And the apostles with really a completely different kind of boldness than we experience them having in the Gospels. Like Peter is transformed at this point. He’s like a different person after the coming of the Holy Spirit and with boldness he says, you guys, look we have to obey God and not man. And the religious authority in the end are like, something has to be done. They would like to do away with these apostles as well and let this go away. And that’s when a council happens that we’re able to kinda sit in on. And amending Gamaliel…and this is interesting actually because we haven’t met Saul the person who’s going to become the apostle Paul yet but when we do, we’re going to find out that when he was trained in Jerusalem, he was trained by someone named Gamaliel. And Saul was a devout Pharisee. But a person named Gamaliel was in the Council speaks to the Council basically saying, look this kind of stuff has happened before. We’ve seen people rise up and claim to be something and gather a following and maybe even getting a little bit of a sizable following, but those people have been killed and when they are killed, then their followers disperse and the whole thing goes away. So, he’s basically saying look, let it play its course. If we intervene, if we do something we could cause humongous problems. But it’s even bigger than that. If God is not in this, it will fail. But if God is in this, nothing we can do will stop it and we could quickly find ourselves opposing God. And the Council listened. So, what we’re seeing is a great amount of joy in community and a great amount of opposition. And this is all happening within a Jewish context at this point. In fact, at this point in the early church no one was thinking that this would be anything but for the Jews, the children of Israel, the chosen ones, the set apart ones. It’s to the Jews that Jesus came and it’s a Hebrew Messiah that they were looking for. Everything is happening within this context at this point. So, if we notice that then as we continue to go forward, we will understand that a rift will develop because of this. Gentiles will come into the kingdom, and that will completely force the Jewish believers to completely rethink a lot of things. And, so, we get the idea that the early church was just a remarkably peaceful wonderful time when it was actually a very tumultuous time where really against the odds, the gospel flourishes.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word and we thank You for these stories that we are able to immerse ourselves in and put ourselves in those positions and walk along with the apostles as they are walking along by the guiding of Your Holy Spirit. They’re not referring to any New Testament Scriptures. There isn’t a New Testament. They’re following Your leadership. And now we have the New Testament to read about this. And we thank You that it is the same Spirit, that it is the same spirit of truth, leading and guiding us that is still available to us as it was to them. Come Holy Spirit. We’re listening and we’re seeing of Your works and we open ourselves to Your work in our lives and we pray this in Jesus’ name. Amen.

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Community Prayer and Praise:

I recently just finished treatment for addictions. God has been a part of my life for many years however I battled with addictions. I’m in the recovery process right now. God is front and center of my recovery and I just ask for prayer. I’m fortunate to have God in my life and I’m very very thankful for His patience and forgiveness. I lost a brother through addictions, and I just want to do this right. I want to be a witness of God and do good. My name is Jonathan Riplick. Thank you.

Hello, my DAB family this is Chicago Peg and I want to lift up prayer for a couple of DAB family. And Jerry from Wyoming I hear…I hear you. I heard you crying even as you…oh…you have this grieving and for your sister and brother-in-law who are in Arizona and you’re in Wyoming and you’re sad because you can’t be with them and they’re both going through such a horrible time. And I’ve been praying for you and want to encourage you now over the airwaves with prayer. And oh, it’s so good to hear prayer out loud and shame the devil and cry out in the name of Jesus whom we trust. And Jerry I’ve been praying for you that you would be encouraged and strengthened. I know your heart is breaking for your sister and brother-in-law in Arizona. I’m praying that the Lord will be with them, that He will take care of them. And we believe and know that God will. And I’m praying with you Jerry that it may be the Lord’s will to heal both of them in the powerful healing name of Jesus. And that whatever is the Lords will, oh Father I pray that You would keep our focus on You, let Your praise always be on our lips in the mighty name of Jesus. And real quick if I have time, also Lisa the Encourager, I’m praying for you and for your mom that has terminal cancer and I just…I love you all and praying for you. Amen and Amen and Amen.

Hello everyone, this is broken man of God and I’m calling in to pray for Jonathan from Denver. You had a prayer request on the 2nd of June. Lord, I pray for Jonathan that no matter what he’s going through, no matter what trials tribulations, folly, no matter how deep the waters that he’s treading through are, Lord I pray You shower him with Your grace Your mercy and Your strength. I pray that You help him find godly people, men and women that he can surround himself with and just help lift him lift him up, that he can be vulnerable with to confess whatever’s going on with his life and that they can help lift him up and guide him back on the path that You have planned for his life Lord. You tell us that You won’t rescue us necessarily from trials and difficult situations, but You will guide us through them because in the fire that’s where iron is hardened. And just as iron sharpens iron, I pray that one man can sharpen another. In Your holy name I pray. Amen. Jonathan man if you hear this, we’ve all had some pretty terrible times in our lives. And I pray that you find some godly men and some godly women that can help you through this time. Don’t be a stranger. Put up those prayer requests. We’re all here rooting for you bud. Take care.

Hello, my wonderful DAB family this is Rosie AKA Great to be Free in Jesus. I was calling in for the lady who called in a few days ago because her husband had died, and her daughter is angry with her because she wasn’t there. I went through a similar situation 30 years ago. We went to church. It was on a Wednesday night. And my husband didn’t want to go to church but, you know, we had just made a covenant with each other to go to church every time the doors were open. And, so, we went and, on the way, home we were in a terrible accident. I got thrown from the car with my seat belt on broke my ribs and punctured my lung. My oldest daughter broke her hip in three places. My youngest daughter broke her hip and her leg. My son didn’t have any broken bones, but he was bruised up pretty bad and my husband broke his neck. And my husband was in the hospital for nine months…well…six months he got to come home for a month and then he went back in the hospital for three months and he died. And my youngest daughter was very angry with me for pressing the issue to go to church and that he would still be alive. And of course, I was blaming myself as well. I will…

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Tuesday June 7, 2022 (NIV)

1 Kings 2:1-3:2

David's Instructions to Solomon

2 (A)When David's time to die drew near, he commanded Solomon his son, saying, 2 (B)“I am about to go the way of all the earth. (C)Be strong, and show yourself a man, 3 and keep the charge of the Lord your God, walking in his ways and keeping his statutes, his commandments, his rules, and his testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, (D)that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn, 4 that the Lord may (E)establish his word that he spoke concerning me, saying, (F)‘If your sons pay close attention to their way, (G)to walk before me in faithfulness with all their heart and with all their soul, (H)you shall not lack[a] a man on the throne of Israel.’

5 “Moreover, you also know what Joab the son of Zeruiah (I)did to me, how he dealt with the two commanders of the armies of Israel, (J)Abner the son of Ner, (K)and Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, avenging[b] in time of peace for blood that had been shed in war, and putting the blood of war[c] on the belt around his[d] waist and on the sandals on his feet. 6 Act therefore (L)according to your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace. 7 But deal loyally with the sons of (M)Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be (N)among those who eat at your table, (O)for with such loyalty[e] they met me when I fled from Absalom your brother. 8 And there is also with you (P)Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse on the day (Q)when I went to Mahanaim. (R)But when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the Lord, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’ 9 Now therefore do not hold him guiltless, (S)for you are a wise man. You will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall (T)bring his gray head down with blood to Sheol.”

The Death of David

10 (U)Then David slept with his fathers and was buried in (V)the city of David. 11 And the time that David reigned over Israel was (W)forty years. He reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem. 12 (X)So Solomon sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was firmly established.

Solomon's Reign Established

13 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, (Y)“Do you come peacefully?” He said, “Peacefully.” 14 Then he said, “I have something to say to you.” She said, “Speak.” 15 He said, “You know that (Z)the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel fully expected me to reign. However, the kingdom has turned about and become my brother's, (AA)for it was his from the Lord. 16 And now I have one request to make of you; do not refuse me.” She said to him, “Speak.” 17 And he said, “Please ask King Solomon—he will not refuse you—to give me (AB)Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.” 18 Bathsheba said, “Very well; I will speak for you to the king.”

19 So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. And the king rose to meet her and bowed down to her. Then he sat on his throne and had a seat brought for the king's mother, (AC)and she sat on his right. 20 Then she said, “I have one small request to make of you; do not refuse me.” And the king said to her, “Make your request, my mother, for I will not refuse you.” 21 She said, “Let (AD)Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as his wife.” 22 King Solomon answered his mother, “And why do you ask (AE)Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also, (AF)for he is my older brother, and on his side (AG)are Abiathar[f] the priest and Joab the son of Zeruiah.” 23 Then King Solomon swore by the Lord, saying, (AH)“God do so to me and more also if this word does not cost Adonijah his life! 24 Now therefore (AI)as the Lord lives, who has established me and placed me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, (AJ)as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death today.” 25 So King Solomon sent (AK)Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he struck him down, and he died.

26 And to Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to (AL)Anathoth, to your estate, for you deserve death. But I will not at this time put you to death, (AM)because you carried the ark of the Lord God before David my father, (AN)and because you shared in all my father's affliction.” 27 (AO)So Solomon expelled Abiathar from being priest to the Lord, thus fulfilling (AP)the word of the Lord that he had spoken concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.

28 When the news came to Joab—for Joab (AQ)had supported Adonijah although (AR)he had not supported Absalom—Joab fled to the tent of the Lord and caught hold of the (AS)horns of the altar. 29 And when it was told King Solomon, “Joab has fled to the tent of the Lord, and behold, he is beside the altar,” Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, strike him down.” 30 So Benaiah came to the tent of the Lord and said to him, “The king commands, ‘Come out.’” But he said, “No, I will die here.” Then Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, “Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.” 31 The king replied to him, (AT)“Do as he has said, strike him down and bury him, (AU)and thus take away from me and from my father's house the guilt for the blood that Joab shed without cause. 32 The Lord will (AV)bring back his bloody deeds on his own head, because, without the knowledge of my father David, he attacked and killed with the sword two men (AW)more righteous and better than himself, (AX)Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and (AY)Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah. 33 (AZ)So shall their blood come back on the head of Joab and on the head of his descendants forever. But for David and for his descendants and for his house and for his throne there shall be peace from the Lord forevermore.” 34 Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and struck him down and put him to death. And he was buried in his own house in the wilderness. 35 (BA)The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada over the army in place of Joab, and the king put (BB)Zadok the priest (BC)in the place of Abiathar.

36 Then the king sent and summoned (BD)Shimei and said to him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and dwell there, and do not go out from there to any place whatever. 37 For on the day you go out and cross (BE)the brook Kidron, know for certain that you shall die. (BF)Your blood shall be on your own head.” 38 And Shimei said to the king, “What you say is good; as my lord the king has said, so will your servant do.” So Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days.

39 But it happened at the end of three years that two of Shimei's servants ran away to (BG)Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. And when it was told Shimei, “Behold, your servants are in Gath,” 40 Shimei arose and saddled a donkey and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants. Shimei went and brought his servants from Gath. 41 And when Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and returned, 42 the king sent and summoned Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by the Lord and solemnly warn you, saying, ‘Know for certain that on the day you go out and go to any place whatever, you shall die’? And you said to me, ‘What you say is good; I will obey.’ 43 Why then have you not kept your oath to the Lord and the commandment with which I commanded you?” 44 The king also said to Shimei, “You know in your own heart (BH)all the harm that you did to David my father. So the Lord will (BI)bring back your harm on your own head. 45 But King Solomon shall be blessed, (BJ)and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord forever.” 46 Then the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck him down, and he died.

(BK)So the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.

Solomon's Prayer for Wisdom

3 (BL)Solomon made a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt. He took Pharaoh's daughter and brought her into (BM)the city of David until he had finished (BN)building his own house (BO)and the house of the Lord (BP)and the wall around Jerusalem. 2 (BQ)The people were sacrificing at the high places, however, because no house had yet been built for the name of the Lord.

Footnotes:

  1. 1 Kings 2:4 Hebrew there shall not be cut off for you
  2. 1 Kings 2:5 Septuagint; Hebrew placing
  3. 1 Kings 2:5 Septuagint innocent blood
  4. 1 Kings 2:5 Septuagint my; twice in this verse
  5. 1 Kings 2:7 Or steadfast love
  6. 1 Kings 2:22 Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew and for him and for Abiathar

Cross references:

  1. 1 Kings 2:1 : [Gen. 47:29]
  2. 1 Kings 2:2 : Josh. 23:14
  3. 1 Kings 2:2 : See Josh. 1:6, 7
  4. 1 Kings 2:3 : Deut. 29:9; 1 Chr. 22:12, 13
  5. 1 Kings 2:4 : 2 Sam. 7:25
  6. 1 Kings 2:4 : Ps. 132:12
  7. 1 Kings 2:4 : [ch. 3:6; 9:4; 2 Kgs. 20:3]
  8. 1 Kings 2:4 : ch. 8:25; 9:5; 2 Sam. 7:12, 13
  9. 1 Kings 2:5 : 2 Sam. 18:5, 12, 14; [2 Sam. 3:39]
  10. 1 Kings 2:5 : ver. 32; 2 Sam. 3:27
  11. 1 Kings 2:5 : 2 Sam. 20:10
  12. 1 Kings 2:6 : [ver. 9]
  13. 1 Kings 2:7 : See 2 Sam. 19:31-38
  14. 1 Kings 2:7 : 2 Sam. 9:7, 10
  15. 1 Kings 2:7 : 2 Sam. 17:27-29
  16. 1 Kings 2:8 : 2 Sam. 16:5
  17. 1 Kings 2:8 : 2 Sam. 17:24
  18. 1 Kings 2:8 : 2 Sam. 19:18
  19. 1 Kings 2:9 : [ver. 6]
  20. 1 Kings 2:9 : [Gen. 42:38; 44:31]
  21. 1 Kings 2:10 : ch. 1:21; Acts 2:29; 13:36
  22. 1 Kings 2:10 : ch. 3:1; 9:24
  23. 1 Kings 2:11 : 2 Sam. 5:4, 5; 1 Chr. 29:26, 27
  24. 1 Kings 2:12 : 1 Chr. 29:23; 2 Chr. 1:1
  25. 1 Kings 2:13 : 1 Sam. 16:4
  26. 1 Kings 2:15 : [ch. 1:5, 25]
  27. 1 Kings 2:15 : 1 Chr. 22:9, 10; 28:5-7
  28. 1 Kings 2:17 : ch. 1:3, 4
  29. 1 Kings 2:19 : [Ps. 45:9]
  30. 1 Kings 2:21 : [See ver. 17 above]; ch. 1:3, 4
  31. 1 Kings 2:22 : [See ver. 17 above]; ch. 1:3, 4
  32. 1 Kings 2:22 : ch. 1:6; 1 Chr. 3:2, 5
  33. 1 Kings 2:22 : ch. 1:7
  34. 1 Kings 2:23 : See Ruth 1:17
  35. 1 Kings 2:24 : See Ruth 3:13
  36. 1 Kings 2:24 : 2 Sam. 7:11, 13; 1 Chr. 22:10
  37. 1 Kings 2:25 : 2 Sam. 8:18
  38. 1 Kings 2:26 : Josh. 21:18
  39. 1 Kings 2:26 : 1 Sam. 23:6; 2 Sam. 15:24, 29
  40. 1 Kings 2:26 : See 1 Sam. 22:20-23
  41. 1 Kings 2:27 : [ver. 35]
  42. 1 Kings 2:27 : See 1 Sam. 2:27-36
  43. 1 Kings 2:28 : ch. 1:7
  44. 1 Kings 2:28 : 2 Sam. 17:25; 18:2
  45. 1 Kings 2:28 : ch. 1:50
  46. 1 Kings 2:31 : [Ex. 21:14]
  47. 1 Kings 2:31 : Num. 35:33; Deut. 19:13; 21:8, 9
  48. 1 Kings 2:32 : See Judg. 9:24
  49. 1 Kings 2:32 : 2 Chr. 21:13
  50. 1 Kings 2:32 : ver. 5; 2 Sam. 3:27
  51. 1 Kings 2:32 : 2 Sam. 20:9, 10
  52. 1 Kings 2:33 : [See ver. 32 above]; See Judg. 9:24
  53. 1 Kings 2:35 : ch. 4:4
  54. 1 Kings 2:35 : 1 Chr. 29:22
  55. 1 Kings 2:35 : ver. 27
  56. 1 Kings 2:36 : ver. 8
  57. 1 Kings 2:37 : 2 Sam. 15:23
  58. 1 Kings 2:37 : See 2 Sam. 1:16
  59. 1 Kings 2:39 : [1 Sam. 27:2]
  60. 1 Kings 2:44 : See 2 Sam. 16:5-14
  61. 1 Kings 2:44 : See 1 Sam. 25:39
  62. 1 Kings 2:45 : [Prov. 25:5]
  63. 1 Kings 2:46 : ver. 12; [2 Chr. 1:1]
  64. 1 Kings 3:1 : ch. 7:8; 9:16, 24; 2 Chr. 8:11
  65. 1 Kings 3:1 : See ch. 2:10
  66. 1 Kings 3:1 : ch. 7:1
  67. 1 Kings 3:1 : See ch. 6
  68. 1 Kings 3:1 : ch. 9:15
  69. 1 Kings 3:2 : ch. 22:43; [Deut. 12:2, 3]
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Acts 5

Ananias and Sapphira

5 But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, 2 and with his wife's knowledge (A)he kept back for himself some of the proceeds and brought only a part of it and (B)laid it at the apostles' feet. 3 But Peter said, “Ananias, why has (C)Satan filled your heart to lie (D)to the Holy Spirit and (E)to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land? 4 While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? Why is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to man but (F)to God.” 5 When Ananias heard these words, he (G)fell down and breathed his last. And (H)great fear came upon all who heard of it. 6 The young men rose and (I)wrapped him up and carried him out and buried him.

7 After an interval of about three hours his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. 8 And Peter said to her, “Tell me whether you[a] sold the land for so much.” And she said, “Yes, for so much.” 9 But Peter said to her, “How is it that you have agreed together (J)to test (K)the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.” 10 Immediately she fell down at his feet and breathed her last. When the young men came in they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband. 11 And (L)great fear came upon the whole church and upon all who heard of these things.

Many Signs and Wonders Done

12 Now many signs and wonders were regularly done among the people (M)by the hands of the apostles. And they were all (N)together in (O)Solomon's Portico. 13 None of the rest dared join them, but (P)the people held them in high esteem. 14 And (Q)more than ever believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women, 15 (R)so that they even (S)carried out the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, that as Peter came by (T)at least his shadow might fall on some of them. 16 The people also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, (U)bringing the sick and those afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all healed.

The Apostles Arrested and Freed

17 But the high priest rose up, and all who were with him (that is, the party of (V)the Sadducees), and filled with (W)jealousy 18 they arrested the apostles and (X)put them in the public prison. 19 But during the night (Y)an angel of the Lord (Z)opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said, 20 “Go and stand in the temple and speak to the people all (AA)the words of (AB)this (AC)Life.” 21 And when they heard this, (AD)they entered the temple (AE)at daybreak and began to teach.

Now when the high priest came, and those who were with him, they called together the council, all the senate of the people of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought. 22 But when the officers came, they did not find them in the prison, so they returned and reported, 23 “We found the prison securely locked and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them we found no one inside.” 24 Now when (AF)the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were greatly perplexed about them, wondering what this would come to. 25 And someone came and told them, “Look! The men whom you put in prison (AG)are standing in the temple and teaching the people.” 26 Then (AH)the captain with the officers went and brought them, but not by force, for (AI)they were afraid of being stoned by the people.

27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest questioned them, 28 saying, (AJ)“We strictly charged you not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you (AK)intend to bring this man's blood upon us.” 29 But Peter and the apostles answered, (AL)“We must obey God rather than men. 30 (AM)The God of our fathers (AN)raised Jesus, (AO)whom you killed by hanging him on (AP)a tree. 31 God exalted (AQ)him at his right hand as (AR)Leader and (AS)Savior, (AT)to give (AU)repentance to Israel and (AV)forgiveness of sins. 32 And (AW)we are witnesses to these things, and (AX)so is the Holy Spirit, (AY)whom God has given to those who obey him.”

33 When they heard this, they (AZ)were enraged and wanted to kill them. 34 But a Pharisee in the council named (BA)Gamaliel, (BB)a teacher of the law held in honor by all the people, stood up and gave orders to put the men outside for a little while. 35 And he said to them, “Men of Israel, take care what you are about to do with these men. 36 For (BC)before these days Theudas rose up, (BD)claiming to be somebody, and a number of men, about four hundred, joined him. He was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and came to nothing. 37 After him Judas the Galilean rose up in the days of (BE)the census and drew away some of the people after him. He too perished, and all who followed him were scattered. 38 So in the present case I tell you, keep away from these men and let them alone, for (BF)if this plan or this undertaking is of man, it will fail; 39 but (BG)if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them. You (BH)might even be found opposing God!” So they took his advice, 40 and (BI)when they had called in the apostles, (BJ)they beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. 41 Then they left the presence of the council, (BK)rejoicing that they were counted worthy (BL)to suffer dishonor for (BM)the name. 42 And every day, (BN)in the temple and from house to house, they did not cease teaching and (BO)preaching (BP)that the Christ is Jesus.

Footnotes:

  1. Acts 5:8 The Greek for you is plural here

Cross references:

  1. Acts 5:2 : ver. 3
  2. Acts 5:2 : ch. 4:35, 37
  3. Acts 5:3 : [Luke 22:3; John 13:2, 27]
  4. Acts 5:3 : [ver. 4, 9]
  5. Acts 5:3 : ver. 2
  6. Acts 5:4 : [ver. 3, 9]
  7. Acts 5:5 : [Ezek. 11:13]
  8. Acts 5:5 : ver. 11
  9. Acts 5:6 : [ch. 8:2; Ezek. 29:5; John 19:40]
  10. Acts 5:9 : [ch. 15:10; 1 Cor. 10:9]
  11. Acts 5:9 : [ver. 3, 4]
  12. Acts 5:11 : ver. 5
  13. Acts 5:12 : ch. 2:43; 4:30; 14:3; 19:11; Mark 16:20; Rom. 15:19; 2 Cor. 12:12; Heb. 2:4
  14. Acts 5:12 : See ch. 1:14
  15. Acts 5:12 : ch. 3:11; John 10:23
  16. Acts 5:13 : ver. 26; ch. 2:47; 4:21
  17. Acts 5:14 : [ch. 6:1, 2]
  18. Acts 5:15 : [ch. 19:12]
  19. Acts 5:15 : Mark 6:55, 56
  20. Acts 5:15 : [2 Kgs. 4:29; Matt. 14:36]
  21. Acts 5:16 : Mark 16:17, 18
  22. Acts 5:17 : See Matt. 22:23
  23. Acts 5:17 : ch. 13:45; James 3:14, 16; [ch. 7:9; 17:5]
  24. Acts 5:18 : See Luke 21:12
  25. Acts 5:19 : See ch. 8:26
  26. Acts 5:19 : ch. 12:10; 16:26
  27. Acts 5:20 : [John 6:63, 68; Phil. 2:16]
  28. Acts 5:20 : [ch. 13:46; 22:4; 28:28]
  29. Acts 5:20 : ch. 3:15; 11:18
  30. Acts 5:21 : ver. 25, 42
  31. Acts 5:21 : [John 8:2]
  32. Acts 5:24 : ver. 26; See ch. 4:1
  33. Acts 5:25 : ver. 21
  34. Acts 5:26 : ver. 24
  35. Acts 5:26 : ver. 13; See ch. 4:21
  36. Acts 5:28 : ch. 4:18
  37. Acts 5:28 : ch. 2:23, 36; 3:15; 4:10; 7:52; Matt. 27:25
  38. Acts 5:29 : [ch. 4:19, 20]
  39. Acts 5:30 : See ch. 3:13
  40. Acts 5:30 : See ch. 2:24
  41. Acts 5:30 : ch. 10:39; Gal. 3:13; See Luke 24:20
  42. Acts 5:30 : ch. 13:29; 1 Pet. 2:24
  43. Acts 5:31 : See ch. 2:33
  44. Acts 5:31 : See ch. 3:15
  45. Acts 5:31 : See Luke 2:11
  46. Acts 5:31 : Luke 24:47; See Luke 5:32
  47. Acts 5:31 : ch. 11:18; 2 Tim. 2:25; [Rom. 2:4]
  48. Acts 5:31 : Luke 24:47; See Luke 5:32
  49. Acts 5:32 : See Luke 24:48
  50. Acts 5:32 : [ch. 15:28; John 15:26, 27; Heb. 2:4; 1 John 5:7]
  51. Acts 5:32 : See ch. 2:4
  52. Acts 5:33 : ch. 7:54; [ch. 2:37]
  53. Acts 5:34 : ch. 22:3
  54. Acts 5:34 : See Luke 5:17
  55. Acts 5:36 : [ch. 21:38]
  56. Acts 5:36 : ch. 8:9; [Gal. 2:6; 6:3]
  57. Acts 5:37 : [Luke 2:2]
  58. Acts 5:38 : Lam. 3:37
  59. Acts 5:39 : Prov. 21:30; Isa. 8:9, 10; Nah. 1:9
  60. Acts 5:39 : 2 Chr. 13:12; [ch. 11:17]
  61. Acts 5:40 : ch. 4:18
  62. Acts 5:40 : [ch. 22:19; Mark 13:9; Luke 23:16]
  63. Acts 5:41 : 1 Pet. 4:13, 14, 16; See Matt. 5:12
  64. Acts 5:41 : ch. 9:16; 21:13; [Rom. 1:5]; See John 15:21
  65. Acts 5:41 : Lev. 24:11, 16; Phil. 2:9; 3 John 7
  66. Acts 5:42 : ch. 2:46
  67. Acts 5:42 : ch. 8:35; 11:20; 17:18
  68. Acts 5:42 : See ch. 18:5
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Psalm 125

The Lord Surrounds His People

A Song of (A)Ascents.

125 Those who (B)trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion,
which (C)cannot be moved, but abides forever.
2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem,
so (D)the Lord surrounds his people,
from this time forth and forevermore.
3 For (E)the scepter of wickedness shall not (F)rest
on (G)the land allotted to the righteous,
lest the righteous (H)stretch out
their hands to do wrong.
4 (I)Do good, O Lord, to those who are good,
and to those who are (J)upright in their hearts!
5 But those who (K)turn aside to their (L)crooked ways
the Lord will lead away with (M)evildoers!
(N)Peace be upon Israel!

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 125:1 : [See Ps. 120, title]
  2. Psalm 125:1 : Ps. 25:2, 3
  3. Psalm 125:1 : Ps. 93:1; 104:5; [Prov. 10:30]
  4. Psalm 125:2 : [2 Kgs. 6:17; Zech. 2:5]
  5. Psalm 125:3 : Isa. 14:5
  6. Psalm 125:3 : Isa. 30:30
  7. Psalm 125:3 : See Ps. 16:5
  8. Psalm 125:3 : Gen. 3:22; Ex. 22:8
  9. Psalm 125:4 : Ps. 119:68
  10. Psalm 125:4 : See Ps. 7:10
  11. Psalm 125:5 : See Ps. 40:4
  12. Psalm 125:5 : Prov. 2:15
  13. Psalm 125:5 : Ps. 92:7, 9; 94:4
  14. Psalm 125:5 : Ps. 128:6; Gal. 6:16
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Proverbs 16:25

25 There is a way that seems right to a man,
but its end is the way to death.[a]

Footnotes:

  1. Proverbs 16:25 Hebrew ways of death
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6/6/2022 DAB Transcript

1 Kings 1:1-53, Acts 4:1-37, Psalm 124:1-8, Proverbs 16:24

Today is the sixth day of June, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I’m Brian. It is awesome to be here with you today. It is awesome for us to have a place to gather around the Global Campfire, as we move into some new territory.

Introduction to the Book of 1st Kings:

So, yesterday we concluded the two books of Samuel, first and second Samuel, which leads us today, in just a couple of minutes, into the book of first Kings, which implies that there is a second Kings and there is, these were the books of the Kings and we talked about all this, we began Samuel because they were all one text, at one time. And then, they were broken apart for the ease of finding things in the first Samuel, second Samuel, first Kings second Kings. But we finished the books of Samuel which largely dealt with who Samuel was and then who the first king of Israel was, King Saul, which brought us to a new era in the life of the children of Israel, called the monarchy. A time, when they actually had kings. And then in second Samuel, we followed along with the second king of Israel, King David’s life. And as we begin first Kings, it will seem like or just simply continuing on with the story because we are, but there are some differences. We are about to read first and the second Kings over the next weeks, and then we will read the books of Chronicles, 1st and 2nd Chronicles after that. First and second Kings and first and second Chronicles cover the same general part of history, it’s just that they’re coming from a couple of different perspectives. So, as we move into the books of the Kings, we’ll be given the perspective of royalty, of the kings and the ways in which they interacted with some of the prophetic voices that were in the land at the time. Then when we get to the book of, the books of Chronicles, we’ll look at the same period of history from the perspective of the priestly and Levitical offices. So, that is the general territory that we’re heading into for the next stretch here, a couple of viewpoints on the same time. And as we begin today with first Kings, we will be witnessing the end of David’s reign and then we will see his son, Solomon, in pretty dramatic fashion ascend to the throne of Israel and in very short order, we will reach the apex, the mountain top of the ancient children of Israel. Solomon, will lead the children of Israel into a time of prosperity and peace and respect, as they had never had before, he brings them to this the mountain top experience, this kind of experience that we’ve been working toward since we met Abraham. But then before Solomon’s reign ends, towards the latter part of his life, it’s like we’ve gone over the top of the peak and were starting our way on a long dissent downward. And so, we will see the children of Israel reach their peak and enjoy that for a brief moment and then we will start sliding downward until the children of Israel disappear into obscurity and exile. And of course, we’ll tell the story day-by-day, step-by-step as we do around here. And with that little bit of a flyover of where we’re going, let’s begin, we’re reading from the English Standard Version this week, first Kings chapter 1.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word and we thank You for this brand-new territory that we are moving into, as we move into the books of Kings and as we travel along King Solomon’s side now and see his reign and find again, as with all of the Bible, a mirror into our own soul, as we look into the stories of people’s lives and the paths that they chose and where those roads lead. We ask that You guide us through this, we ask that Your Holy Spirit, come, and lead us, as we ask, so often, because we always needed that You would lead us into all truth, as was promised by Jesus, and we thank You for that and we rest in it, and trust in it, in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Monday June 6, 2022 (NIV)

1 Kings 1

David in His Old Age

1 Now King David was old and advanced in years. And although they covered him with clothes, he could not get warm. 2 Therefore his servants said to him, “Let a young woman be sought for my lord the king, and let her wait on the king and be in his service. Let her lie in your arms,[a] that my lord the king may be warm.” 3 So they sought for a beautiful young woman throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Abishag the (A)Shunammite, and brought her to the king. 4 The young woman was very beautiful, and she was of service to the king and attended to him, but the king knew her not.

Adonijah Sets Himself Up as King

5 Now (B)Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king.” (C)And he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. 6 His father had never at any time displeased him by asking, “Why have you done thus and so?” He was also a very handsome man, (D)and he was born next after Absalom. 7 He conferred with (E)Joab the son of Zeruiah and with (F)Abiathar the priest. And they followed Adonijah and helped him. 8 But (G)Zadok the priest and (H)Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and (I)Nathan the prophet and (J)Shimei and Rei and (K)David's mighty men were not with Adonijah.

9 Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen, and fattened cattle by the Serpent's Stone, which is beside (L)En-rogel, and he invited all his brothers, the king's sons, and all the royal officials of Judah, 10 but he did not invite Nathan the prophet or Benaiah or the mighty men or (M)Solomon his brother.

Nathan and Bathsheba Before David

11 Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, “Have you not heard that (N)Adonijah the son of Haggith has become king and David our lord does not know it? 12 Now therefore come, let me give you advice, that you may save your own life and the life of your son Solomon. 13 Go in at once to King David, and say to him, ‘Did you not, my lord the king, swear to your servant, saying, (O)“Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne”? Why then is Adonijah king?’ 14 Then while you are still speaking with the king, I also will come in after you and confirm[b] your words.”

15 So Bathsheba went to the king in his chamber (now the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was attending to the king). 16 Bathsheba bowed and paid homage to the king, and the king said, “What do you desire?” 17 She said to him, “My lord, you swore to your servant by the Lord your God, saying, (P)‘Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.’ 18 And now, behold, Adonijah is king, although you, my lord the king, do not know it. 19 (Q)He has sacrificed oxen, fattened cattle, and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the sons of the king, (R)Abiathar the priest, and Joab the commander of the army, but (S)Solomon your servant he has not invited. 20 And now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, to tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him. 21 Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king (T)sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be counted offenders.”

22 While she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in. 23 And they told the king, “Here is Nathan the prophet.” And when he came in before the king, he bowed before the king, with his face to the ground. 24 And Nathan said, “My lord the king, have you said, ‘Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne’? 25 For he has gone down this day and (U)has sacrificed oxen, fattened cattle, and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king's sons, the commanders[c] of the army, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and saying, (V)‘Long live King Adonijah!’ 26 (W)But me, your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon he has not invited. 27 Has this thing been brought about by my lord the king and you have not told your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?”

Solomon Anointed King

28 Then King David answered, “Call Bathsheba to me.” So she came into the king's presence and stood before the king. 29 And the king swore, saying, (X)“As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my soul out of every adversity, 30 (Y)as I swore to you by the Lord, the God of Israel, saying, ‘Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place,’ even so will I do this day.” 31 Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground and paid homage to the king and said, (Z)“May my lord King David live forever!”

32 King David said, “Call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada.” So they came before the king. 33 And the king said to them, “Take with you (AA)the servants of your lord and have Solomon my son ride on my own mule, and bring him down to (AB)Gihon. 34 And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet there (AC)anoint him king over Israel. (AD)Then blow the trumpet and say, (AE)‘Long live King Solomon!’ 35 You shall then come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne, for he shall be king in my place. And I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.” 36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, “Amen! May the Lord, the God of my lord the king, say so. 37 (AF)As the Lord has been with my lord the king, even so may he be with Solomon, (AG)and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David.”

38 So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, (AH)and the Cherethites and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on King David's mule and brought him to Gihon. 39 There Zadok the priest took the horn of (AI)oil from the tent and (AJ)anointed Solomon. (AK)Then they blew the trumpet, and all the people said, (AL)“Long live King Solomon!” 40 And all the people went up after him, playing on pipes, and rejoicing with great joy, so that the earth was split by their noise.

41 Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they finished feasting. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, “What does this uproar in the city mean?” 42 While he was still speaking, behold, (AM)Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came. And Adonijah said, “Come in, (AN)for you are a worthy man and bring good news.” 43 Jonathan answered Adonijah, “No, for our lord King David has made Solomon king, 44 and the king has sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the (AO)Cherethites and the Pelethites. And they had him ride on the king's mule. 45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at (AP)Gihon, and they have gone up from there rejoicing, so that the city is in an uproar. This is the noise that you have heard. 46 (AQ)Solomon sits on the royal throne. 47 Moreover, the king's servants came to congratulate our lord King David, saying, (AR)‘May your God make the name of Solomon more famous than yours, and make his throne greater than your throne.’ And the king (AS)bowed himself on the bed. 48 And the king also said, ‘Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, (AT)who has granted someone[d] to sit on my throne this day, my own eyes seeing it.’”

49 Then all the guests of Adonijah trembled and rose, and each went his own way. 50 And Adonijah feared Solomon. So he arose and went (AU)and took hold of (AV)the horns of the altar. 51 Then it was told Solomon, “Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon, for behold, he has laid hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let King Solomon swear to me first that he will not put his servant to death with the sword.’” 52 And Solomon said, “If he will show himself a worthy man, (AW)not one of his hairs shall fall to the earth, but if wickedness is found in him, he shall die.” 53 So King Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and paid homage to King Solomon, and Solomon said to him, “Go to your house.”

Footnotes:

  1. 1 Kings 1:2 Or in your bosom
  2. 1 Kings 1:14 Or expand on
  3. 1 Kings 1:25 Hebrew; Septuagint Joab the commander
  4. 1 Kings 1:48 Septuagint one of my offspring

Cross references:

  1. 1 Kings 1:3 : Josh. 19:18
  2. 1 Kings 1:5 : 2 Sam. 3:4
  3. 1 Kings 1:5 : 2 Sam. 15:1
  4. 1 Kings 1:6 : 2 Sam. 3:3, 4; 1 Chr. 3:2
  5. 1 Kings 1:7 : 2 Sam. 2:13, 18
  6. 1 Kings 1:7 : 2 Sam. 20:25
  7. 1 Kings 1:8 : [See ver. 7 above]; 2 Sam. 20:25
  8. 1 Kings 1:8 : 2 Sam. 8:18
  9. 1 Kings 1:8 : 2 Sam. 12:1
  10. 1 Kings 1:8 : ch. 4:18
  11. 1 Kings 1:8 : See 2 Sam. 23:8-39
  12. 1 Kings 1:9 : Josh. 15:7; 2 Sam. 17:17
  13. 1 Kings 1:10 : 2 Sam. 12:24
  14. 1 Kings 1:11 : [See ver. 5 above]; 2 Sam. 3:4
  15. 1 Kings 1:13 : ver. 30; [1 Chr. 22:9]
  16. 1 Kings 1:17 : [See ver. 13 above]; ver. 30; [1 Chr. 22:9]
  17. 1 Kings 1:19 : ver. 9
  18. 1 Kings 1:19 : [See ver. 7 above]; 2 Sam. 20:25
  19. 1 Kings 1:19 : [See ver. 10 above]; 2 Sam. 12:24
  20. 1 Kings 1:21 : ch. 2:10; 2 Sam. 7:12; [Deut. 31:16]
  21. 1 Kings 1:25 : [See ver. 19 above]; ver. 9
  22. 1 Kings 1:25 : See 1 Sam. 10:24
  23. 1 Kings 1:26 : ver. 8, 10, 32
  24. 1 Kings 1:29 : See Ruth 3:13
  25. 1 Kings 1:30 : ver. 13, 17
  26. 1 Kings 1:31 : Neh. 2:3; Dan. 2:4; 3:9; 5:10; 6:6, 21
  27. 1 Kings 1:33 : 2 Sam. 11:11; 20:6
  28. 1 Kings 1:33 : 2 Chr. 32:30; 33:14
  29. 1 Kings 1:34 : See 1 Sam. 10:1
  30. 1 Kings 1:34 : 2 Sam. 15:10; 2 Kgs. 9:13; 11:14
  31. 1 Kings 1:34 : [ver. 25]; See 1 Sam. 10:24
  32. 1 Kings 1:37 : See 1 Sam. 20:13
  33. 1 Kings 1:37 : ver. 47
  34. 1 Kings 1:38 : See 2 Sam. 8:18
  35. 1 Kings 1:39 : [Ps. 89:20]; See Ex. 30:23-32
  36. 1 Kings 1:39 : 1 Chr. 29:22
  37. 1 Kings 1:39 : [See ver. 34 above]; 2 Sam. 15:10; 2 Kgs. 9:13; 11:14
  38. 1 Kings 1:39 : [See ver. 34 above]; [ver. 25]; See 1 Sam. 10:24
  39. 1 Kings 1:42 : 2 Sam. 15:27, 36; 17:17
  40. 1 Kings 1:42 : 2 Sam. 18:27
  41. 1 Kings 1:44 : [See ver. 38 above]; See 2 Sam. 8:18
  42. 1 Kings 1:45 : [See ver. 33 above]; 2 Chr. 32:30; 33:14
  43. 1 Kings 1:46 : 1 Chr. 29:23
  44. 1 Kings 1:47 : ver. 37
  45. 1 Kings 1:47 : [Gen. 47:31]
  46. 1 Kings 1:48 : ch. 3:6; [Ps. 132:11, 12]
  47. 1 Kings 1:50 : ch. 2:28
  48. 1 Kings 1:50 : Ex. 27:2
  49. 1 Kings 1:52 : See 1 Sam. 14:45
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Acts 4

Peter and John Before the Council

4 And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and (A)the captain of the temple and (B)the Sadducees came upon them, 2 greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming (C)in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. 3 And they arrested them and (D)put them in custody until the next day, for it was already evening. 4 But many of those who had heard the word believed, and (E)the number of the men came to about five thousand.

5 On the next day their rulers and elders and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem, 6 with (F)Annas the high priest and (G)Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly family. 7 And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, (H)“By what power or (I)by what name did you do this?” 8 Then Peter, (J)filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders, 9 if we are being examined today (K)concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed, 10 let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that (L)by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, (M)whom God raised from the dead—by him this man is standing before you well. 11 (N)This Jesus[a] is the stone that was (O)rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone.[b] 12 And there is (P)salvation (Q)in no one else, for (R)there is no other (S)name under heaven given among men[c] by which we must be saved.”

13 (T)Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus. 14 But seeing the man who was healed (U)standing beside them, (V)they had nothing to say in opposition. 15 But when they had commanded them to leave the council, they conferred with one another, 16 saying, (W)“What shall we do with these men? For that (X)a notable sign has been performed through them is evident to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it. 17 But in order that it may spread no further among the people, let us warn them (Y)to speak no more to anyone in this name.” 18 So they called them and charged them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. 19 But Peter and John answered them, (Z)“Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge, 20 for (AA)we cannot but speak of what (AB)we have seen and heard.” 21 And when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, (AC)because of the people, for all were praising God (AD)for what had happened. 22 For the man on whom this sign of healing was performed was more than forty years old.

The Believers Pray for Boldness

23 When they were released, they went to their friends and reported what the chief priests and the elders had said to them. 24 And when they heard it, they lifted their voices (AE)together to God and said, “Sovereign Lord, (AF)who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them, 25 who through the mouth of our father David, your servant,[d] said by the Holy Spirit,

(AG)“‘Why did the Gentiles rage,
and the peoples plot in vain?
26 The kings of the earth set themselves,
and (AH)the rulers were gathered together,
against the Lord and against his (AI)Anointed’[e]—

27 for truly in this city there were gathered together against your (AJ)holy servant Jesus, (AK)whom you anointed, both (AL)Herod and (AM)Pontius Pilate, along (AN)with the Gentiles and (AO)the peoples of Israel, 28 (AP)to do whatever your hand and (AQ)your plan had predestined to take place. 29 And now, Lord, (AR)look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all (AS)boldness, 30 while (AT)you stretch out your hand to heal, and signs and wonders are performed (AU)through the name of your (AV)holy servant Jesus.” 31 And when they had prayed, (AW)the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and (AX)they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and (AY)continued to speak the word of God with boldness.

They Had Everything in Common

32 Now the full number of those who believed were of (AZ)one heart and (BA)soul, and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but (BB)they had everything in common. 33 And with great (BC)power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and (BD)great grace was upon them all. 34 (BE)There was not a needy person among them, for (BF)as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of what was sold 35 and (BG)laid it at the apostles' feet, and (BH)it was distributed to each as any had need. 36 Thus Joseph, who was also called by the apostles Barnabas (which means (BI)son of encouragement), a Levite, a native of Cyprus, 37 sold a field that belonged to him and brought the money and (BJ)laid it at the apostles' feet.

Footnotes:

  1. Acts 4:11 Greek This one
  2. Acts 4:11 Greek the head of the corner
  3. Acts 4:12 The Greek word anthropoi refers here to both men and women
  4. Acts 4:25 Or child; also verses 27, 30
  5. Acts 4:26 Or Christ

Cross references:

  1. Acts 4:1 : ch. 5:24, 26; Luke 22:4, 52; [1 Chr. 9:11; Neh. 11:11]
  2. Acts 4:1 : See Matt. 22:23
  3. Acts 4:2 : ch. 17:18; [ch. 3:15]
  4. Acts 4:3 : See Luke 21:12
  5. Acts 4:4 : [ch. 2:41]
  6. Acts 4:6 : Luke 3:2; John 18:13, 24
  7. Acts 4:6 : See Matt. 26:3
  8. Acts 4:7 : [Matt. 21:23]
  9. Acts 4:7 : [ver. 10]
  10. Acts 4:8 : See Matt. 10:20
  11. Acts 4:9 : ch. 3:7, 8
  12. Acts 4:10 : ch. 3:6
  13. Acts 4:10 : See ch. 2:24
  14. Acts 4:11 : See Ps. 118:22
  15. Acts 4:11 : Mark 9:12; Luke 23:11
  16. Acts 4:12 : ch. 13:26; 28:28; John 4:22; Heb. 2:3; Jude 3
  17. Acts 4:12 : [1 Tim. 2:5]
  18. Acts 4:12 : [Gal. 1:7]
  19. Acts 4:12 : ch. 10:43; Luke 24:47; John 20:31
  20. Acts 4:13 : [John 7:15]
  21. Acts 4:14 : ch. 3:11
  22. Acts 4:14 : [Luke 21:15]
  23. Acts 4:16 : [John 11:47; 12:19]
  24. Acts 4:16 : ver. 21; ch. 3:9, 10
  25. Acts 4:17 : ch. 5:28, 40
  26. Acts 4:19 : ch. 5:29
  27. Acts 4:20 : [Amos 3:8; John 15:27; 1 Cor. 9:16]
  28. Acts 4:20 : ch. 22:15; 1 John 1:1, 3
  29. Acts 4:21 : ch. 5:13, 26; [Matt. 21:26, 46; Mark 11:32; Luke 20:6, 19; 22:2]
  30. Acts 4:21 : ch. 3:7, 8
  31. Acts 4:24 : See ch. 1:14
  32. Acts 4:24 : Ex. 20:11; 2 Chr. 2:12; Neh. 9:6; Ps. 102:25; 124:8; 134:3; 146:6
  33. Acts 4:25 : Cited from Ps. 2:1, 2
  34. Acts 4:26 : ver. 5
  35. Acts 4:26 : ch. 10:38; Luke 4:18; Heb. 1:9; [Dan. 9:24; Rev. 11:15]
  36. Acts 4:27 : ver. 30
  37. Acts 4:27 : ver. 26
  38. Acts 4:27 : Luke 23:7-11
  39. Acts 4:27 : Matt. 27:2
  40. Acts 4:27 : See Matt. 20:19
  41. Acts 4:27 : Matt. 26:3
  42. Acts 4:28 : [Isa. 46:10]
  43. Acts 4:28 : See ch. 2:23
  44. Acts 4:29 : [2 Kgs. 19:16]
  45. Acts 4:29 : ver. 13, 31; ch. 9:27, 29; 13:46; 14:3; 18:26; 19:8; 28:31; Eph. 6:19
  46. Acts 4:30 : [Ps. 138:7; Prov. 31:20; Isa. 1:25; Zeph. 1:4]
  47. Acts 4:30 : ch. 3:6; [Matt. 7:22; Mark 9:39; 16:17]
  48. Acts 4:30 : ver. 27
  49. Acts 4:31 : [ch. 2:2; 16:26; Ps. 77:18]
  50. Acts 4:31 : See ch. 2:4
  51. Acts 4:31 : [Phil. 1:14]
  52. Acts 4:32 : 2 Chr. 30:12; Ezek. 11:19
  53. Acts 4:32 : Phil. 1:27
  54. Acts 4:32 : ch. 2:44
  55. Acts 4:33 : See ch. 1:8, 22
  56. Acts 4:33 : [ch. 11:23]
  57. Acts 4:34 : [2 Cor. 8:14, 15]
  58. Acts 4:34 : ch. 2:45
  59. Acts 4:35 : ver. 37; ch. 5:2
  60. Acts 4:35 : [ch. 6:1]
  61. Acts 4:36 : [Mark 3:17]
  62. Acts 4:37 : ver. 35
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Psalm 124

Our Help Is in the Name of the Lord

A Song of (A)Ascents. Of David.

124 (B)If it had not been the Lord who was on our side—
(C)let Israel now say—
2 if it had not been the Lord who was on our side
when people rose up against us,
3 then they would have (D)swallowed us up alive,
when their anger was kindled against us;
4 then (E)the flood would have (F)swept us away,
the torrent would have gone (G)over us;
5 then over us would have gone
the raging waters.

6 Blessed be the Lord,
who has not given us
as prey to their teeth!
7 We have escaped like a bird
from (H)the snare of the fowlers;
the snare is broken,
and we have escaped!

8 (I)Our help is in the name of the Lord,
who made heaven and earth.

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 124:1 : [See Ps. 120, title]
  2. Psalm 124:1 : Ps. 94:17
  3. Psalm 124:1 : Ps. 129:1
  4. Psalm 124:3 : See Ps. 56:1
  5. Psalm 124:4 : See Ps. 32:6; Job 22:11
  6. Psalm 124:4 : Ps. 69:2; Isa. 8:8
  7. Psalm 124:4 : Ps. 69:1
  8. Psalm 124:7 : See Ps. 91:3
  9. Psalm 124:8 : Ps. 121:2
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Proverbs 16:24

24 (A)Gracious words are like (B)a honeycomb,
sweetness to the soul and (C)health to the body.

Cross references:

  1. Proverbs 16:24 : ch. 15:26
  2. Proverbs 16:24 : Ps. 19:10
  3. Proverbs 16:24 : See ch. 4:22
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