Chapter 23<\/h4>

1<\/small><\/span> It happened after many days, when Yahweh had given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, and Joshua was old and well stricken in years;<\/p>

2<\/small><\/span> that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and for their heads, and for their judges and for their officers, and said to them, I am old and well stricken in years:<\/p>

3<\/small><\/span> and you have seen all that Yahweh your God has done to all these nations because of you; for Yahweh your God, he it is that has fought for you.<\/p>

4<\/small><\/span> Behold, I have allotted to you these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even to the great sea toward the going down of the sun.<\/p>

5<\/small><\/span> Yahweh your God, he will thrust them out from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and you shall possess their land, as Yahweh your God spoke to you.<\/p>

6<\/small><\/span> Therefore be you very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that you not turn aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;<\/p>

7<\/small><\/span> that you not come among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear [by them], neither serve them, nor bow down yourselves to them;<\/p>

8<\/small><\/span> but cleave to Yahweh your God, as you have done to this day.<\/p>

9<\/small><\/span> For Yahweh has driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man has stood before you to this day.<\/p>

10<\/small><\/span> One man of you shall chase a thousand; for Yahweh your God, he it is who fights for you, as he spoke to you.<\/p>

11<\/small><\/span> Take good heed therefore to yourselves, that you love Yahweh your God.<\/p>

12<\/small><\/span> Else if you do at all go back, and cleave to the remnant of these nations, even these who remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in to them, and they to you;<\/p>

13<\/small><\/span> know for a certainty that Yahweh your God will no more drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap to you, and a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which Yahweh your God has given you.<\/p>

14<\/small><\/span> Behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing has failed of all the good things which Yahweh your God spoke concerning you; all are happen to you, not one thing has failed of it.<\/p>

15<\/small><\/span> It shall happen, that as all the good things are come on you of which Yahweh your God spoke to you, so will Yahweh bring on you all the evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which Yahweh your God has given you.<\/p>

16<\/small><\/span> When you disobey the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow down yourselves to them; then will the anger of Yahweh be kindled against you, and you shall perish quickly from off the good land which he has given to you.<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: World English Bible<\/em><\/p>\n

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#9: Moses Reminds The Israelites Of God\u2019s Commands (Deuteronomy 1:1-8) <\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 1<\/h4>

1<\/small><\/span> These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah over against Suph, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Di-zahab.<\/p>

2<\/small><\/span> It is eleven days' [journey] from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.<\/p>

3<\/small><\/span> It happened in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spoke to the children of Israel, according to all that Yahweh had given him in commandment to them;<\/p>

4<\/small><\/span> after he had struck Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth, at Edrei.<\/p>

5<\/small><\/span> Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,<\/p>

6<\/small><\/span> Yahweh our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying, You have lived long enough in this mountain:<\/p>

7<\/small><\/span> turn you, and take your journey, and go to the hill-country of the Amorites, and to all [the places] near thereunto, in the Arabah, in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and in the South, and by the sea-shore, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.<\/p>

8<\/small><\/span> Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their seed after them.<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: World English Bible<\/em><\/p>\n

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#8: King Josiah\u2019s Public Reading Of The Law (2 Kings 22:1-20) (2 Kings 23:1-3)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 22<\/h4>

1<\/small><\/span> Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.<\/p>

2<\/small><\/span> He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, and walked in all the way of David his father, and didn't turn aside to the right hand or to the left.<\/p>

3<\/small><\/span> It happened in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of Yahweh, saying,<\/p>

4<\/small><\/span> Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the money which is brought into the house of Yahweh, which the keepers of the threshold have gathered of the people:<\/p>

5<\/small><\/span> and let them deliver it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of Yahweh; and let them give it to the workmen who are in the house of Yahweh, to repair the breaches of the house,<\/p>

6<\/small><\/span> to the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house.<\/p>

7<\/small><\/span> However there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand; for they dealt faithfully.<\/p>

8<\/small><\/span> Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of Yahweh. Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan, and he read it.<\/p>

9<\/small><\/span> Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Your servants have emptied out the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of Yahweh.<\/p>

10<\/small><\/span> Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest has delivered me a book. Shaphan read it before the king.<\/p>

11<\/small><\/span> It happened, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he tore his clothes.<\/p>

12<\/small><\/span> The king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant, saying,<\/p>

13<\/small><\/span> Go you, inquire of Yahweh for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found; for great is the wrath of Yahweh that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not listened to the words of this book, to do according to all that which is written concerning us.<\/p>

14<\/small><\/span> So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the second quarter); and they talked with her.<\/p>

15<\/small><\/span> She said to them, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: Tell you the man who sent you to me,<\/p>

16<\/small><\/span> Thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will bring evil on this place, and on the inhabitants of it, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read.<\/p>

17<\/small><\/span> Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and it shall not be quenched.<\/p>

18<\/small><\/span> But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Yahweh, thus shall you tell him, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: As touching the words which you have heard,<\/p>

19<\/small><\/span> because your heart was tender, and you did humble yourself before Yahweh, when you heard what I spoke against this place, and against the inhabitants of it, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and have torn your clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard you, says Yahweh.<\/p>

20<\/small><\/span> Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, neither shall your eyes see all the evil which I will bring on this place. They brought the king word again.<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: World English Bible<\/em><\/p>\n

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#7: The Glory Of The Lord Fills The Newly Set Up Tabernacle (Exodus 40:17-35)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 40<\/h4>

17<\/small><\/span> It happened in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tent was raised up.<\/p>

18<\/small><\/span> Moses raised up the tent, and laid its sockets, and set up the boards of it, and put in the bars of it, and raised up its pillars.<\/p>

19<\/small><\/span> He spread the covering over the tent, and put the roof of the tent above on it, as Yahweh commanded Moses.<\/p>

20<\/small><\/span> He took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the poles on the ark, and put the mercy seat above on the ark.<\/p>

21<\/small><\/span> He brought the ark into the tent, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony, as Yahweh commanded Moses.<\/p>

22<\/small><\/span> He put the table in the tent of meeting, on the side of the tent northward, outside of the veil.<\/p>

23<\/small><\/span> He set the bread in order on it before Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses.<\/p>

24<\/small><\/span> He put the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table, on the side of the tent southward.<\/p>

25<\/small><\/span> He lit the lamps before Yahweh, as Yahweh commanded Moses.<\/p>

26<\/small><\/span> He put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil;<\/p>

27<\/small><\/span> and he burnt incense of sweet spices on it, as Yahweh commanded Moses.<\/p>

28<\/small><\/span> He put up the screen of the door to the tent.<\/p>

29<\/small><\/span> He set the altar of burnt offering at the door of the tent of the tent of meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the meal-offering, as Yahweh commanded Moses.<\/p>

30<\/small><\/span> He set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water therein, with which to wash.<\/p>

31<\/small><\/span> Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and their feet there.<\/p>

32<\/small><\/span> When they went into the tent of meeting, and when they came near to the altar, they washed, as Yahweh commanded Moses.<\/p>

33<\/small><\/span> He raised up the court around the tent and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work.<\/p>

34<\/small><\/span> Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of Yahweh filled the tent.<\/p>

35<\/small><\/span> Moses wasn't able to enter into the tent of meeting, because the cloud stayed on it, and Yahweh's glory filled the tent.<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: World English Bible<\/em><\/p>\n

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#6: Joshua Renews The Covenant With God And Gives The Israelites A Choice (Joshua 24:1-28)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 24<\/h4>

1<\/small><\/span> Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.<\/p>

2<\/small><\/span> Joshua said to all the people, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Your fathers lived of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.<\/p>

3<\/small><\/span> I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.<\/p>

4<\/small><\/span> I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau Mount Seir, to possess it: and Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.<\/p>

5<\/small><\/span> I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did in the midst of it: and afterward I brought you out.<\/p>

6<\/small><\/span> I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and you came to the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and with horsemen to the Red Sea.<\/p>

7<\/small><\/span> When they cried out to Yahweh, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea on them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt: and you lived in the wilderness many days.<\/p>

8<\/small><\/span> I brought you into the land of the Amorites, that lived beyond the Jordan: and they fought with you; and I gave them into your hand, and you possessed their land; and I destroyed them from before you.<\/p>

9<\/small><\/span> Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel: and he sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you;<\/p>

10<\/small><\/span> but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.<\/p>

11<\/small><\/span> You went over the Jordan, and came to Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I delivered them into your hand.<\/p>

12<\/small><\/span> I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with your sword, nor with your bow.<\/p>

13<\/small><\/span> I gave you a land whereon you had not labored, and cities which you didn't build, and you dwell therein; of vineyards and olive groves which you didn't plant do you eat.<\/p>

14<\/small><\/span> Now therefore fear Yahweh, and serve him in sincerity and in truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt; and serve you Yahweh.<\/p>

15<\/small><\/span> If it seem evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose you this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.<\/p>

16<\/small><\/span> The people answered, Far be it from us that we should forsake Yahweh, to serve other gods;<\/p>

17<\/small><\/span> for Yahweh our God, he it is who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way in which we went, and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we passed;<\/p>

18<\/small><\/span> and Yahweh drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites who lived in the land: therefore we also will serve Yahweh; for he is our God.<\/p>

19<\/small><\/span> Joshua said to the people, You can't serve Yahweh; for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your disobedience nor your sins.<\/p>

20<\/small><\/span> If you forsake Yahweh, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after that he has done you good.<\/p>

21<\/small><\/span> The people said to Joshua, No; but we will serve Yahweh.<\/p>

22<\/small><\/span> Joshua said to the people, You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen you Yahweh, to serve him. They said, We are witnesses.<\/p>

23<\/small><\/span> Now therefore put away, [said he], the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to Yahweh, the God of Israel.<\/p>

24<\/small><\/span> The people said to Joshua, Yahweh our God will we serve, and to his voice will we listen.<\/p>

25<\/small><\/span> So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.<\/p>

26<\/small><\/span> Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Yahweh.<\/p>

27<\/small><\/span> Joshua said to all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us; for it has heard all the words of Yahweh which he spoke to us: it shall be therefore a witness against you, lest you deny your God.<\/p>

28<\/small><\/span> So Joshua sent the people away, every man to his inheritance.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Top 10 Supporting Characters Honorable Mentions:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The confirming of a new King in the Old Testament was sometimes an occasion for people to gather together, but more often than not, it was a small spontaneous event made necessary because the previous King had been killed or was near death. Though it was still an important event, the ceremony was sometimes a simple, more understated event such these coronations that weren\u2019t crowned as part of our list of the Top Ten National Gatherings Of The Bible.<\/p>\n

Saul Confirmed As King (1 Samuel 11:12-15)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 11<\/h4>

12<\/small><\/span> The people said to Samuel, Who is he who said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.<\/p>

13<\/small><\/span> Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day; for today Yahweh has worked deliverance in Israel.<\/p>

14<\/small><\/span> Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.<\/p>

15<\/small><\/span> All the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before Yahweh in Gilgal; and there they offered sacrifices of peace-offerings before Yahweh; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: World English Bible <\/em><\/p>\n

David Made King (1 Chronicles 11:1-3)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 11<\/h4>

1<\/small><\/span> Then all Israel gathered themselves to David to Hebron, saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.<\/p>

2<\/small><\/span> In times past, even when Saul was king, it was you who led out and brought in Israel: and Yahweh your God said to you, You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over my people Israel.<\/p>

3<\/small><\/span> So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Yahweh; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of Yahweh by Samuel.<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: World English Bible<\/em><\/p>\n

Solomon Made King (1 Chronicles 29:21-25)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 29<\/h4>

21<\/small><\/span> They sacrificed sacrifices to Yahweh, and offered burnt offerings to Yahweh, on the next day after that day, even one thousand bulls, one thousand rams, and one thousand lambs, with their drink-offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel,<\/p>

22<\/small><\/span> and ate and drink before Yahweh on that day with great gladness. They made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him to Yahweh to be prince, and Zadok to be priest.<\/p>

23<\/small><\/span> Then Solomon sat on the throne of Yahweh as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.<\/p>

24<\/small><\/span> All the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves to Solomon the king.<\/p>

25<\/small><\/span> Yahweh magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed on him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: World English Bible<\/em><\/p>\n

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#5: King David Dances The Ark Back Into Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 15:1-29)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 15<\/h4>

1<\/small><\/span> [David] made him houses in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.<\/p>

2<\/small><\/span> Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them has Yahweh chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister to him forever.<\/p>

3<\/small><\/span> David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of Yahweh to its place, which he had prepared for it.<\/p>

4<\/small><\/span> David gathered together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites:<\/p>

5<\/small><\/span> of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and his brothers one hundred twenty;<\/p>

6<\/small><\/span> of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and his brothers two hundred twenty;<\/p>

7<\/small><\/span> of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and his brothers one hundred thirty;<\/p>

8<\/small><\/span> of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and his brothers two hundred;<\/p>

9<\/small><\/span> of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and his brothers eighty;<\/p>

10<\/small><\/span> of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and his brothers one hundred twelve.<\/p>

11<\/small><\/span> David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,<\/p>

12<\/small><\/span> and said to them, You are the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both you and your brothers, that you may bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel, to [the place] that I have prepared for it.<\/p>

13<\/small><\/span> For because you didn't carry it at the first, Yahweh our God made a breach on us, because we didn't seek him according to the ordinance.<\/p>

14<\/small><\/span> So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel.<\/p>

15<\/small><\/span> The children of the Levites bore the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of Yahweh.<\/p>

16<\/small><\/span> David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers the singers, with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy.<\/p>

17<\/small><\/span> So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;<\/p>

18<\/small><\/span> and with them their brothers of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers.<\/p>

19<\/small><\/span> So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, [were appointed] with cymbals of brass to sound aloud;<\/p>

20<\/small><\/span> and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries set to Alamoth;<\/p>

21<\/small><\/span> and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps tuned to the eight-stringed lyre, to lead.<\/p>

22<\/small><\/span> Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the song: he instructed about the song, because he was skillful.<\/p>

23<\/small><\/span> Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.<\/p>

24<\/small><\/span> Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.<\/p>

25<\/small><\/span> So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of the house of Obed-edom with joy.<\/p>

26<\/small><\/span> It happened, when God helped the Levites who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, that they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.<\/p>

27<\/small><\/span> David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites who bore the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song [with] the singers: and David had on him an ephod of linen.<\/p>

28<\/small><\/span> Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with psalteries and harps.<\/p>

29<\/small><\/span> It happened, as the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and playing; and she despised him in her heart.<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation:\u00a0World English Bible<\/em><\/p>\n

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#4: King David Accepts Gifts For Building The Temple (1 Chronicles 29:1-20)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 29<\/h4>

1<\/small><\/span> David the king said to all the assembly, Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great; for the palace is not for man, but for Yahweh God.<\/p>

2<\/small><\/span> Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for the [things of] gold, and the silver for the [things of] silver, and the brass for the [things of] brass, the iron for the [things of] iron, and wood for the [things of] wood; onyx stones, and [stones] to be set, stones for inlaid work, and of various colors, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.<\/p>

3<\/small><\/span> Moreover also, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, seeing that I have a treasure of my own of gold and silver, I give it to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,<\/p>

4<\/small><\/span> even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, with which to overlay the walls of the houses;<\/p>

5<\/small><\/span> of gold for the [things of] gold, and of silver for the [things of] silver, and for all manner of work [to be made] by the hands of artificers. Who then offers willingly to consecrate himself this day to Yahweh?<\/p>

6<\/small><\/span> Then the princes of the fathers' [houses], and the princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers over the king's work, offered willingly;<\/p>

7<\/small><\/span> and they gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand darics, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and of iron a hundred thousand talents.<\/p>

8<\/small><\/span> They with whom [precious] stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of Yahweh, under the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.<\/p>

9<\/small><\/span> Then the people rejoiced, because they offered willingly, because with a perfect heart they offered willingly to Yahweh: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.<\/p>

10<\/small><\/span> Therefore David blessed Yahweh before all the assembly; and David said, Blessed be you, Yahweh, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever.<\/p>

11<\/small><\/span> Yours, Yahweh, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heavens and in the earth [is your]; your is the kingdom, Yahweh, and you are exalted as head above all.<\/p>

12<\/small><\/span> Both riches and honor come of you, and you rule over all; and in your hand is power and might; and in your hand it is to make great, and to give strength to all.<\/p>

13<\/small><\/span> Now therefore, our God, we thank you, and praise your glorious name.<\/p>

14<\/small><\/span> But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of you, and of your own have we given you.<\/p>

15<\/small><\/span> For we are strangers before you, and sojourners, as all our fathers were: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding.<\/p>

16<\/small><\/span> Yahweh our God, all this store that we have prepared to build you a house for your holy name comes of your hand, and is all your own.<\/p>

17<\/small><\/span> I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy your people, that are present here, offer willingly to you.<\/p>

18<\/small><\/span> Yahweh, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of your people, and prepare their heart to you;<\/p>

19<\/small><\/span> and give to Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep your commandments, your testimonies, and your statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for which I have made provision.<\/p>

20<\/small><\/span> David said to all the assembly, Now bless Yahweh your God. All the assembly blessed Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped Yahweh, and the king.<\/p><\/div>\n

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#3: The Temple Is Dedicated (1 Kings 8:1-66)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 8<\/h4>

1<\/small><\/span> Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers' [houses] of the children of Israel, to king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of the city of David, which is Zion.<\/p>

2<\/small><\/span> All the men of Israel assembled themselves to king Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.<\/p>

3<\/small><\/span> All the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.<\/p>

4<\/small><\/span> They brought up the ark of Yahweh, and the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent; even these did the priests and the Levites bring up.<\/p>

5<\/small><\/span> King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who were assembled to him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be counted nor numbered for multitude.<\/p>

6<\/small><\/span> The priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.<\/p>

7<\/small><\/span> For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the poles of it above.<\/p>

8<\/small><\/span> The poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the holy place before the oracle; but they were not seen outside: and there they are to this day.<\/p>

9<\/small><\/span> There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when Yahweh made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.<\/p>

10<\/small><\/span> It came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of Yahweh,<\/p>

11<\/small><\/span> so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of Yahweh.<\/p>

12<\/small><\/span> Then spoke Solomon, Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.<\/p>

13<\/small><\/span> I have surely built you a house of habitation, a place for you to dwell in forever.<\/p>

14<\/small><\/span> The king turned his face about, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: and all the assembly of Israel stood.<\/p>

15<\/small><\/span> He said, Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David your father, and has with his hand fulfilled it, saying,<\/p>

16<\/small><\/span> Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.<\/p>

17<\/small><\/span> Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.<\/p>

18<\/small><\/span> But Yahweh said to David my father, Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart:<\/p>

19<\/small><\/span> nevertheless you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come forth out of your loins, he shall build the house for my name.<\/p>

20<\/small><\/span> Yahweh has established his word that he spoke; for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh promised, and have built the house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.<\/p>

21<\/small><\/span> There have I set a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of Yahweh, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.<\/p>

22<\/small><\/span> Solomon stood before the altar of Yahweh in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;<\/p>

23<\/small><\/span> and he said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven above, or on earth beneath; who keep covenant and lovingkindness with your servants, who walk before you with all their heart;<\/p>

24<\/small><\/span> who have kept with your servant David my father that which you did promise him: yes, you spoke with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is this day.<\/p>

25<\/small><\/span> Now therefore, Yahweh, the God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father that which you have promised him, saying, There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children take heed to their way, to walk before me as you have walked before me.<\/p>

26<\/small><\/span> Now therefore, God of Israel, Please let your word be verified, which you spoke to your servant David my father.<\/p>

27<\/small><\/span> But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain you; how much less this house that I have built!<\/p>

28<\/small><\/span> Yet have you respect to the prayer of your servant, and to his supplication, Yahweh my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which your servant prays before you this day;<\/p>

29<\/small><\/span> that your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place whereof you have said, My name shall be there; to listen to the prayer which your servant shall pray toward this place.<\/p>

30<\/small><\/span> Listen you to the supplication of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: yes, hear in heaven, your dwelling-place; and when you hear, forgive.<\/p>

31<\/small><\/span> If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid on him to cause him to swear, and he come [and] swear before your altar in this house;<\/p>

32<\/small><\/span> then hear you in heaven, and do, and judge your servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way on his own head, and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.<\/p>

33<\/small><\/span> When your people Israel are struck down before the enemy, because they have sinned against you; if they turn again to you, and confess your name, and pray and make supplication to you in this house:<\/p>

34<\/small><\/span> then hear you in heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to their fathers.<\/p>

35<\/small><\/span> When the sky is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you; if they pray toward this place, and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you do afflict them:<\/p>

36<\/small><\/span> then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk; and send rain on your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance.<\/p>

37<\/small><\/span> If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting [or] mildew, locust [or] caterpillar; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatever plague, whatever sickness there be;<\/p>

38<\/small><\/span> whatever prayer and supplication be made by any man, [or] by all your people Israel, who shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:<\/p>

39<\/small><\/span> then hear in heaven, your dwelling-place, and forgive, and do, and render to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know; (for you, even you only, know the hearts of all the children of men;)<\/p>

40<\/small><\/span> that they may fear you all the days that they live in the land which you gave to our fathers.<\/p>

41<\/small><\/span> Moreover concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, when he shall come out of a far country for your name's sake<\/p>

42<\/small><\/span> (for they shall hear of your great name, and of your mighty hand, and of your outstretched arm); when he shall come and pray toward this house;<\/p>

43<\/small><\/span> hear in heaven, your dwelling-place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name, to fear you, as does your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by my name.<\/p>

44<\/small><\/span> If your people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to Yahweh toward the city which you have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for your name;<\/p>

45<\/small><\/span> then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.<\/p>

46<\/small><\/span> If they sin against you (for there is no man who doesn't sin), and you be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near;<\/p>

47<\/small><\/span> yet if they shall repent themselves in the land where they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication to you in the land of those who carried them captive, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have dealt wickedly;<\/p>

48<\/small><\/span> if they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray to you toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name:<\/p>

49<\/small><\/span> then hear you their prayer and their supplication in heaven, your dwelling-place, and maintain their cause;<\/p>

50<\/small><\/span> and forgive your people who have sinned against you, and all their transgressions in which they have transgressed against you; and give them compassion before those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them<\/p>

51<\/small><\/span> (for they are your people, and your inheritance, which you brought forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron);<\/p>

52<\/small><\/span> that your eyes may be open to the supplication of your servant, and to the supplication of your people Israel, to listen to them whenever they cry to you.<\/p>

53<\/small><\/span> For you did separate them from among all the peoples of the earth, to be your inheritance, as you spoke by Moses your servant, when you brought our fathers out of Egypt, Lord Yahweh.<\/p>

54<\/small><\/span> It was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication to Yahweh, he arose from before the altar of Yahweh, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread forth toward heaven.<\/p>

55<\/small><\/span> He stood, and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying,<\/p>

56<\/small><\/span> Blessed be Yahweh, who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there has not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by Moses his servant.<\/p>

57<\/small><\/span> Yahweh our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us;<\/p>

58<\/small><\/span> that he may incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his ordinances, which he commanded our fathers.<\/p>

59<\/small><\/span> Let these my words, with which I have made supplication before Yahweh, be near to Yahweh our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel, as every day shall require;<\/p>

60<\/small><\/span> that all the peoples of the earth may know that Yahweh, he is God; there is none else.<\/p>

61<\/small><\/span> Let your heart therefore be perfect with Yahweh our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.<\/p>

62<\/small><\/span> The king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before Yahweh.<\/p>

63<\/small><\/span> Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which he offered to Yahweh, two and twenty thousand oxen, and one hundred twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of Yahweh.<\/p>

64<\/small><\/span> The same day did the king make the middle of the court holy that was before the house of Yahweh; for there he offered the burnt offering, and the meal-offering, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar that was before Yahweh was too little to receive the burnt offering, and the meal-offering, and the fat of the peace-offerings.<\/p>

65<\/small><\/span> So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt, before Yahweh our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.<\/p>

66<\/small><\/span> On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king, and went to their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that Yahweh had showed to David his servant, and to Israel his people.<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: World English Bible<\/em><\/p>\n

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#2: King Jehoshaphat And The Israelites Seek The Lord\u2019s Deliverance (2 Chronicles 20:1-30)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 20<\/h4>

1<\/small><\/span> It happened after this, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.<\/p>

2<\/small><\/span> Then there came some who told Jehoshaphat, saying, There comes a great multitude against you from beyond the sea from Syria; and, behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar (the same is En-gedi).<\/p>

3<\/small><\/span> Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek to Yahweh; and he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.<\/p>

4<\/small><\/span> Judah gathered themselves together, to seek [help] of Yahweh: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek Yahweh.<\/p>

5<\/small><\/span> Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of Yahweh, before the new court;<\/p>

6<\/small><\/span> and he said, Yahweh, the God of our fathers, aren't you God in heaven? and aren't you ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? and in your hand is power and might, so that none is able to withstand you.<\/p>

7<\/small><\/span> Did not you, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it to the seed of Abraham your friend forever?<\/p>

8<\/small><\/span> They lived therein, and have built you a sanctuary therein for your name, saying,<\/p>

9<\/small><\/span> If evil come on us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house, and before you, (for your name is in this house,) and cry to you in our affliction, and you will hear and save.<\/p>

10<\/small><\/span> Now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned aside from them, and didn't destroy them;<\/p>

11<\/small><\/span> behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit.<\/p>

12<\/small><\/span> Our God, will you not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that comes against us; neither know we what to do: but out eyes are on you.<\/p>

13<\/small><\/span> All Judah stood before Yahweh, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.<\/p>

14<\/small><\/span> Then on Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, the Levite, of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of Yahweh in the midst of the assembly;<\/p>

15<\/small><\/span> and he said, Listen you, all Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you king Jehoshaphat: Thus says Yahweh to you, Don't be afraid you, neither be dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.<\/p>

16<\/small><\/span> Tomorrow go you down against them: behold, they come up by the ascent of Ziz; and you shall find them at the end of the valley, before the wilderness of Jeruel.<\/p>

17<\/small><\/span> You shall not need to fight in this [battle]: set yourselves, stand you still, and see the salvation of Yahweh with you, O Judah and Jerusalem; don't be afraid, nor be dismayed: tomorrow go out against them: for Yahweh is with you.<\/p>

18<\/small><\/span> Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before Yahweh, worshipping Yahweh.<\/p>

19<\/small><\/span> The Levites, of the children of the Kohathites and of the children of the Korahites, stood up to praise Yahweh, the God of Israel, with an exceeding loud voice.<\/p>

20<\/small><\/span> They rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: believe in Yahweh your God, so shall you be established; believe his prophets, so shall you prosper.<\/p>

21<\/small><\/span> When he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed those who should sing to Yahweh, and give praise in holy array, as they went out before the army, and say, Give thanks to Yahweh; for his lovingkindness endures forever.<\/p>

22<\/small><\/span> When they began to sing and to praise, Yahweh set liers-in-wait against the children of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were struck.<\/p>

23<\/small><\/span> For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, utterly to kill and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, everyone helped to destroy another.<\/p>

24<\/small><\/span> When Judah came to the watch-tower of the wilderness, they looked at the multitude; and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and there were none who escaped.<\/p>

25<\/small><\/span> When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches and dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in taking the spoil, it was so much.<\/p>

26<\/small><\/span> On the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Beracah; for there they blessed Yahweh: therefore the name of that place was called The valley of Beracah to this day.<\/p>

27<\/small><\/span> Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for Yahweh had made them to rejoice over their enemies.<\/p>

28<\/small><\/span> They came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets to the house of Yahweh.<\/p>

29<\/small><\/span> The fear of God was on all the kingdoms of the countries, when they heard that Yahweh fought against the enemies of Israel.<\/p>

30<\/small><\/span> So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet; for his God gave him rest round about.<\/p><\/div>\n

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#1: Jesus Enters Jerusalem As King (Luke 19:28-44)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chapter 19<\/h4>

28<\/small><\/span> When he had thus spoken, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.<\/p>

29<\/small><\/span> It happened, when he drew near to Bethsphage and Bethany, at the mountain that is called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples,<\/p>

30<\/small><\/span> saying, \"Go your way into the village on the other side, in which, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, whereon no man ever yet sat. Untie him, and bring him.<\/p>

31<\/small><\/span> If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' say to him: 'The Lord needs it.'\"<\/p>

32<\/small><\/span> Those who were sent went away, and found things just as he had told them.<\/p>

33<\/small><\/span> As they were untying the colt, the owners of it said to them, 'Why are you untying the colt?'<\/p>

34<\/small><\/span> They said, 'The Lord needs it.'<\/p>

35<\/small><\/span> They brought it to Jesus. They threw their cloaks on the colt, and set Jesus on them.<\/p>

36<\/small><\/span> As he went, they spread their cloaks in the way.<\/p>

37<\/small><\/span> As he was now getting near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they had seen,<\/p>

38<\/small><\/span> saying, \"Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!\"<\/p>

39<\/small><\/span> Some of the Pharisees from the multitude said to him, \"Teacher, rebuke your disciples!\"<\/p>

40<\/small><\/span> He answered them, \"I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out.\"<\/p>

41<\/small><\/span> When he drew near, he saw the city and wept over it,<\/p>

42<\/small><\/span> saying, \"If you, even you, had known today the things which belong to your peace! But now, they are hidden from your eyes.<\/p>

43<\/small><\/span> For the days will come on you, when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, surround you, hem you in on every side,<\/p>

44<\/small><\/span> and will dash you and your children within you to the ground. They will not leave in you one stone on another, because you didn't know the time of your visitation.\"<\/p><\/div>\n

Translation: World English Bible<\/em><\/p>\n

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