M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan
9 Thus, all Israel were listed by their genealogies. And behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and of Judah. And they were carried away to Babel for their transgression.
2 And the chief inhabitants, who dwelt in their own possessions, in their own cities, were Israel, the Priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.
3 And some of the children of Judah dwelt in Jerusalem, and some of the children of Benjamin, and some of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh
4 and Uthai, the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Perez, the son of Judah,
5 and some of Shiloni (Asaiah the eldest and his sons),
6 and some the sons of Zerah (Jeuel and their brethren). In all, six hundred ninety.
7 And of the sons of Benjamin were Sallu (the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah)
8 and Ibneiah (the son of Jeroham) and Elah (the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri) and Meshullam (the son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah).
9 And their brethren, according to their generations, were nine hundred fifty-six. All these men were chief fathers in the households of their fathers.
10 And from the priests came Jedaiah and Jehoiarib and Jachin
11 and Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub (the chief of the House of God)
12 and Adaiah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer.
13 And their brethren, the chief of the households of their fathers, were one thousand seven hundred sixty valiant men, for the work of the service of the House of God.
14 And from the Levites came Shemaiah, the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari,
15 and Bakbakkar, Heresh and Galal and Mattaniah, the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph,
16 and Obadiah, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah, the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
17 And the gatekeepers were Shallum and Akkub and Talmon and Ahiman and their brethren. Shallum was the chief.
18 For up to this time, they had been gatekeepers of the children of Levi, by companies, at the king’s eastern gate.
19 And Shallum, the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph the son of Korah, and his brethren the Korahites (of the House of their father) were over the work and office, to keep the Gates of the Tabernacle. So, their families were over the camp of the LORD, keeping the entry.
20 And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, was their guide. And the LORD was with him.
21 Zechariah, the son of Meshelemiah, was the gatekeeper of the Door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
22 All these were chosen as keepers of the Gates (two hundred twelve), who were listed according to their genealogies by their towns. David and Samuel the Seer established these in their perpetual office.
23 So they and their children had the oversight of the Gates of the House of the LORD, even of the House of the Tabernacle, by wards.
24 The gatekeepers were in four quarters: East, West, North and South.
25 And from time to time, their brethren in their towns came with them for seven days.
26 For these four chief gatekeepers were in perpetual office, and were of the Levites, and had charge of the chambers, and of the treasures in the House of God.
27 And they lodged all around the House of God, because the charge was theirs. And they opened it every morning.
28 And certain of them had the rule of the ministering vessels. For they brought them in by tally and brought them out by tally.
29 Some of them were also appointed over the instruments, and over all the vessels of the Sanctuary, and of the flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the incense, and the sweet odors.
30 And certain sons of the priests made ointments of sweet odors.
31 And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the eldest son of Shallum the Korahite, was in charge of the things that were made in the frying pan.
32 And another of their brethren, of the sons of Kohath, had oversight of the Showbread, to prepare it every Sabbath.
33 And these are the singers, the chief fathers of the Levites, who dwelt in the chambers and had no other duties. For they had to work in that business day and night.
34 These were the chief fathers of the Levites, according to their generations, and the principal who dwelt in Jerusalem.
35 And the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, dwelt in Gibeon. And the name of his wife was Maachah.
36 And his eldest son was Abdon, then Zur and Kish and Baal and Ner and Nadab
37 and Gedor and Ahio and Zechariah and Mikloth.
38 And Mikloth begat Shimeam. Also, they dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, near their brethren.
39 And Ner begat Kish. And Kish begat Saul. And Saul begat Jonathan and Malchishua and Abinadab and Esh-Baal.
40 And the son of Jonathan was Merib-Baal. And Merib-Baal begat Micah.
41 And the sons of Micah were Pithon and Melech and Tahrea.
42 And Ahaz begat Jarah. And Jarah begat Alemeth and Azmaveth and Zimri. And Zimri begat Moza.
43 And Moza begat Binea, whose son was Rephaiah. And his son was Eleasah. And his son was Azel.
44 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ismael, Sheariah, Obadiah and Hanan. These are the sons of Azel.
10 Then the Philistines fought against Israel. And the men of Israel fled before the Philistines and fell down dead, on Mount Gilboa.
2 And the Philistines pursued after Saul, and after his sons. And the Philistines struck Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.
3 And the battle was severe against Saul. And the archers hit him. And he was wounded by the archers.
4 Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw out your sword and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and mock me.” But his armor-bearer would not, for he was very afraid. Therefore, Saul took the sword and fell upon it.
5 And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon the sword and died.
6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his House. They died together.
7 And when all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw how they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled away. And the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
8 And the next day, when the Philistines came to plunder those who had been killed, they found Saul and his sons lying on Mount Gilboa.
9 And after they had stripped him, they took his head and his armor and sent them into the land of the Philistines, all around, to proclaim it to their idols, and to the people.
10 And they laid up his armor in the house of their god and set up his head in the house of Dagon.
11 When all they of Jabesh Gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
12 they arose (all the valiant men) and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons and brought them to Jabesh and buried their bones under an oak in Jabesh and fasted for seven days.
13 So Saul died for his transgressions that he committed against the LORD, against the Word of the LORD, which he did not keep, and because he sought and asked counsel of a medium,
14 and did not ask of the LORD. Therefore, He killed him and turned the kingdom over to David, the son of Jesse.
12 Therefore, seeing that we are surrounded with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also cast away everything that presses down and the sin that so easily entangles. Let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
2 looking to Jesus - the Author and Finisher of our faith - Who, for the joy that was set before Him, endured the cross and despised the shame and is set at the right hand of the throne of God.
3 Therefore, consider Him Who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not be wearied and faint in your minds.
4 In striving against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of bloodshed.
5 And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to children, “My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are rebuked by Him.
6 “For whom the Lord loves, he chastens. And He scourges every son that He receives.”
7 If you endure chastening, God offered Himself to you as to sons. For what son is it whom the Father does not chasten?
8 Therefore, if you are without correction - of which all are partakers - then you are bastards, and not sons.
9 Moreover, we have had the fathers of our bodies who corrected us, and we gave them reverence. Should we not be in all the more subjection to the Father of Spirits, in order that we might live?
10 For indeed they chastened us for a few days, as it pleased them. But He chastened us for our profit, so that we might be partakers of His holiness.
11 Now, no chastising seems joyous at the time, but grievous. Yet afterward, it brings the quiet fruit of righteousness to those who are trained by it.
12 Therefore, lift up your hands which hang down, and your weak knees,
13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that which is halting is not turned out of the way. But rather, let it be healed.
14 Pursue peace and holiness with all, without which no one shall see the Lord.
15 Watch carefully, so no one falls away from the grace of God. Let no root of bitterness spring up and trouble you, lest many be defiled by it.
16 Let there be no fornicator or profane person (such as Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal).
17 For you also know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected. For he found no place for repentance, though he sought that blessing with tears.
18 For you have not come to the mountain that can be touched - nor to burning fire, nor to blackness and darkness and tempest,
19 nor to the sound of a trumpet and the voice of words - from which those who heard it excused themselves so that the word would not be spoken to them anymore.
20 For they were not able to abide that which was commanded: “Yea, if a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned or thrust through with an arrow”.
21 And so terrible was the sight which appeared, that Moses said, “I fear and quake”.
22 But you have come to the Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God (the celestial Jerusalem), and to the company of innumerable angels,
23 and to the assembly and congregation of the first born (which are written in Heaven), and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of the just and perfected,
24 and to Jesus the Mediator of the New Testament, and to the blood of sprinkling which speaks better things than that of Abel.
25 See that you do not despise Him Who speaks. For if those did not escape who refused Him who spoke on Earth, much more so shall we not escape if we turn away from Him Who speaks from Heaven.
26 His voice shook the Earth then. And now He has declared, saying, “Yet once more will I shake, not the Earth only, but also Heaven.”
27 And this, “Yet once more” signifies the removing of those things which are shaken (as in things which are made) so that the things which are not shaken may remain.
28 Therefore, seeing we receive a Kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace by which we may pleasingly serve God with reverence and godly fear.
29 For our God is a consuming fire.
6 Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria; who were famous at the beginning of the nations. And the House of Israel came to them.
2 Go to Calneh and see. And from there go to Hamath the Great. Then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these kingdoms? Or is the border of their land greater than your border,
3 you who put far away the evil day, and approach the seat of iniquity?
4 They lie upon beds of ivory and stretch themselves upon their beds; and eat the lambs of the flock and the calves out of the stall.
5 They sing to the sound of the viol. They invent to themselves instruments of music, like David.
6 They drink wine in bowls and anoint themselves with the chief ointments but are not sorry for the affliction of Joseph.
7 Therefore, they shall now go captive with the first who go captive. And the sorrow of those who stretched themselves is at hand.
8 “The LORD God has sworn by Himself,” says the LORD God of Hosts, “I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces. Therefore, I will deliver up the city with all that is therein.
9 “And if there remain ten men in one house, they shall die.
10 “And his uncle shall take him up and burn him—to carry out the bones out of the house—and shall say to him who is by the sides of the house, ‘Is there still anyone with you?’ And he shall say, ‘None.’ Then he shall say, ‘Hold your tongue. For we may not remember the Name of the LORD.’”
11 For behold, the LORD commands. And He will strike the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
12 Shall horses run upon the rock? Or will one plow there with oxen? For you have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood.
13 Yet, you rejoice over nothing. You say, “Have we not gotten horns by our own strength?”
14 “But behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O House of Israel,” says the LORD God of Hosts. “And they shall afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the river of the wilderness.”
39 And Mary arose in those days and quickly went into the hill country, to a city of Judah,
40 and entered into the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth.
41 And it happened that, as Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby sprang in her belly. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost.
42 And she cried with a loud voice, and said, “Blessed are you among women, because the fruit of your womb is blessed!
43 “And how can it be that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
44 “For lo, as soon as I heard the voice of your greeting in my ears, the baby in my belly sprang for joy!
45 “And blessed is she who believed. For those things shall be completed, which were told her from the Lord.
46 Then Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord.
47 “And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.
48 “For He has looked on the poor degree of His servant. For behold, from now on all ages shall call me blessed.
49 “Because He Who is mighty has done great things for me, and Holy is His Name.
50 “And His mercy is from generation to generation on those who fear Him.
51 “He Who showed strength with His arm, He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
52 “He has put down the mighty from their seats and exalted those of low degree.
53 “He has filled the hungry with good things and sent away the rich empty.
54 “He has upheld Israel, His servant, to be mindful of His mercy,
55 “(as He has spoken to our fathers – that is, to Abraham and his seed) forever.”
56 And Mary stayed with her about three months. After which, she returned to her own house.
57 Now, Elizabeth’s time came for her to be delivered. And she brought forth a Son.
58 And her neighbors and cousins heard tell how the Lord had showed His great mercy upon her. And they rejoiced with her.
59 And it was so that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the baby. And they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father.
60 But his mother answered, and said, “Not so. But he shall be called John.”
61 And they said to her, “There is no one in your family that is named with this name.”
62 Then they made signs to his father, asking how he would like him called.
63 So he asked for writing tablets, and wrote, saying, “His name is John.” And they all marveled.
64 And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue. And he spoke and praised God.
65 Then fear came on all those who lived near them. And all these words were spread throughout all the hill country of Judea.
66 And all those who heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, “What kind of child shall this be?” And the hand of the Lord was with him.
67 Then his father, Zacharias, was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,
68 “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people!
69 “And He has raised up the Horn of Salvation unto us, in the House of His servant David,
70 “as He spoke by the mouth of His Holy Prophets. Who were, since the world began, saying,
71 ‘deliverance from our enemies, and from the hands of all that hate us.’
72 “So that He might show mercy towards our fathers, and remember His Holy Covenant -
73 “the oath, which He swore to our father, Abraham -
74 “that he would grant to us. So that we, being delivered out of the hands of our enemies, should serve him without fear
75 “all the days of our life, in holiness and righteousness before him.
76 “And you, child, shall be called the Prophet of the Most High. For you shall go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways,
77 “to give knowledge of salvation to His people, by the remission of their sins
78 “through the tender mercy of our God (whereby the Dayspring from on high has visited us),
79 “to give light to those who sit in darkness (and in the shadow of death), and to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
80 And the child grew and became strong in spirit. And he was in the wilderness until the day came that he should show himself to Israel.
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