⁵ Therefore the Lord established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah ^(A)gave presents to Jehoshaphat, ^(B)and he had riches and honor in abundance.

Micaiah Warns Ahab^(A)

18 Jehoshaphat ^(B)had riches and honor in abundance; and by marriage he ^(C)allied himself with ^(D)Ahab.

¹⁰ But ^[a]may the God of all grace, ^(A)who called ^[b]us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, ^[c]perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

³³ But ^(A)seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

¹¹ And when they had come into the house, they saw the young Child with Mary His mother, and fell down and worshiped Him. And when they had opened their treasures, ^(A)they presented gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

Laboring and Prospering with the Lord

A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon.

¹² Now the Lord blessed ^(A)the latter days of Job more than his beginning; for he had ^(B)fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys.

²³ And many brought gifts to the Lord at Jerusalem, and ^(A)presents^[a] to Hezekiah king of Judah, so that he was ^(B)exalted in the sight of all nations thereafter.

^27 (A)But some ^(B)rebels said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him, ^(C)and brought him no presents. But he ^[a]held his peace.