The Defeat of King Sihon

²⁶ “So I sent messengers from the wilderness of ^(A)Kedemoth to Sihon the king of ^(B)Heshbon, ^(C)with words of peace, saying, ^27 (D)‘Let me pass through your land. I will go only by the road; I will turn aside neither to the right nor to the left. ^28 (E)You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat, and give me water for money, that I may drink. Only let me pass through on foot, ^29 (F)as the sons of Esau who live in Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar did for me, until I go over the Jordan into the land that the Lord our God is giving to us.’ ³⁰ But ^(G)Sihon the king of ^(H)Heshbon would not let us pass by him, for the Lord your God ^(I)hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that he might give him into your hand, as he is this day. ³¹ And the Lord said to me, ‘Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land over to you. Begin to take possession, that you may occupy his land.’ ³² Then ^(J)Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Jahaz. ³³ And ^(K)the Lord our God gave him over to us, and ^(L)we defeated him and his sons and all his people. ³⁴ And we captured all his cities at that time and devoted to destruction^[a] every ^(M)city, men, women, and children. We left no survivors. ³⁵ Only the livestock we took as spoil for ourselves, with the plunder of the cities that we captured. ^36 (N)From Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and from ^(O)the city that is in the valley, as far as Gilead, there was not a city too high for us. ^(P)The Lord our God gave all into our hands. ³⁷ Only to the land of the sons of Ammon you did not draw near, that is, to all the banks of the river ^(Q)Jabbok and the cities of the hill country, whatever the Lord our God had forbidden us.

Hezekiah Restores Temple Worship

²⁰ Then Hezekiah the king rose early and gathered the officials of the city and went up to the house of the Lord. ²¹ And they brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats ^(A)for a sin offering for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah. And he commanded the priests, the sons of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the Lord. ²² So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests received the blood ^(B)and threw it against the altar. And they slaughtered the rams, and their blood was thrown against the altar. And they slaughtered the lambs, and their blood was thrown against the altar. ²³ Then the goats for the sin offering were brought to the king and the assembly, ^(C)and they laid their hands on them, ²⁴ and the priests slaughtered them and made a sin offering with their blood on the altar, ^(D)to make atonement for all Israel. For the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.

^25 (E)And he stationed the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, harps, and lyres, ^(F)according to the commandment of David and of Gad ^(G)the king's seer and of ^(H)Nathan the prophet, for the commandment was from the Lord through his prophets. ²⁶ The Levites stood with ^(I)the instruments of David, ^(J)and the priests with the trumpets. ²⁷ Then Hezekiah commanded that the burnt offering be offered on the altar. And when the burnt offering began, ^(K)the song to the Lord began also, and the trumpets, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel. ²⁸ The whole assembly worshiped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded. All this continued until the burnt offering was finished. ²⁹ When the offering was finished, ^(L)the king and all who were present with him bowed themselves and worshiped. ³⁰ And Hezekiah the king and the officials commanded the Levites to sing praises to the Lord with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed down and worshiped.

³¹ Then Hezekiah said, ^(M)“You have now consecrated yourselves to^[a] the Lord. Come near; bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of the Lord.” And the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all who were ^(N)of a willing heart brought burnt offerings. ³² The number of the burnt offerings that the assembly brought was 70 bulls, 100 rams, and 200 lambs; all these were for a burnt offering to the Lord. ³³ And the consecrated offerings were 600 bulls and 3,000 sheep. ³⁴ But the priests were too few and could not flay all the burnt offerings, so until other priests had consecrated themselves, ^(O)their brothers the Levites helped them, until the work was finished—^(P)for the Levites were more upright in heart than the priests in consecrating themselves. ³⁵ Besides the great number of burnt offerings, there was ^(Q)the fat of the peace offerings, and there were ^(R)the drink offerings for the burnt offerings. Thus the service of the house of the Lord was restored. ³⁶ And Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced because God had provided for the people, for the thing came about suddenly.

The Day of the Lord

Return to the Lord

Officers Sent to Arrest Jesus

³² The Pharisees heard the crowd ^(A)muttering these things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent ^(B)officers to arrest him. ³³ Jesus then said, ^(C)“I will be with you a little longer, and then ^(D)I am going to him who sent me. ^34 (E)You will seek me and you will not find me. Where I am you cannot come.” ³⁵ The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we will not find him? ^(F)Does he intend to go to ^(G)the Dispersion among ^(H)the Greeks and teach the Greeks? ³⁶ What does he mean by saying, ^(I)‘You will seek me and you will not find me,’ and, ‘Where I am you cannot come’?”

Rivers of Living Water

^37 (J)On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, ^(K)“If anyone thirsts, let him ^(L)come to me and drink. ³⁸ Whoever believes in me, ^(M)as^[a] the Scripture has said, ^(N)‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of ^(O)living water.’” ³⁹ Now ^(P)this he said about the Spirit, ^(Q)whom those who believed in him were to receive, ^(R)for as yet the Spirit had not been ^(S)given, ^(T)because Jesus was not yet glorified.

Division Among the People

⁴⁰ When they heard these words, ^(U)some of the people said, “This really is ^(V)the Prophet.” ⁴¹ Others said, “This is ^(W)the Christ.” But some said, ^(X)“Is the Christ to come from Galilee? ⁴² Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes ^(Y)from the offspring of David, and comes ^(Z)from Bethlehem, the village ^(AA)where David was?” ⁴³ So there was ^(AB)a division among the people over him. ^44 (AC)Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him.

Pray for All People

2 First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, ^2 (A)for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and ^(B)dignified in every way. ³ This is good, and ^(C)it is pleasing in the sight of ^(D)God our Savior, ⁴ who desires ^(E)all people to be saved and ^(F)to come to ^(G)the knowledge of the truth. ⁵ For ^(H)there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man^[a] Christ Jesus, ^6 (I)who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is ^(J)the testimony given ^(K)at the proper time. ^7 (L)For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (^(M)I am telling the truth, I am not lying), ^(N)a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

⁸ I desire then that ^(O)in every place the men should pray, ^(P)lifting ^(Q)holy hands without anger or quarreling; ⁹ likewise also ^(R)that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, ^10 (S)but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works. ¹¹ Let a woman learn quietly ^(T)with all submissiveness. ^12 (U)I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. ^13 (V)For Adam was formed first, ^(W)then Eve; ¹⁴ and Adam was not deceived, but ^(X)the woman was deceived and became a transgressor. ¹⁵ Yet she will be saved through ^(Y)childbearing—if they continue in ^(Z)faith and love and holiness, with self-control.