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August 28 - Bible-in-a-Year
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1 Chronicles 29
Chapter 29
Gifts for Building the Temple
1 Then King David said to the whole assembly: "My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced.(a) The task is great, because this palatial structure is not for man but for the Lord God. 2 With all my resources I have provided for the temple of my God—gold(b) for the gold work, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise,[a](c) stones of various colors, and all kinds of fine stone and marble—all of these in large quantities.(d) 3 Besides, in my devotion to the temple of my God I now give my personal treasures of gold and silver for the temple of my God, over and above everything I have provided(e) for this holy temple: 4 three thousand talents[b] of gold (gold of Ophir)(f) and seven thousand talents[c] of refined silver,(g) for the overlaying of the walls of the buildings, 5 for the gold work and the silver work, and for all the work to be done by the craftsmen. Now, who is willing to consecrate themselves to the Lord today?"
6 Then the leaders of families, the officers of the tribes of Israel, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, and the officials(h) in charge of the king's work gave willingly.(i) 7 They(j) gave toward the work on the temple of God five thousand talents[d] and ten thousand darics[e] of gold, ten thousand talents[f] of silver, eighteen thousand talents[g] of bronze and a hundred thousand talents[h] of iron. 8 Anyone who had precious stones(k) gave them to the treasury of the temple of the Lord in the custody of Jehiel the Gershonite.(l) 9 The people rejoiced at the willing response of their leaders, for they had given freely and wholeheartedly(m) to the Lord . David the king also rejoiced greatly.
David's Prayer
10 David praised the Lord in the presence of the whole assembly, saying,
"Praise be to you,
Lord
,
the God of our father Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting.
11 Yours,
Lord
, is the greatness and the power(n)
and the glory and the majesty and the splendor,
for everything in heaven and earth is yours.(o)
Yours,
Lord
, is the kingdom;
you are exalted as head over all.(p)
12 Wealth and honor(q) come from you;
you are the ruler(r) of all things.
In your hands are strength and power
to exalt and give strength to all.
13 Now, our God, we give you thanks,
and praise your glorious name.
14 "But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this?(s) Everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your hand.(t) 15 We are foreigners and strangers(u) in your sight, as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow,(v) without hope. 16 Lord our God, all this abundance that we have provided for building you a temple for your Holy Name comes from your hand, and all of it belongs to you. 17 I know, my God, that you test the heart(w) and are pleased with integrity. All these things I have given willingly and with honest intent. And now I have seen with joy how willingly your people who are here have given to you.(x) 18 Lord , the God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac and Israel, keep these desires and thoughts in the hearts of your people forever, and keep their hearts loyal to you. 19 And give my son Solomon the wholehearted devotion(y) to keep your commands, statutes and decrees(z) and to do everything to build the palatial structure for which I have provided."(aa)
20 Then David said to the whole assembly, "Praise the Lord your God." So they all praised the Lord , the God of their fathers; they bowed down, prostrating themselves before the Lord and the king.
Solomon Acknowledged as King(ab)
21 The next day they made sacrifices to the Lord and presented burnt offerings to him:(ac) a thousand bulls, a thousand rams and a thousand male lambs, together with their drink offerings, and other sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.(ad) 22 They ate and drank with great joy(ae) in the presence of the Lord that day.
Then they acknowledged Solomon son of David as king a second time, anointing him before the Lord to be ruler and Zadok(af) to be priest. 23 So Solomon sat(ag) on the throne(ah) of the Lord as king in place of his father David. He prospered and all Israel obeyed him. 24 All the officers and warriors, as well as all of King David's sons,(ai) pledged their submission to King Solomon.
25 The Lord highly exalted(aj) Solomon in the sight of all Israel and bestowed on him royal splendor(ak) such as no king over Israel ever had before.(al)
The Death of David(am)
26 David son of Jesse was king(an) over all Israel.(ao) 27 He ruled over Israel forty years—seven in Hebron(ap) and thirty-three in Jerusalem.(aq) 28 He died(ar) at a good old age, having enjoyed long life, wealth and honor. His son Solomon succeeded him as king.(as)
29 As for the events of King David's reign, from beginning to end, they are written in the records of Samuel the seer,(at) the records of Nathan(au) the prophet and the records of Gad(av) the seer, 30 together with the details of his reign and power, and the circumstances that surrounded him and Israel and the kingdoms of all the other lands.
Zechariah 13
Chapter 13
Cleansing From Sin
1 "On that day a fountain(a) will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse(b) them from sin and impurity.
2 "On that day, I will banish the names of the idols(c) from the land, and they will be remembered no more,"(d) declares the Lord Almighty. "I will remove both the prophets(e) and the spirit of impurity from the land. 3 And if anyone still prophesies, their father and mother, to whom they were born, will say to them, ‘You must die, because you have told lies(f) in the Lord 's name.' Then their own parents will stab the one who prophesies.(g)
4 "On that day every prophet will be ashamed(h) of their prophetic vision. They will not put on a prophet's garment(i) of hair(j) in order to deceive.(k) 5 Each will say, ‘I am not a prophet. I am a farmer; the land has been my livelihood since my youth.[a]'(l) 6 If someone asks, ‘What are these wounds on your body[b]?' they will answer, ‘The wounds I was given at the house of my friends.'
The Shepherd Struck, the Sheep Scattered
7 "Awake, sword,(m) against my shepherd,(n)
against the man who is close to me!"
declares the
Lord
Almighty.
"Strike the shepherd,
and the sheep will be scattered,(o)
and I will turn my hand against the little ones.
8 In the whole land," declares the
Lord
,
"two-thirds will be struck down and perish;
yet one-third will be left in it.(p)
9 This third I will put into the fire;(q)
I will refine them like silver(r)
and test them like gold.(s)
They will call(t) on my name(u)
and I will answer(v) them;
I will say, ‘They are my people,'(w)
and they will say, ‘The
Lord
is our God.(x)'"
John 7:25-53
Chapter 7
25 At that point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask, "Isn't this the man they are trying to kill?(aa) 26 Here he is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying a word to him. Have the authorities(ab) really concluded that he is the Messiah?(ac) 27 But we know where this man is from;(ad) when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from."
28 Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts,(ae) cried out, "Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from.(af) I am not here on my own authority, but he who sent me is true.(ag) You do not know him, 29 but I know him(ah) because I am from him and he sent me."(ai)
30 At this they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him,(aj) because his hour had not yet come.(ak) 31 Still, many in the crowd believed in him.(al) They said, "When the Messiah comes, will he perform more signs(am) than this man?"
32 The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering such things about him. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest him.
33 Jesus said, "I am with you for only a short time,(an) and then I am going to the one who sent me.(ao) 34 You will look for me, but you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come."(ap)
35 The Jews said to one another, "Where does this man intend to go that we cannot find him? Will he go where our people live scattered(aq) among the Greeks,(ar) and teach the Greeks? 36 What did he mean when he said, ‘You will look for me, but you will not find me,' and ‘Where I am, you cannot come' ?"(as)
37 On the last and greatest day of the festival,(at) Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, "Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.(au) 38 Whoever believes(av) in me, as Scripture has said,(aw) rivers of living water(ax) will flow from within them."[c](ay) 39 By this he meant the Spirit,(az) whom those who believed in him were later to receive.(ba) Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.(bb)
40 On hearing his words, some of the people said, "Surely this man is the Prophet."(bc)
41 Others said, "He is the Messiah."
Still others asked, "How can the Messiah come from Galilee?(bd) 42 Does not Scripture say that the Messiah will come from David's descendants(be) and from Bethlehem,(bf) the town where David lived?" 43 Thus the people were divided(bg) because of Jesus. 44 Some wanted to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.(bh)
Unbelief of the Jewish Leaders
45 Finally the temple guards went back to the chief priests and the Pharisees, who asked them, "Why didn't you bring him in?"
46 "No one ever spoke the way this man does,"(bi) the guards replied.
47 "You mean he has deceived you also?"(bj) the Pharisees retorted. 48 "Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him?(bk) 49 No! But this mob that knows nothing of the law—there is a curse on them."
50 Nicodemus,(bl) who had gone to Jesus earlier and who was one of their own number, asked, 51 "Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?"
52 They replied, "Are you from Galilee, too? Look into it, and you will find that a prophet does not come out of Galilee."(bm)
[The earliest manuscripts and many other ancient witnesses do not have John 7:53—8:11. A few manuscripts include these verses, wholly or in part, after John 7:36, John 21:25, Luke 21:38 or Luke 24:53.]
53 Then they all went home,
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