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2 Chronicles 1:1-2:16
Chapter 1
Solomon Worships at Gibeon
1 Now (C1)Solomon the son of David established himself securely over his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him and (C2)exalted him greatly.
2 And Solomon spoke to all Israel, (C1)to the commanders of thousands, of hundreds, and to the judges and to every leader in all Israel, the heads of the fathers' households.3 Then Solomon and all the assembly with him went to (C1)the high place which was at Gibeon, (C2)because God's tent of meeting was there which Moses, the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.4 However, David had brought up (C1)the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim (F1)to (C2)the place he had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.5 Now (C1)the bronze altar which Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made was there before the tabernacle of the LORD, and Solomon and the assembly sought it out.6 And Solomon went up there before the LORD to the bronze altar which was at the tent of meeting, and (C1)offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.
7 (C1)In that night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, "Ask what I shall give you."
Solomon's Prayer for Wisdom
8 And Solomon said to God, "You have dealt with my father David with great faithfulness, and (C1)have made me king in his place.9 "Now, LORD God, (C1)Your (F1)promise to my father David is fulfilled, for You have made me king over (C2)a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.10 "(C1)Now give me wisdom and knowledge, (C2)so that I may go out and come in before this people, for who can rule this great people of Yours?"11 (C1)Then God said to Solomon, "Because this was (F1)in your heart, and you did not ask for riches, wealth, or honor, or the life of those who hate you, nor did you even ask for long life, but you asked for yourself wisdom and knowledge so that you may rule My people over whom I have made you king,12 wisdom and knowledge have been granted to you. (C1)I will also give you riches, wealth, and honor, (F1)such as none of the kings who were before you has possessed, nor will those who will (F2)come after you."13 (C1)So Solomon went (F1)from the high place which was at Gibeon, from the tent of meeting, to Jerusalem, and he reigned over Israel.Solomon's Wealth
14 (C1)Solomon amassed chariots and horsemen. (C2)He had 1,400 chariots and twelve thousand horsemen, and he stationed them in (C3)the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.15 (C1)The king made (C2)silver and gold as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars as plentiful as sycamores in the (F1)lowland.16 Solomon's (C1)horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue; the king's traders acquired them from Kue for a price.17 They (F1)imported chariots from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver apiece, horses for 150 apiece, and (F2)by the same means they (F3)exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.
Chapter 2
Solomon Will Build a Temple and a Palace
1 (F1)(C1)Now Solomon (F2)decided to build a house for the name of the LORD, and a (F3)royal palace for himself.2 (F1)So (C1)Solomon (F2)assigned seventy thousand men to carry loads, eighty thousand men to quarry stone in the mountains, and 3,600 to supervise them.
3 (C1)Then Solomon sent word to (F1)Huram the king of Tyre, saying, "(C2)As you dealt with my father David and sent him cedars to build him a house to live in, do it for me.4 "Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, dedicating it to Him, (C1)to burn fragrant incense before Him and to set out (C2)the showbread continually, and to offer (C3)burnt offerings morning and evening, (C4)on Sabbaths, on new moons, and on the appointed feasts of the LORD our God. This is to be done in Israel forever.5 "The house which I am about to build will be great, for our God is (C1)greater than all the gods.6 "But (C1)who is able to build a house for Him, since the heavens and the highest heavens cannot contain Him? And who am I, that I should build a house for Him, except to (F1)burn incense before Him?7 "Now (C1)send me a skilled man to work in gold, silver, brass, iron, and in purple, crimson, and violet fabrics, one who knows how to make engravings, to work with the skilled workers (F1)(C2)whom I have in Judah and Jerusalem, whom my father David provided.8 "(C1)Send me also cedar, juniper, and algum timber from Lebanon, for I know that your servants know how to cut timber of Lebanon; and indeed (C2)my servants will work with your servants,9 to prepare timber in abundance for me, for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful.10 "Now behold, (C1)I will give your servants, the woodsmen who cut the timber, (F1)twenty thousand kors of crushed wheat, twenty thousand kors of barley, (F2)twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil."
Huram to Assist
11 Then Huram, king of Tyre, (F1)answered in a letter sent to Solomon: "(C1)Because the LORD loves His people, He has made you king over them."12 Then Huram (F1)continued, "Blessed be (C1)the LORD, the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given King David a wise son, (F2)endowed with discretion and understanding, (C2)who will build a house for the LORD and a (F3)royal palace for himself.
13 "Now then, I am sending Huram-abi, a skilled man, (F1)endowed with understanding,14 (C1)the son of a (F1)Danite woman and (F2)a Tyrian father, who knows how to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood, and in purple, violet, linen, and crimson fabrics, and who knows how to make all kinds of engravings and to (F3)execute any design which is assigned to him, to work with your skilled workers and with (F4)those of my lord, your father David.15 "Now then, let my lord send his servants wheat and barley, oil and wine, of (C1)which he has spoken.16 "(C1)We will cut whatever timber you need from Lebanon and bring it to you as rafts by sea to Joppa, so that you may carry it up to Jerusalem."<
Zechariah 14
Chapter 14
God Will Battle Jerusalem's Enemies
1 Behold, a (C1)day is coming for the LORD when (C2)the spoils taken from you will be divided among you.2 For I will (C1)gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be taken, the (C2)houses plundered, the women raped, and half of the city exiled, but the rest of the people will not be eliminated from the city.3 Then the LORD will go forth and (C1)fight against those nations, as (F1)when He fights on a day of battle.4 On that day His feet will (C1)stand on the Mount of Olives, which is in front of Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be (C2)split (F1)in its middle from east to west forming a very large valley. Half of the mountain will move toward the north, and the other half toward the south.5 And you will flee by the valley of My mountains, for the valley of the mountains will reach to Azel; yes, you will flee just as you fled from the (C1)earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. (C2)Then the LORD, my God, will come, and all the holy ones with (F1)Him!
6 On that day there will be (C1)no light; the (F1)luminaries will die out.7 For it will be (C1)a unique day which is (C2)known to the LORD, neither day nor night, but it will come about that at the (C3)time of evening there will be light.
8 And on that day (C1)living waters will flow out of Jerusalem, half of them toward the eastern sea and the other half toward the western sea; it will be in summer as well as in winter.
God Will Be King over All
9 And the LORD will be (C1)King over all the earth; on that day the LORD will be the only (C2)one, and His name the only one.
10 All the land will change into a plain from (C1)Geba to (C2)Rimmon south of Jerusalem; but (F1)Jerusalem will (C3)rise and (C4)remain on its site from (C5)Benjamin's Gate as far as the place of the First Gate to the (C6)Corner Gate, and from the (C7)Tower of Hananel to the king's wine presses.11 People will live in it, and there will (C1)no longer be a curse, for Jerusalem will (C2)live in security.
12 Now this will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem; their flesh will (C1)rot while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongue will rot in their mouth.13 And it will come about on that day that a great panic from the LORD will (F1)fall on them; and they will (C1)seize one another's hand, and the hand of one will (F2)be raised against the hand of another.14 (C1)Judah also will fight at Jerusalem; and the (C2)wealth of all the surrounding nations will be gathered, gold, silver, and garments in great abundance.15 And just like this (C1)plague, there will be a plague on the horse, the mule, the camel, the donkey, and all the cattle that will be in those camps.
16 Then it will come about that any who are left of all the nations that came against Jerusalem will (C1)go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of armies, and to celebrate the (C2)Feast of Booths.17 And it will be that whichever of the families of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to worship the (C1)King, the LORD of armies, there will be (C2)no rain on them.18 And if the family of Egypt does not go up or enter, then no rain will fall on them; it will be the (C1)plague with which the LORD strikes the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Booths.19 This will be the (F1)punishment of Egypt, and the (F1)punishment of all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Booths.
20 On that day there will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, "(C1)HOLY TO THE LORD." And the (C2)cooking pots in the LORD'S house will be like the bowls before the altar.21 Every cooking pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be (C1)holy to the LORD of armies; and all who sacrifice will come and take of them and boil in them. And there will no longer be a (F1)(C2)Canaanite in the house of the LORD of armies on that day.
John 8:1-20
Chapter 8
The Adulterous Woman
1 But Jesus went to (C1)the Mount of Olives.2 And early in the morning He came again into the temple area, and all the people were coming to Him; and (C1)He sat down and began teaching them.3 Now the scribes and the Pharisees (*)brought a woman caught in the act of adultery, and after placing her in the center of the courtyard,4 they (*)said to Him, "Teacher, this woman has been caught in the very act of committing adultery.5 "Now in the Law, (C1)Moses commanded us to stone such women; what then do You say?"6 Now they were saying this to (C1)test Him, (C2)so that they might have grounds for accusing Him. But Jesus stooped down and with His finger wrote on the ground.7 When they persisted in asking Him, (C1)He straightened up and said to them, "(C2)He who is without sin among you, let him be the (C3)first to throw a stone at her."8 And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground.9 Now when they heard this, they began leaving, one by one, beginning with the older ones, and He was left alone, and the woman where she was, in the center of the courtyard.10 And (C1)straightening up, Jesus said to her, "Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?"11 She said, "No one, (F1)Lord." And Jesus said, "(C1)I do not condemn you, either. Go. From now on do not (C2)sin any longer."]]
Jesus Is the Light of the World
12 Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, "(C1)I am the Light of the world; (C2)the one who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life."13 So the Pharisees said to Him, "(C1)You are testifying about Yourself; Your testimony is not (F1)true."14 Jesus answered and said to them, "(C1)Even if I am testifying about Myself, My testimony is (F1)true, because I know (C2)where I came from and where I am going; but (C3)you do not know where I come from or where I am going.15 "(C1)You judge (F1)according to the flesh; (C2)I am not judging anyone.16 "But even (C1)if I do judge, My judgment is true; for I am not alone in it, but I and the Father who sent Me.17 "Even in (C1)your Law it has been written that the testimony of (C2)two people is (F1)true.18 "I am He who testifies about Myself, and (C1)the Father who sent Me testifies about Me."19 So they were saying to Him, "Where is Your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither Me nor My Father; (C1)if you knew Me, you would know My Father also."20 These words He spoke (F1)in (C1)the treasury, as (C2)He taught in the temple area; and no one arrested Him, because (C3)His hour had not yet come.<
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