1 Chronicles 18

Hello and welcome...As you may have noticed I have been away for a few days. I have been going through some trying times...This has forced me to research, learn and grow from different parts of the bible and that has kept me from this space for a few days. I do need to keep researching for a bit longer.

I wanted to give you, who have joined me here, an opportunity to catch up if needed or take some time to review over what we have learned so far. I strongly suggest you keep in the Word daily and do not let that part slide...but as for moving forward with the next verse I will be taking a little break. I will be back as soon as possible and I am sure I will have a new outlook on many things that I would love to share with you all :o)

until then...please stay strong in the Word! It is worth it.

~simply~

1 Chronicles 17

Hello and welcome. Today I am reading through 1 Chronicles 17. Grab your bible and let's get started. If you do not have a bible handy you may click here for today's read.

To build a temple was Davids idea...but the Lord was happy in a tent. But he did give in and let the temple be built...but not by David...but by Solomon, 17:11-14 ; 28:6 chapters 18,19 and 20

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1 chronicles 16

Hello and welcome. Today I am reading through 1 chronicles 16. Grab your bibles and let's get started. If you do not have a bible handy just click here for today's read.

1 Chronicles 16
A Tent for the Ark, 1And they brought in the ark of God and (A)placed it inside the tent which David had pitched for it, and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.

7Then on that day David (B)first assigned Asaph and his relatives to give thanks to the LORD.
Psalm of Thanksgiving

Worship before the Ark
37So he left Asaph and his relatives there (AB)before the ark of the covenant of the LORD to minister before the ark continually, (AC)as every day's work required;

43(AM)Then all the people departed each to his house, and David returned to bless his household.

****David Worshiped the Lord (the ark of the covenant of the Lord) and then returned to bless his household.*****

Worshiped and then blessed...Hmmm do you think the Lord is trying to tell us something there???

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1 chronicles 15

Where has the time gone??? It is monday already! Today I am reading through 1 chronicles 15. Grab your bible and let's get started. If you do not have a bible handy you may click here for today's read.

Plans to Move the Ark to Jerusalem
1Now David built houses for himself in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God and (A)pitched a tent for it.
2Then David said, "(B)No one is to carry the ark of God but the Levites; for the LORD chose them to carry the ark of God and to minister to Him forever."
3And (C)David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD (D)to its place which he had prepared for it.

28Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the horn, with trumpets, with loud-sounding cymbals, with harps and lyres.
29It happened when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that (V)Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and celebrating; and she despised him in her heart.

Please join me in reading 1 chronicles 16 to see why Michal the daughter of Saul despised king David in her heart.

1 chronicles 14

Hello and welcome. Today I am reading 1 chronicles 14. Grab your bible and let's get started. If you do not have a bible handy just click here for today's read.

David's Family Enlarged
1(A)Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees, masons and carpenters, to build a house for him.
2And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel, and that his kingdom was highly exalted, for the sake of His people Israel.
3Then David took more wives at Jerusalem, and David became the father of more sons and daughters.


Philistines Defeated
8When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up in search of David; and David heard of it and went out against them.
9Now the Philistines had come and (C)made a raid in the valley of Rephaim.
10David inquired of God, saying, "Shall I go up against the Philistines? And will You give them into my hand?" Then the LORD said to him, "Go up, for I will give them into your hand."


16David did just as God had commanded him, and they struck down the army of the Philistines from Gibeon even as far as Gezer.
17Then the fame of David went out into all the lands; and (E)the LORD brought the fear of him on all the nations.

*** and the LORD brought the fear of him on all the nations...because he did just as God had commanded him (v 16)

I know I have a promise of the Lord...a small voice that has helped me to hold on in hard times...I believe that is the holy spirit helping me to "hang in there." During our church service our pastor had us each pray for either "a vision, of the Lord or "peace in the waiting" for our visions he gave to each of us...it is my prayer that you find your vision this week if you have not already...May the Lord guide you.

I believe it is my job to join the Lord in what he is doing...not to ask him to help me do what I want to do...I just love the song "be thou my vision" it seems so fitting for today :o)

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1 chronicles 13

Hello and good day :o) Today I am reading through 1 chronicles 13. Grab your bible and lets read it together. If you do not have a bible handy you may click here for today's read.

Peril in Transporting the Ark
1Then David consulted with the captains of the thousands and the hundreds, even with every leader.
2David said to all the assembly of Israel, "If it seems good to you, and if it is from the LORD our God, let us send everywhere to our kinsmen who remain in all the land of Israel, also to the priests and Levites who are with them in their cities with pasture lands, that they may meet with us;

3and let us bring back the ark of our God to us, (A)for we did not seek it in the days of Saul."



9When they came to (I)the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzza put out his hand to hold the ark, because the oxen nearly upset it.
10The anger of the LORD burned against Uzza, so He struck him down (J)because he put out his hand to the ark; (K)and he died there before God.


12David was afraid of God that day, saying, "How can I bring the ark of God home to me?"

Can you picture that? To have such a relationship with God that you were afraid of him. We are to be living in the fear of the Lord. I do believe in what his Word says...but, like my parents when I was growing up, I did not want to dis-obey them because I feared them. As I think about it know, I know I fear punishment not my parents. Now that I am a parent myself I realize that even punishments I give my children are to help them learn something. I believe our Heavenly Father does that for me now...I will repent daily and take my "punishment" so I can learn what I need to.

~simply~

1 chronicles 12

Hello and welcome. I am glad you came. Today I am reading through 1 chronicles 12. Grab your bible and join me won't you :o) If you do not have a bible handy you may find today's read here.

David's Supporters in Ziklag
1(A)Now these are the ones who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still restricted because of Saul the son of Kish; and they were among the mighty men who helped him in war.
2They were equipped with bows, (B)using both the right hand and the left to sling stones and to shoot arrows from the bow; (C)they were Saul's kinsmen from Benjamin

Supporters Gathered at Hebron
23Now these are the numbers of the divisions equipped for war, (M)who came to David at Hebron, (N)to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, (O)according to the word of the LORD.

38All these, being men of war who could draw up in battle formation, came to Hebron with (U)a perfect heart to make David king over all Israel; and all the rest also of Israel were of one mind to make David king.
39They were there with David three days, eating and drinking, for their kinsmen had prepared for them.
40Moreover those who were near to them, even as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, (V)brought food on donkeys, camels, mules and on oxen, great quantities of flour cakes, fig cakes and bunches of raisins, wine, oil, oxen and sheep. There was joy indeed in Israel.

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1 chronicles 11:1-47

Hello and welcome. Today I am reading through 1 chronicles 11:1-47. Grab your bible and let's get started. If you do not have a bible handy click here for today's read.

David Made King over All Israel, Jerusalem, Capital City

6Now David had said, "Whoever strikes down a Jebusite first shall be chief and commander." (F)Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, so he became chief.

7Then David dwelt in the stronghold; therefore it was called the city of David.
8He built the city all around, from the [a]Millo even to the surrounding area; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
9(G)David became greater and greater, for the LORD of hosts was with him.

David's Mighty Men

10(H)Now these are the heads of the mighty men whom David had, who gave him strong support in his kingdom, together with all Israel, to make him king, (I)according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.

14They took their stand in the midst of the plot and defended it, and struck down the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great victory.

David did great things because the Lord was with him. ***** Even as I sit here today...trying to read the Lord's word...My children are fighting- I am trying to focus- trying to find understanding...but it was not until I gave this time-this situation and these circumstances to the Lord that I was able to read and focus on my study today...

Are you having a hard time getting into the Word like I am? I am aware that generational sins are great ones...I am aware that the only way to break generational sins is to give them to the Lord...The Lord's Words never say that sin won't happen...we all have fallen short of the glory of God. It does promise, however, that we can through the believe of Jesus-find hope.

May you and your generations find hope today :o)

~simply~

1 chronicles 10:1-14

Hello and welcome. Today I am reading through 1 chronicles 10:1-14. Grab your bible and let's get started. If you do not have your bible handy you may click here for today's read.





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1 chronicles 9:1-44

Our Internet service has been out the last couple of days...I am just going to pick up where we left off on Tuesday :o) I will be reading 1 chronicles 9:1-44. Grab your bibles and lets get started. If you do not have a bible handy you may just click here for today's reading.

People of Jerusalem

1So all Israel was enrolled by genealogies; and behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. And (A)Judah was carried away into exile to Babylon for their unfaithfulness.
2(B)Now the first who lived in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites and (C)the temple servants.
3Some of the sons of Judah, of the sons of Benjamin and of the sons of Ephraim and Manasseh lived in (D)Jerusalem:

19Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives of his father's house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent; and their fathers had been over the camp of the LORD, keepers of the entrance.

22All these who were chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds were 212. These were enrolled by genealogy in their villages, (M)whom David and Samuel the seer appointed (N)in their office of trust.
23So they and their sons had charge of the gates of the house of the LORD, even the house of the tent, as guards.
24The gatekeepers were on the four sides, to the east, west, north and south.
25Their relatives in their villages (O)were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them;
26for the four chief gatekeepers who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God.

Ancestry and Descendants of Saul

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1 Chronicles 8:1-40

Hello and welcome. Today I am reading through 1 Chronicles 8:1-40. Grab your bible and let's get started. If you do not have your bible handy you may click here.

Genealogy from Benjamin, Genealogy from King Saul.

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1 chronicles 7:1-40

Hello and welcome. Today I am reading 1 chronicles 7:1-40. Grab your bible and join me. If you do not have a bible handy you may read today's passage by clicking here.

Genealogy from Issachar, Descendants of Benjamin, Sons of Naphtali
13The sons of Naphtali were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
Descendants of Manasseh, Descendants of Ephraim, Descendants of Ashe.

40All these were the sons of Asher, heads of the fathers' houses, choice and mighty men of valor, heads of the princes. And the number of them enrolled by genealogy for service in war was 26,000 men.

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1 chronicles 6:1-81

Hello and welcome. Today I am reading 1 chronicles 6:1-81. Grab your bible and let's get started. You can also click here for today's read.

Genealogy: The Priestly Line...(and some highlights)

31(K)Now these are those whom David appointed over the service of song in the house of the LORD, (L)after the ark rested there.
32They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem; and they served in their office according to their order.
33These are those who served with their sons: From the sons of the Kohathites were Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,

49But Aaron and his sons (M)offered on the altar of burnt offering and (N)on the altar of incense, for all the work of the most holy place, and (O)to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

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1 chronicles 5 :1-26

Hello and welcome. Today I am reading through 1 chronicles 5 :1-26. Grab your bible and join along or click here for today's read.

Genealogy from Reuben

1Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for (A)he was the firstborn, but because (B)he defiled his father's bed, (C)his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; so that he is not enrolled in the genealogy according to the birthright.
2(D)Though Judah prevailed over his brothers, and (E)from him came the leader, yet the birthright belonged to Joseph),

18The sons of Reuben and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, consisting of valiant men, men who bore shield and sword and shot with bow and were skillful in battle, were 44,760, who (Q)went to war.
19They made war against (R)the Hagrites, (S)Jetur, Naphish and Nodab.
20They were helped against them, and the Hagrites and all who were with them were given into their hand; for (T)they cried out to God in the battle, and He answered their prayers because (U)they trusted in Him.

25But they (Z)acted treacherously against the God of their fathers and (AA)played the harlot (AB)after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.
26So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of (AC)Pul, king of Assyria, even the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he (AD)carried them away into exile, namely the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara and to the river of Gozan, to this day.

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1 Chronicles 4:1-43

Hello and good day to you. Please grab your bible and let's get started. I am reading 1 Chronicles 4:1-43. You may click here if you like to read along.

Today we learned about the Line of Hur, Asher and the Descendants of Simeon...

38these mentioned by name were leaders in their families; and their fathers' houses increased greatly.
39They went to the entrance of Gedor, even to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
40They found rich and good pasture, and (B)the land was broad and quiet and peaceful; for those who lived there formerly were Hamites.

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1 chronicles 3:1-24

As I sit here again...wondering how I have fallen so far behind? If you have not given up as I have...grab your bible and lets begin. Today I am reading 1 Chronicles 3:1-24. If you do not have your bible handy just click here to read along.


today we learned about the family of David.

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1 chronicles 2: 1-55

feeling better now :o) Please grab your bible and let's begin. If you do not have a bible handy click here for today's reading.

Genealogy: Twelve Sons of Jacob (Israel) Genealogy of David

55The families of scribes who lived at Jabez were the Tirathites, the Shimeathites and the Sucathites. Those are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.

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1 chronicles 1-54

We have had the flu...:o( But I am doing my best to keep doing my bible study. I missed yesterday-but I am here today :o) Please grab your bible and join me in reading 1 chronicles 1-54 . Or just click here.

Today was the Genealogy from Adam. I am never sure why these genealogy's are important and then I stop and think...If we didn't have a connection to these people we would not likely believe what we are reading. Every person is listed as part of history...my history.

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2 kings 25:1-30

Hello and welcome...today I am reading through 2 kings 25:1-30. Please grab your bible and let's get started. If you do not have a bible you may find today's passage here.


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2 kings24:1-20

Hello and happy Friday to you :o)

Today I am reading through 2 kings24:1-20. Grab your bible and read along or click here.

19He did evil in the sight of the LORD, (AD)according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
20For (AE)through the anger of the LORD this came about in Jerusalem and Judah until He cast them out from His presence And (AF)Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

Another example of one who does evil in the sight of the LORD- Doing evil does make the Lord angry...would you agree. The bible tells us to repent daily. Is there anything you need to repent about today. Let's take a few moments and search our hearts.

Lord, It is my prayer that you would show me what things I need to be working on. I am asking that you gently show me where I am falling short-so that I may be a breath of fresh air and encouragement to others and not a hindrance...as I walk through the rest of my day today, may I bring your name Glory!

In Jesus name...Amen.

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2 kings 23:1-37

Hello and welcome. I am reading 2 kings 23:1-37. Grab your bible or click here for today's read.

Alright I don't always have something to say? Let's continue the story tomorrow.

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2 kings 22:1-20

Hello- Welcome! Today I am reading through 2 kings 22:1-20. You can look it up in your own bible or click here and join me back here for a chat.


19(R)because your heart was tender and (S)you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants that they should become (T)a desolation and a (U)curse, and you have (V)torn your clothes and wept before Me, I truly have heard you," declares the LORD.

Because you heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the Lord...

We must humble ourselves before the Lord. Keep a personal relationship with him daily by continuing to read the bible. I have fallen away from the daily reading I used to once do...I still read, but do I dive in??? I am ready to humble myself again before the Lord and get into the daily reading of his teaching.

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2 kings: 21:1-26

Hello again friends. Today I am reading through 2 kings: 21:1-26. Grab your bible or click here to read today's passage and join me back here for a chat.


2(B)He did evil in the sight of the LORD, (C)according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD dispossessed before the sons of Israel.

Oh to do evil in the sight of the Lord. It's time to examine our lives and see if there is anything we are doing that is evil in the sight of the Lord.

I am going to be spending the rest of the day really seeking the Lord on this one...It is my prayer that he will show me what I need to bring me to a humbled spirit today.

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2 kings 20:1-21

Hello again friends...Today I am reading through 2 kings 20:1-21. If you have a bible handy go and read it our click here. Then join me back here for a chat.

5"Return and say to Hezekiah the leader of My people, 'Thus says the LORD, the God of your father David, "I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the LORD.

Oh how wonderful it would be to hear these words. Have you ever wept before the Lord over something? Has he ever answered you? I believe he does hear us...I believe he does hear our cries...but do we always get the answer we are expecting. I try my hardest to put all my faith in his answers knowing that he has a plan for me. May he always give me peace in each process I need to walk through.

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2 kings 19:1-37

Hello and welcome. Today I am reading through 2 kings 19:1-37. Why don't you grab your bible or click here to read it and meet me back here for a chat.


14Then Hezekiah took the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it, and he went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.

19"Now, O LORD our God, I pray, deliver us from his hand that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God."

He went into the house of the Lord and spread it out before the Lord. He prayed that the Lord would deliver them. He in that moment acknowledged that he was The Lord God!

It is so easy for us to forget that no matter what we are facing, no matter what we are enduring-The Lord God has us right where he wants us...in a place of learning. We need to take all things to him-acknowledge that he alone is God!

It is my prayer that we have peace in the process in what ever we are facing today.

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thank you for joining me today :o)

~simply~

2 kings 18:1-37

Hello and welcome. Today I am reading through 2 kings 18:1-37. You can find it here. Go ahead and read it and meet me back here for a chat about it.

Elah was so young. Much younger than our standards would be today...young for such a responsibility-to be king. But it says that he did which was right.

2 Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah.
3 And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that David his father had done.

It also says that he put his trust in Jehovah

5 He trusted in Jehovah, the God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among them that were before him.

If only I in my {ahem} older age could put all my faith and trust into the Lord Jehovah...I could then be as wise as a king! And my children would do what was right and true and keep a generation living in the ways of the Lord.

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2 kings 17:1-41

Today I have been thinking alot about hidden blessings...That is what I will be looking for in my reading today.

today I am reading through 2 kings 17:1-41

I have decided to change things up a bit...to start off why don't you go and read the chapter for today(click here) and join me back here for a chat about it.

Wow! the verses today had many little nuggets of wisdom.

13Yet the LORD warned Israel and Judah through all His prophets and every seer, saying, "Turn from your evil ways and keep My commandments, My statutes according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you through My servants the prophets."
14However, they did not listen, but stiffened their neck like their fathers, who did not believe in the LORD their God.

Turn from our evil ways...keep My commandments. However they did not listen. Let us all take heed in this warning to not be stiff necked, and choose to follow the Lord our God.

Is the Lord warning you about something today? Are we keeping his commandments? That is something to be mindful as we continue on with our day today.

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~simply~

2 kings 16:1-20

Almost a week since my last post here...I have no excuse...I am going to push on! How about you...are you having a hard time keeping up? It might be time for some changes to this space...for now...I am going to pick up where I left off...today I am reading through 2 kings 16:1-20 .

I am using the kjv of the bible but you may change it if you like by clicking here.

2 Kings 16
1In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
2Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.
3But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel.
4And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
5Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.
6At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day.
7So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.
8And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.
9And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.
10And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.
11And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus.
12And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.
13And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, upon the altar.
14And he brought also the brasen altar, which was before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar.
15And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire by.
16Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded.
17And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that were under it, and put it upon the pavement of stones.
18And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria.
19Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
20And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.

King James Version (KJV)
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2kings 15:1-38

Hello and good day to you :o) today I am reading through 2kings 15:1-38

I am using the kjv of the bible but you may change it if you like by clicking here.

2 Kings 15
1In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.
2Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.
3And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done;
4Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
5And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son was over the house, judging the people of the land.
6And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
7So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
8In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.
9And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
10And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
11And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
12This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass.
13Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria.
14For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
15And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
16Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up.
17In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria.
18And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
19And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
20And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land.
21And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
22And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.
23In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years.
24And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
25But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room.
26And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
27In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years.
28And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
29In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
30And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
31And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
32In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.
33Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.
34And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done.
35Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD.
36Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
37In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.
38And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
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2 kings 14:1-29

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today I am reading through 2 kings 14:1-29

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2 Kings 14
1In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah.
2He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
3And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.
4Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.
5And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.
6But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
7He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.
8Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.
9And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
10Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
11But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah.
12And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.
13And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
14And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.
15Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
16And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.
17And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
18And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
19Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there.
20And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.
21And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.
22He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
23In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years.
24And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
25He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gathhepher.
26For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.
27And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.
28Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
29And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.

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2kings 13:1-25

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2 Kings 13
1In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.
2And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
3And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, all their days.
4And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.
5(And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as beforetime.
6Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there remained the grove also in Samaria.)
7Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.
8Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
9And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead.
10In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years.
11And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin: but he walked therein.
12And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
13And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
14Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
15And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows.
16And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands.
17And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD's deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.
18And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed.
19And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.
20And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.
21And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.
22But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
23And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.
24So Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in his stead.
25And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash beat him, and recovered the cities of Israel.
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2 kings 12:1-21

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2 Kings 12
1In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba.
2And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
3But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
4And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the LORD,
5Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found.
6But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
7Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.
8And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.
9But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.
10And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD.
11And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the LORD,
12And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.
13Howbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD:
14But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the LORD.
15Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully.
16The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the LORD: it was the priests'.
17Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.
18And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.
19And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
20And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.
21For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
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2 kings 11: 1-21

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2 Kings 11

¹And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.

²But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.

³And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.

⁴And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king's son.

⁵And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's house;

⁶And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down.

⁷And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.

⁸And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in.

⁹And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.

¹⁰And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD.

¹¹And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple.

¹²And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.

¹³And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD.

¹⁴And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason.

¹⁵But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.

¹⁶And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king's house: and there was she slain.

¹⁷And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD's people; between the king also and the people.

¹⁸And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.

¹⁹And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.

²⁰And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house.

²¹Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.

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