M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan
22 And they continued for three years without war between Aram and Israel.
2 And in the third year, Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, came down to the king of Israel.
3 (For the king of Israel had said to his servants, “Did you not know that Ramoth Gilead was ours? But we stay and do not take it out of the hand of the king of Aram?)
4 And he said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to battle against Ramoth Gilead?” And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “I am as you are, my people as your people, and my horses as your horses.”
5 Then Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Please ask counsel of the LORD today.”
6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets, about four hundred men, and said to them, “Shall I go against Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall I let it alone?” And they said, “Go up. For the LORD shall deliver it into the hands of the king.”
7 And Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not still here a Prophet of the LORD, that we might inquire of him?”
8 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man (Micaiah, the son of Imlah) by whom we may ask counsel of the LORD, but I hate him. For he does not prophesy good to me, but evil.” And Jehoshaphat said, “Do not let the king say so.”
9 Then the king of Israel called a eunuch, and said, “Quickly, call Micaiah the son of Imlah.”
10 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, each sat on his throne, in their apparel, in the threshing floor, at the entrance of the gate of Samaria. And all the prophets prophesied before them.
11 And Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, made himself horns of iron, and said, “Thus says the LORD: ‘With these shall you push the Aramites, until you have consumed them.’”
12 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, “Go up to Ramoth Gilead and prosper, for the LORD shall deliver it into the king’s hand.”
13 And the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, “Behold, now, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one accord. Please let your word, therefore, be like the word of one of them, and speak good.
14 And Micaiah said, “As the LORD lives, whatever the LORD says to me, that will I speak.”
15 So he came to the king, and the king said to him, “Micaiah, shall we go against Ramoth Gilead to battle, or shall we leave off?” And he answered him, “Go up, and prosper. And the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king.”
16 And the king said to him, “How often shall I charge you to tell me nothing but that which is true in the Name of the LORD?”
17 Then he said, “I saw all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that had no shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These have no master. Let every man return to his house in peace.’”
18 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he would prophesy no good to me, but evil?”
19 Again he said, “Hear, therefore, the Word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sit on His throne. And all the host of Heaven stood around Him on His right and on His left.
20 “And the LORD said, ‘Who shall entice Ahab, so that he may go and fall at Ramoth Gilead?’ And one spoke in this manner, and another spoke in that manner.
21 “Then a spirit came forth and stood before the LORD, and said, ‘I will entice him.’ And the LORD said to him, ‘With what?’
22 “And he said, ‘I will go out and be a false spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ Then He said, ‘You shall entice and shall also prevail. Go forth and do so.’
23 “Now, therefore, behold, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these, your prophets. And the LORD has appointed misery upon you.”
24 Then Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, “When did the spirit of the LORD go from me, to speak to you?”
25 And Micaiah said, “Behold, you shall see on that day, when you shall go from chamber to chamber to hide yourself.”
26 And the king of Israel said, “Take Micaiah and carry him to Amon, the governor of the city, and to Joash, the king’s son,
27 “and say, ‘Thus says the king, “Put this man in the prison house and feed him with bread of affliction, and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.”’”
28 And Micaiah said, “If you return in peace, the LORD has not spoken by me.” And he said, “Listen, all you people!”
29 So, the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, went up to Ramoth Gilead.
30 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will change my apparel, and will enter into the battle. But you put on your apparel.” And the king of Israel changed himself and went into the battle.
31 And the king of Aram commanded his thirty-two captains over his chariots, saying, “Fight with neither small nor great, but only against the king of Israel!”
32 And when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “Surely it is the king of Israel!” And they turned to fight against him. And Jehoshaphat cried.
33 And when the captains of the chariots saw that he was not the king of Israel, they turned back from him.
34 Then a man drew a bow mightily and struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. Therefore, he said to his chariot man, “Turn around and carry me out of the battle, for I am hurt.”
35 And the battle increased that day. And the king stood still in his chariot, against the Aramites, and died at evening. And the blood ran out of the wound, into the midst of the chariot.
36 And there was a proclamation throughout the battle, around the going down of the Sun, saying, “Every man to his city. And every man to his own country.”
37 So the king died and was brought to Samaria. And they buried the king in Samaria.
38 And someone washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria. And the dogs licked up his blood (and they washed his armor), according to the Word of the LORD which He spoke.
39 Concerning the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
40 So Ahab slept with his fathers. And Ahaziah, his son, reigned in his place.
41 And Jehoshaphat, the son of Asa, began to reign upon Judah in the fourth year of Ahab, king of Israel.
42 Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he began to reign and reigned for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.
43 And he walked in all the ways of Asa, his father, and did not depart from them, but did that which was right in the Eyes of the LORD. Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away. The people still offered and burnt incense in the high places.
44 And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
45 Concerning the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his worthy deeds that he did, and his battles which he fought, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
46 And the Sodomites who remained in the days of his father, Asa, he put clear out of the land.
47 There was then no king in Edom. The deputy was king.
48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to sail to Ophir for gold. But they did not go, for the ships were broken at Ezion Geber.
49 Then Ahaziah, the son of Ahab, said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my servants go with your servants in the ships.” But Jehoshaphat would not.
50 And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the City of David, his father. And Jehoram, his son, reigned in his place.
51 Ahaziah, the son of Ahab, began to reign over Israel in Samaria, in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.
52 But he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin.
53 For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked the LORD God of Israel to wrath, according to all that his father had done.
5 But of the times and seasons, brothers, you have no need for me to write to you.
2 For you yourselves know perfectly that the Day of the Lord shall come as a thief in the night.
3 For when they shall say “Peace and safety”, then sudden destruction shall come upon them, as labor upon a woman with child. And they shall not escape.
4 But you, brothers, are not in darkness, so that that day shall come on you as a thief.
5 You are all children of light, and children of the Day. We are not of the night, nor of darkness.
6 Therefore let us not sleep as others do. But, let us watch and be sober.
7 For those who sleep, sleep in the night. And those who are drunk, are drunk in the night.
8 But let us who are of the Day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love and the hope of salvation for a helmet.
9 For God has not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by means of our Lord Jesus Christ;
10 Who died for us so that - whether we wake or sleep - we would live together with Him.
11 Therefore, exhort one another. And edify one another, just as you are doing.
12 Now, we urge you, brothers, that you acknowledge those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you.
13 Hold them in singular love for their work’s sake. Be at peace among yourselves.
14 We desire, brothers, that you admonish those who are out of order, comfort the faint-hearted, bear with the weak, be patient toward all.
15 See that no one recompenses evil for evil to anyone. But always follow that which is good, both toward yourselves and toward all.
16 Rejoice always.
17 Pray continually.
18 Give thanks in all things. For this is the will of God toward you in Christ Jesus.
19 Do not quench the Spirit.
20 Do not ignore prophecy.
21 Test all things. Keep that which is good.
22 Abstain from any appearance of evil.
23 Now, may the very God of Peace sanctify you completely. And may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless, until the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
24 Faithful is He Who calls you. He will also do it.
25 Pray for us, brothers.
26 Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.
27 I charge you in the Lord that this epistle be read to all the holy brothers.
28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you, Amen.
(The first Epistle to the Thessalonians, written from Athens.)
4 I, Nebuchadnezzar, being at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace,
2 Saw a dream which made me afraid. And the thoughts upon my bed, and the visions of my head troubled me.
3 Therefore I made a decree, that they should bring all the wise men of Babel before me, that they might declare to me the interpretation of the dream.
4 So came the enchanters, the astrologers, the Chaldeans and the soothsayers, to whom I told the dream. But they could not show me the interpretation thereof.
5 Till at the last, Daniel came before me, (whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, who has the spirit of the holy gods in him). And before him I told the dream, saying,
6 “O Belteshazzar, chief of the enchanters, because I know, that the spirit of the holy gods is in you, and no secret troubles you, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.
7 “Thus were the visions of my head in my bed. And behold, I saw a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great;
8 “A great tree and strong. And the height thereof reached to heaven, and the sight thereof to the ends of all the earth.
9 “The boughs thereof were fair and the fruit thereof much. And in it was food for all. It made a shadow under it for the beasts of the field. And the birds of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof. And all flesh fed from it.
10 “I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and behold, a watchman and a holy one came down from heaven,
11 “And cried aloud, and said, ‘Cut down the tree, and break off his branches. Shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit, that the beasts may flee from under it, and the birds from his branches.
12 ‘Nevertheless, leave the stump of its roots in the earth, and with a band of iron and brass bind it among the grass of the field, and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts among the grass of the field.
13 ‘Let his heart be changed from man’s nature, and let a beast’s heart be given to him, and let seven times pass over him.
14 ‘The command is according to the decree of the watchmen, and according to the word of the holy ones, to the intent that living men may know that the most High has power over the kingdom of men; and gives it to whomever he will; and appoints over it the lowest among men.’
15 “This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, have seen. Therefore, you, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof. For all the wise men of my kingdom are unable to show me the interpretation. But you are able. For the spirit of the holy gods is in you.”
16 Then Daniel (whose name was Belteshazzar) was astonished for one hour. And his thoughts troubled him. And the king spoke and said, “Belteshazzar, let neither the dream, nor the interpretation thereof, trouble you.” Belteshazzar answered and said, “My lord, the dream is for those who hate you, and the interpretation thereof for your enemies.
17 “The tree that you saw, which was great and mighty, whose height reached to the heaven, and the sight thereof through all the world,
18 Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much; and in it was food for all, under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the birds of the heaven sat -
19 it is you, O king, who is great and mighty. For your greatness has grown, and reaches to Heaven; and your dominion to the ends of the Earth.
20 “And whereas the king saw a watchman, and a holy one, who came down from heaven, and said, ‘Cut down the tree, and destroy it, yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth. And, with a band of iron and brass, bind it among the grass of the field, and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him’,
21 “This is the interpretation, O king. And it is the decree of the Most High, who has come upon my lord the king;
22 “That they shall drive you from men. And your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. They shall make you eat grass, as the oxen. And, they shall wet you with the dew of heaven. And seven times shall pass over you, till you know that the most High bears rule over the kingdom of men; and gives it to whomever he will.
23 “And whereas they said that one should ‘leave the stump of the tree roots’, your kingdom shall remain yours. After that, you shall know that the heavens rule.
24 “Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you. And break off your sins by righteousness; and your iniquities by mercy towards the poor. Lo, let there be a healing of your error.”
25 All these things came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.
26 At the end of twelve months, he walked in the royal palace of Babel.
27 And the king spoke and said, “Is not this great Babel that I have built for the house of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honor of my majesty?”
28 While the word was in the king’s mouth, a voice came down from heaven, saying, “O king Nebuchadnezzar, to you be it spoken, ‘Your kingdom has departed from you.
29 “‘And they shall drive you from men. And your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. They shall make you to eat grass, as the oxen. And seven times shall pass over you, until you know, that the most High bears rule over the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will.’”
30 That very same hour was this thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar. And he was driven from men, and ate grass as the oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown as eagles feathers, and his nails like birds claws.
31 And at the end of these days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven. And my understanding was restored to me. And I gave thanks to the most High. And I praised and honored him who lives forever, whose power is an everlasting power, and whose kingdom is from generation to generation.
32 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing. And according to his will, he works in the army of heaven, and in the inhabitants of the earth. And none can stay his hand, nor say to him, “What are you doing?”
33 At the same time was my understanding restored to me. And I returned to the honor of my kingdom. My glory and my beauty was restored to me, and my counselors and my princes sought me. And I was re-established in my kingdom, and my glory was added to me.
34 Now therefore, I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and magnify the king of heaven, whose works are all truth; and his ways judgment. And those who walk in pride, he is able to humble.
108 O God, my heart is prepared. I will sing and give abundant praise!
2 Awake, viol and harp! I will awake early.
3 I will praise You, O LORD, among the people! And I will sing to You among the nations.
4 For Your mercy is great above the heavens, and Your truth to the clouds.
5 Exalt Yourself, O God, above the heavens, and Your Glory upon all the Earth,
6 so that Your beloved may be delivered. Help with Your right hand and hear me.
7 God has spoken in His holiness, “I will rejoice. I shall divide Shechem and measure the valley of Succoth.
8 “Gilead shall be Mine. Manasseh shall be Mine. Ephraim, also, shall be the strength of My head. Judah is My lawgiver.
9 “Moab shall be My washpot. I will cast out My shoe over Edom. I will triumph over Palestine.”
10 Who will lead me into the strong city? Who will bring me to Edom?
11 Will not You, O God, Who had forsaken us? And will You not go forth, O God, with our armies?
12 Give us help against trouble, for vain is the help of man.
13 Through God we shall do valiantly; for He shall tread down our enemies. To him who excels: A Psalm of David
109 Do not hold Your tongue, O God of my praise.
2 For the mouth of the wicked, and the mouth of deceit, are opened upon me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.
3 They also surrounded me, with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.
4 In return for my friendship they were my adversaries; but I gave myself to prayer.
5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my friendship.
6 Set the wicked over him; and let the adversary stand at his right hand.
7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned; and let his prayer be turned into sin.
8 Let his days be few and let another take his office.
9 Let his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
10 Let his children be vagabonds, and beg and seek bread, coming out of their places destroyed.
11 Let the creditor seize all that he has, and let the strangers plunder his labor.
12 Let there be no one to extend mercy to him, nor let there be any to show mercy upon his fatherless children.
13 Let his posterity be destroyed. In the generation following, let their name be put out.
14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be held in remembrance by the LORD. And do not let the sin of his mother be wiped out.
15 Let them always be before the LORD, so that He may cut off their memorial from the Earth.
16 Because he did not remember to show mercy (but persecuted the afflicted and poor man, and the sorrowful-hearted, to kill him),
17 as he loved cursing, so shall it come to him. And as he did not love blessing, so shall it be far from him.
18 As he clothed himself with cursing like a garment, so shall it come into his core like water and like oil into his bones.
19 Let it be to him as a garment to cover him, and for a girdle with which he shall always be girded.
20 Let this be the reward from the LORD to my adversary, and to those who speak evil against my soul.
21 But You, O LORD my God, deal with me according to Your Name. Deliver me (for Your mercy is good).
22 Because I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
23 I depart like the shadow that declines and am shaken off as the grasshopper.
24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh has lost fatness.
25 I also became a rebuke to them. Those who looked upon me shook their heads.
26 Help me, O LORD my God! Save me according to Your mercy.
27 And they shall know that this is Your hand and that You, LORD, have done it.
28 They curse. Yet You will bless. They shall arise and be confounded; but Your servant shall rejoice.
29 Let my adversaries be clothed with shame; and let them cover themselves with their confusion, as with a cloak.
30 I will give great thanks to the LORD with my mouth and praise Him among the multitude.
31 For He will stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those who would condemn his soul. A Psalm of David
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