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   Bible Reading for June 19   
      
   1Kings 14   
   [1] At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. [2] And Jeroboam said   
   to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known   
   to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah   
   the prophet, which told me that I should be king over this people.   
   [3] And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go   
   to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child. [4] And Jeroboam's   
   wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah.   
   But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.   
   [5] And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask   
   a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto   
   her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be   
   another woman.   
   [6] And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet as she came in at   
   the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou   
   thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings. [7] Go, tell   
   Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from   
   among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,   
   [8] And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and   
   yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who   
   followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes;   
   [9] But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and   
   made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast   
   me behind thy back:   
   [10] Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will   
   cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut   
   up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of   
   Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone. [11] Him that dieth   
   of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field   
   shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD hath spoken it.   
   [12] Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet   
   enter into the city, the child shall die. [13] And all Israel shall mourn for   
   him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in   
   him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house   
   of Jeroboam. [14] Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who   
   shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now. [15] For the   
   LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root   
   up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall   
   scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking   
   the LORD to anger. [16] And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of   
   Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin.   
   [17] And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she   
   came to the threshold of the door, the child died; [18] And they buried him;   
   and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the LORD, which he   
   spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet.   
   [19] And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned,   
   behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.   
   [20] And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he   
   slept with this fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead. [21] And   
   Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years   
   old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the   
   city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his   
   name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.   
   [22] And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to   
   jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their   
   fathers had done.   
   [23] For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every   
   high hill, and under every green tree. [24] And there were also sodomites in   
   the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which   
   the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.   
   [25] And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king   
   of Egypt came up against Jerusalem: [26] And he took away the treasures of the   
   house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away   
   all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made. [27] And   
   king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the   
   hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king's house.   
   [28] And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the   
   guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber. [29] Now the   
   rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the   
   book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? [30] And there was war between   
   Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days. [31] And Rehoboam slept with his   
   fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his   
   mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his   
   stead.   
      
   1Kings 15   
   [1] Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned   
   Abijam over Judah.   
   [2] Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah,   
   the daughter of Abishalom.   
   [3] And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him:   
   and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his   
   father.   
   [4] Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in   
   Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem: [5]   
   Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not   
   aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only   
   in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. [6] And there was war between Rehoboam and   
   Jeroboam all the days of his life.   
   [7] Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not   
   written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war   
   between Abijam and Jeroboam.   
   [8] And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of   
   David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. [9] And in the twentieth year of   
   Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.   
   [10] And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name   
   was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. [11] And Asa did that which was right   
   in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father.   
   [12] And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols   
   that his fathers had made.   
   [13] And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen,   
   because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt   
   it by the brook Kidron.   
   [14] But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was   
   perfect with the LORD all his days. [15] And he brought in the things which   
   his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedicated, into the   
   house of the LORD, silver, and gold, and vessels.   
   [16] And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.   
   [17] And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he   
   might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. [18] Then Asa   
   took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house   
   of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into   
   the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Ben-hadad, the son of   
   Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,   
   [19] There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy   
   father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and   
   break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. [20]   
   So Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which   
   he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and   
   Abel-beth-maachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali. [21] And   
   it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of   
   Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah. [22] Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout   
   all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the   
   timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them   
   Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.   
   [23] The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did,   
   and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the   
   chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he   
   was diseased in his feet.   
   [24] And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the   
   city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead. [25]   
   And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of   
   Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years. [26] And he did evil in   
   the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin   
   wherewith he made Israel to sin. [27] And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the   
   house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon,   
   which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to   
   Gibbethon. [28] Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay   
   him, and reigned in his stead.   
   [29] And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of   
   Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed   
   him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake by his servant   
   Ahijah the Shilonite:   
   [30] Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel   
   sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger.   
   [31] Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not   
   written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? [32] And there   
   was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. [33] In the   
   third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over   
   all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years. [34] And he did evil in the sight   
   of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he   
   made Israel to sin.   
      
   1Kings 16   
   [1] Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha,   
   saying,   
   [2] Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my   
   people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my   
   people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins; [3] Behold, I   
   will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and   
   will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.   
   [4] Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that   
   dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat. [5] Now the rest of   
   the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in   
   the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? [6] So Baasha slept with   
   his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.   
   [7] And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word   
   of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that   
   he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of   
   his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.   
   [8] In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of   
   Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years. [9] And his servant Zimri,   
   captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah,   
   drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah.   
   [10] And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and   
   seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead. [11] And it came   
   to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew   
   all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall,   
   neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends. [12] Thus did Zimri destroy all   
   the house of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake against   
   Baasha by Jehu the prophet, [13] For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of   
   Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in   
   provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities. [14] Now the   
   rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the   
   book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? [15] In the twenty and seventh   
   year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people   
   were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.   
   [16] And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and   
   hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the   
   host, king over Israel that day in the camp. [17] And Omri went up from   
   Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.   
   [18] And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went   
   into the palace of the king's house, and burnt the king's house over him with   
   fire, and died,   
   [19] For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the LORD, in   
   walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to   
   sin.   
   [20] Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are   
   they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? [21]   
   Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people   
   followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri.   
   [22] But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that   
   followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned. [23] In the   
   thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel,   
   twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah. [24] And he bought the hill   
   Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called   
   the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the   
   hill, Samaria. [25] But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did   
   worse than all that were before him.   
   [26] For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin   
   wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger   
   with their vanities.   
   [27] Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he   
   shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of   
   Israel?   
   [28] So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his   
   son reigned in his stead.   
   [29] And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son   
   of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in   
   Samaria twenty and two years. [30] And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the   
   sight of the LORD above all that were before him.   
   [31] And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in   
   the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the   
   daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and   
   worshipped him.   
   [32] And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had   
   built in Samaria.   
   [33] And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of   
   Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him. [34] In his   
   days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in   
   Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub,   
   according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.   
      
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