M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan

Abijah Reigns over Judah

13 ^(A)In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah became king over Judah. ² He reigned three years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah.

^(B)Now there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. ³ And Abijah began the battle with a military force of mighty men, 400,000 chosen men, while Jeroboam arranged them all for battle against him with 800,000 chosen men who were mighty men of valor.

God Smites Israel Before Judah

⁴ Then Abijah rose up on Mount ^(C)Zemaraim, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, “Listen to me, Jeroboam and all Israel: ⁵ Do you not know that ^(D)Yahweh, the God of Israel, gave the rule over Israel forever to David ^[a]and his sons by ^(E)a covenant of salt? ⁶ Yet ^(F)Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up and rebelled against his ^[b]master, ⁷ and worthless men gathered about him, vile men, who proved too strong for Rehoboam, the son of Solomon; ^[c](G)he was young and timid and could not exert his strength before them.

⁸ “So now you ^[d]intend to exert your strength before the kingdom of Yahweh by the hand of the sons of David, ^[e]being a great multitude and having with you ^(H)the golden calves which Jeroboam made for gods for you. ^9 (I)Have you not driven out the priests of Yahweh, the sons of Aaron and the Levites, and made for yourselves priests like the peoples of other lands? Whoever comes ^(J)to ordain himself with a bull from the herd and seven rams, even he may become a priest of what are ^(K)no gods. ¹⁰ But as for us, Yahweh is our God, and we have not forsaken Him; and the sons of Aaron are ministering to Yahweh as priests, and the Levites are in their work. ¹¹ And every morning and evening ^(L)they ^[f]burn to Yahweh burnt offerings and fragrant incense, and ^(M)the showbread is set on the clean table, and the golden lampstand with its lamps is ready to light every evening; for we keep the responsibility given by Yahweh our God, but you have forsaken Him. ¹² And behold, God is with us at our head and ^(N)His priests with the signal trumpets to raise the shout of war against you. O sons of Israel, do not fight against Yahweh, the God of your fathers, for you will not succeed.”

¹³ But Jeroboam ^(O)had encircled an ambush to come from the rear, so that Israel was in front of Judah and the ambush was behind them. ¹⁴ So Judah turned around, and behold, ^[g]they were attacked both front and rear; so ^(P)they cried to Yahweh, and the priests blew the trumpets. ¹⁵ Then the men of Judah raised a shout of war, and when the men of Judah raised the shout of war, then it was that God ^(Q)smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. ¹⁶ So the sons of Israel fled before Judah, and ^(R)God gave them into their hand. ¹⁷ And Abijah and his people struck them down with a great slaughter, and 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain. ¹⁸ Thus the sons of Israel were subdued at that time, and the sons of Judah were strong ^(S)because they leaned upon Yahweh, the God of their fathers. ¹⁹ And Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured from him several cities, Bethel with its towns, Jeshanah with its towns, and ^[h]Ephron with its towns.

Death of Jeroboam

²⁰ Now Jeroboam did not again recover power in the days of Abijah; and ^(T)Yahweh smote him and ^(U)he died.

²¹ But Abijah became stronger; and he took fourteen wives to himself, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters. ²² Now the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways and his words are written in ^(V)the ^[i]treatise of ^(W)the prophet Iddo.

To the Church in Sardis

3 “And to the angel of the church in ^(A)Sardis write:

This is what He who has ^(B)the seven Spirits of God and ^(C)the seven stars, says: ‘^(D)I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, ^[a]but you are ^(E)dead. ² Wake up, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die, for I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of My God. ³ So ^(F)remember ^[b]what you have received and heard; and keep it, and ^(G)repent. Therefore if you do not wake up, ^(H)I will come ^(I)like a thief, and you will not know at ^(J)what hour I will come to you. ⁴ But you have a few ^[c](K)names in ^(L)Sardis who have not ^(M)defiled their garments, and they will walk with Me ^(N)in white, for they are worthy. ^5 (O)He who overcomes will thus be clothed in ^(P)white garments, and I will never ^(Q)erase his name from the book of life, and ^(R)I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels. ^6 (S)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

To the Church in Philadelphia

⁷ “And to the angel of the church in ^(T)Philadelphia write:

^(U)This is what He who is holy, ^(V)who is true, who has ^(W)the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says:

⁸ ‘^(X)I know your ^[d]deeds. Behold, I have given before you ^(Y)an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and have kept My word, and ^(Z)have not denied My name. ⁹ Behold, I am giving up those of ^(AA)the synagogue of Satan, those who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie. Behold, I will make them ^(AB)come and bow down before your feet, and make them know that ^(AC)I have loved you. ¹⁰ Because you have ^(AD)kept the word of ^(AE)My perseverance, ^(AF)I also will keep you from the hour of ^[e](AG)testing, which is about to come upon the whole ^[f](AH)world, to ^[g]test ^(AI)those who dwell on the earth. ^11 (AJ)I am coming quickly; ^(AK)hold fast what you have, so that no one will take your ^(AL)crown. ^12 (AM)He who overcomes, I will make him a ^(AN)pillar in the sanctuary of My God, and he will never go out from it anymore. And I will write on him the ^(AO)name of My God, and ^(AP)the name of the city of My God, ^(AQ)the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My ^(AR)new name. ^13 (AS)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

To the Church in Laodicea

¹⁴ “And to the angel of the church in ^(AT)Laodicea write:

^(AU)This is what the Amen, ^(AV)the faithful and true Witness, ^(AW)the ^[h]Beginning of the creation of God, says:

¹⁵ ‘^(AX)I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. ^(AY)I wish that you were cold or hot. ¹⁶ So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will ^[i]spit you out of My mouth. ¹⁷ Because you say, “^(AZ)I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are wretched and pitiable and poor and blind and naked. ¹⁸ I advise you to ^(BA)buy from Me ^(BB)gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and ^(BC)white garments so that you may clothe yourself, and that ^(BD)the shame of your nakedness will not be manifested; and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see. ^19 (BE)Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline. Therefore be zealous and ^(BF)repent. ²⁰ Behold, I stand ^(BG)at the door and ^(BH)knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, ^(BI)I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me. ^21 (BJ)He who overcomes, I will grant to him ^(BK)to sit down with Me on My throne, as ^(BL)I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. ^22 (BM)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”

The Commission to Rebuild the Temple

1 In the ^(A)second year of Darius the king, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of ^[a]Yahweh came by the hand of ^(B)Haggai the prophet to ^(C)Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, ^(D)governor of Judah, and to ^(E)Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying, ² “Thus says Yahweh of ^[b]hosts, ‘This people says, “The time has not come, even the time for the house of Yahweh to be rebuilt.”’” ³ Then the word of Yahweh came by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying, ⁴ “Is it time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses while this house ^(F)lies waste?” ⁵ So now, thus says Yahweh of hosts, “Set your heart to consider your ways! ⁶ You have ^(G)sown much, but bring in little; you eat, but there is not enough to be satisfied; you drink, but there is ^[c]not enough to become drunk; you put on clothing, but no one is warm enough; and he who earns, earns wages to put into a bag with holes.”

⁷ Thus says Yahweh of hosts, “Set your heart to consider your ways! ⁸ Go up to the ^[d]mountains and bring wood and ^(H)rebuild the house of God, that I may be ^(I)pleased with it and be ^(J)glorified,” says Yahweh. ⁹ “^(K)You look for much, but behold, it comes to little; and you bring it home, and I ^(L)blow it away. Why?” declares Yahweh of hosts, “Because of My house which ^(M)lies waste, while each of you runs to his own house. ¹⁰ Therefore, because of you the ^(N)sky has restrained ^[e]its dew and the earth has restrained its produce. ¹¹ And I called for a ^[f](O)drought on the land, on the mountains, on the grain, on the new wine, on the oil, on what the ground brings forth, on ^(P)men, on cattle, and on ^(Q)all the labor of ^[g]your hands.”

¹² Then ^(R)Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and ^(S)Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, ^(T)listened to the voice of Yahweh their God and the words of Haggai the prophet, as Yahweh their God had sent him. And the people ^(U)feared Yahweh. ¹³ Then Haggai, the ^(V)messenger of Yahweh, spoke by the commissioned message of Yahweh to the people saying, “‘^(W)I am with you,’ declares Yahweh.” ¹⁴ So Yahweh stirred up the spirit of ^(X)Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, ^(Y)governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the ^(Z)remnant of the people; and they came and ^(AA)did work on the house of Yahweh of hosts, their God, ¹⁵ on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month in the second year of Darius the king.

The Wedding at Cana

2 And on ^(A)the third day there was a wedding in ^(B)Cana of Galilee, and the ^(C)mother of Jesus was there; ² and both Jesus and His ^(D)disciples were invited to the wedding. ³ And when the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus *said to Him, “They have no wine.” ⁴ And Jesus *said to her, “^(E)Woman, ^[a](F)what do I have to do with you? ^(G)My hour has not yet come.” ⁵ His ^(H)mother *said to the servants, “Whatever He says to you, do it.” ⁶ Now there were six stone water jars set there ^(I)for the Jewish custom of purification, containing ^[b]two or three measures each. ⁷ Jesus *said to them, “Fill the water jars with water.” So they filled them up to the brim. ⁸ And He *said to them, “Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter.” So they took it to him. ⁹ Now when the headwaiter tasted the water ^(J)which had become wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter *called the bridegroom, ¹⁰ and *said to him, “Every man serves the good wine first, and when the people ^(K)have ^[c]drunk freely, then the inferior wine; but you have kept the good wine until now.” ¹¹ Jesus did this in Cana of ^(L)Galilee as the beginning of His ^[d](M)signs, and manifested His ^(N)glory, and His disciples believed in Him.

¹² After this He went down to ^(O)Capernaum, He and His ^(P)mother and His ^(Q)brothers and His ^(R)disciples; and they stayed there a few days.

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

^13 (S)And the Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus ^(T)went up to Jerusalem. ^14 (U)And He found in the temple those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. ¹⁵ And He made a scourge of cords, and drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen; and He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables; ¹⁶ and to those who were selling ^(V)the doves He said, “Take these things away; stop making ^(W)My Father’s house a ^[e]place of business.” ¹⁷ His ^(X)disciples remembered that it was written, “^(Y)Zeal for Your house will consume me.” ^18 (Z)The Jews then said to Him, “^(AA)What sign do You show us ^[f]as your authority for doing these things?” ¹⁹ Jesus answered them, “^(AB)Destroy this ^[g]sanctuary, and in three days I will raise it up.” ^20 (AC)The Jews then said, “It took ^(AD)forty-six years to build this sanctuary, and will You raise it up in three days?” ²¹ But He was speaking about ^(AE)the sanctuary of His body. ²² So when He was raised from the dead, His ^(AF)disciples ^(AG)remembered that He said this; and they believed ^(AH)the Scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.

²³ Now when He was in Jerusalem at ^(AI)the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name, ^(AJ)when they saw His signs which He was doing. ²⁴ But Jesus, ^[h]on His part, was not entrusting Himself to them, for ^(AK)He knew all men, ²⁵ and because He had no need that anyone bear witness concerning man, ^(AL)for He Himself knew what was in man.