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Bible Reading for September 10
2 Chronicles 33
[1] Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty
and five years in Jerusalem:
[2] But did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the
abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of
Israel.
[3] For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken
down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all
the host of heaven, and served them. [4] Also he built altars in the house of
the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
[5] And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the
house of the LORD.
[6] And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the
son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used
witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought
much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. [7] And he set a
carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God
had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem,
which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for
ever:
[8] Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land
which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all
that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and
the ordinances by the hand of Moses. [9] So Manasseh made Judah and the
inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the
LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel.
[10] And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not
hearken.
[11] Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king
of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters,
and carried him to Babylon. [12] And when he was in affliction, he besought
the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
[13] And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his
supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then
Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God. [14] Now after this he built a wall
without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to
the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up
a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of
Judah. [15] And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house
of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of
the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city. [16] And he
repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and
thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel.
[17] Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto
the LORD their God only.
[18] Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and
the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the LORD God of
Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel. [19] His
prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin, and his
trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and
graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the
sayings of the seers.
[20] So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house:
and Amon his son reigned in his stead. [21] Amon was two and twenty years old
when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem.
[22] But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh
his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his
father had made, and served them; [23] And humbled not himself before the
LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and
more. [24] And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own
house. [25] But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired
against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his
stead.
2 Chronicles 34
[1] Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in
Jerusalem one and thirty years.
[2] And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in
the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to
the left.
[3] For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to
seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to
purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved
images, and the molten images. [4] And they brake down the altars of Baalim in
his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and
the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces,
and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had
sacrificed unto them. [5] And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their
altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
[6] And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even
unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about. [7] And when he had broken
down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder,
and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to
Jerusalem. [8] Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the
land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the
governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the
house of the LORD his God.
[9] And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money
that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors
had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of
Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem.
[10] And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the
house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house
of the LORD, to repair and amend the house: [11] Even to the artificers and
builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to
floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.
[12] And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were
Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and
Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the
Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick. [13] Also they were
over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work
in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers,
and porters. [14] And when they brought out the money that was brought into
the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the LORD
given by Moses.
[15] And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the
book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered the book to
Shaphan.
[16] And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back
again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do it. [17] And
they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the LORD,
and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the
workmen.
[18] Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath
given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. [19] And it came to
pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.
[20] And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon
the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king's,
saying,
[21] Go, inquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and
in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the
wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not
kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book. [22]
And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the
prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper
of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake
to her to that effect.
[23] And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell ye the man
that sent you to me,
[24] Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon
the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book
which they have read before the king of Judah: [25] Because they have forsaken
me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to
anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured
out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.
[26] And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, so
shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel concerning the words
which thou hast heard;
[27] Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God,
when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants
thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep
before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD. [28] Behold, I will
gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace,
neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place,
and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.
[29] Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and
Jerusalem.
[30] And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of
Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and
all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of
the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD. [31] And the
king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after
the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes,
with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the
covenant which are written in this book. [32] And he caused all that were
present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of
Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
[33] And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that
pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel
to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And all his days they departed not
from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles 35
[1] Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they
killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month. [2] And he set
the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house
of the LORD,
[3] And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the
LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of
Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the
LORD your God, and his people Israel, [4] And prepare yourselves by the houses
of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of
Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.
[5] And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the families of
the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the division of the
families of the Levites.
[6] So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren,
that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
[7] And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the
passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty
thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king's substance. [8]
And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the
Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave
unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small
cattle, and three hundred oxen. [9] Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel,
his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave
unto the Levites for passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and five
hundred oxen. [10] So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their
place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's commandment.
[11] And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from
their hands, and the Levites flayed them. [12] And they removed the burnt
offerings, that they might give according to the divisions of the families of
the people, to offer unto the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses. And
so did they with the oxen. [13] And they roasted the passover with fire
according to the ordinance: but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and
in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the people. [14]
And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests: because the
priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering of burnt offerings and the
fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the
priests the sons of Aaron. [15] And the singers the sons of Asaph were in
their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and
Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not
depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
[16] So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the
passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the LORD, according
to the commandment of king Josiah.
[17] And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that
time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days. [18] And there was no
passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet;
neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and
the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and
the inhabitants of Jerusalem. [19] In the eighteenth year of the reign of
Josiah was this passover kept. [20] After all this, when Josiah had prepared
the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by
Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.
[21] But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou
king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house
wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from
meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not. [22] Nevertheless
Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might
fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of
God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo. [23] And the archers shot at
king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore
wounded. [24] His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him
in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he
died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah
and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
[25] And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing
women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an
ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.
[26] Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that
which was written in the law of the LORD, [27] And his deeds, first and last,
behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
2 Chronicles 36
[1] Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him
king in his father's stead in Jerusalem. [2] Jehoahaz was twenty and three
years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
[3] And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in
an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. [4] And the king of Egypt
made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to
Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.
[5] Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight
of the LORD his God.
[6] Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in
fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
[7] Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD to
Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon. [8] Now the rest of the acts
of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in
him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah:
and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
[9] Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned
three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the
sight of the LORD.
[10] And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him
to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made
Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem. [11] Zedekiah was one and
twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
[12] And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and
humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the
LORD.
[13] And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear
by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto
the LORD God of Israel.
[14] Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very
much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the
LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem. [15] And the LORD God of their
fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending;
because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:
[16] But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and
misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people,
till there was no remedy.
[17] Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their
young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no
compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he
gave them all into his hand.
[18] And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the
treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his
princes; all these he brought to Babylon. [19] And they burnt the house of
God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof
with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.
[20] And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon;
where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of
Persia:
[21] To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land
had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to
fulfil threescore and ten years. [22] Now in the first year of Cyrus king of
Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be
accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he
made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing,
saying, [23] Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth
hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an
house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his
people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.
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