From: "FamilyNet"
Bible Reading for August 28
1 Chronicles 20
[1] And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that
kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the
country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David
tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it. [2] And David
took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent
of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David's
head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city.
[3] And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws, and
with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities
of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
[4] And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the
Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of
the children of the giant: and they were subdued. [5] And there was war again
with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of
Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam.
[6] And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature,
whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each
foot: and he also was the son of the giant. [7] But when he defied Israel,
Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.
[8] These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of
David, and by the hand of his servants.
1 Chronicles 21
[1] And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
[2] And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel
from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may
know it.
[3] And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more
as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why
then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to
Israel?
[4] Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab
departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem. [5] And Joab
gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel
were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and
Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.
[6] But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was
abominable to Joab.
[7] And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel. [8] And
David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing:
but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done
very foolishly.
[9] And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying, [10] Go and tell David,
saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of
them, that I may do it unto thee. [11] So Gad came to David, and said unto
him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee
[12] Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy
foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three
days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of
the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise
thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me. [13] And David said
unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD;
for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.
[14] So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy
thousand men.
[15] And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was
destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the
angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the
LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. [16] And David lifted
up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the
heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then
David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their
faces.
[17] And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be
numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these
sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on
me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be
plagued.
[18] Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David
should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Ornan
the Jebusite.
[19] And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the
LORD.
[20] And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid
themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat. [21] And as David came to Ornan,
Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed
himself to David with his face to the ground. [22] Then David said to Ornan,
Grant me the place of this threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein
unto the LORD: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may
be stayed from the people. [23] And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee,
and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee
the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and
the wheat for the meat offering; I give it all.
[24] And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full
price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor offer burnt
offerings without cost.
[25] So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by
weight.
[26] And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings
and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him from heaven
by fire upon the altar of burnt offering. [27] And the LORD commanded the
angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.
[28] At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the
threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there. [29] For the
tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of
the burnt offering, were at that season in the high place at Gibeon.
[30] But David could not go before it to inquire of God: for he was afraid
because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
1 Chronicles 22
[1] Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar
of the burnt offering for Israel. [2] And David commanded to gather together
the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew
wrought stones to build the house of God.
[3] And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the
gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight; [4] Also
cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much
cedar wood to David.
[5] And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is
to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory
throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So
David prepared abundantly before his death. [6] Then he called for Solomon his
son, and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel.
[7] And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build
an house unto the name of the LORD my God: [8] But the word of the LORD came
to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou
shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon
the earth in my sight. [9] Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a
man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for
his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in
his days. [10] He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son,
and I will be his father; and I will establish throne of his kingdom over
Israel for ever.
[11] Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house
of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee. [12] Only the LORD give thee
wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou
mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God. [13] Then shalt thou prosper, if thou
takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses
with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be
dismayed. [14] Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the
LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of
silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber
also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto. [15] Moreover
there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and
timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work. [16] Of the
gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise
therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee. [17] David also commanded
all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,
[18] Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on
every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and
the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people. [19] Now set your
heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye
the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD,
and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of
the LORD.
1 Chronicles 23
[1] So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over
Israel.
[2] And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and
the Levites.
[3] Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and
their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand. [4] Of
which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of
the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges: [5] Moreover four
thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments
which I made, said David, to praise therewith. [6] And David divided them into
courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
[7] Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei. [8] The sons of Laadan; the
chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three. [9] The sons of Shimei;
Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers
of Laadan. [10] And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and
Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
[11] And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had
not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their
father's house.
[12] The sons of Kohath; Amram, Ishar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. [13] The sons
of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify
the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the
LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever.
[14] Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of
Levi.
[15] The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer. [16] Of the sons of
Gershom, Shebuel was the chief. [17] And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah
the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very
many. [18] Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief. [19] Of the sons of
Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam
the fourth. [20] Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah the first, and Jesiah the
second. [21] The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar,
and Kish.
[22] And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the
sons of Kish took them.
[23] The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three. [24] These were
the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the
fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the
work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years
and upward.
[25] For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people,
that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever: [26] And also unto the Levites;
they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service
thereof. [27] For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from
twenty years old and above:
[28] Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of
the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the
purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;
[29] Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for
the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that
which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size; [30] And to stand
every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at even;
[31] And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths, in the
new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded
unto them, continually before the LORD: [32] And that they should keep the
charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy
place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of
the house of the LORD.
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