M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan
14 The second year of Joash, son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, reigned Amaziah, the son of Joash, king of Judah.
2 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign and reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
3 And he did uprightly in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David, his father, but did according to all that Joash, his father, had done.
4 Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away, as the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
5 And when the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, he killed his servants who had killed the king, his father.
6 But he did not kill the children of those who killed him, according to that which is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, in which the LORD Commanded, saying, “The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children put to death for the fathers. But every man shall be put to death for his own sin.”
7 He killed ten thousand Edomites, in the Valley of Salt, and took the city of Sela by war, and called its name “Joktheel” to this day.
8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come. Let us face one another.”
9 Then Jehoash, the king of Israel, sent to Amaziah, king of Judah, saying, “The thistle that is in Lebanon, sent to the cedar that is in Lebanon, saying, “Give your daughter to my son as a wife. And the wild beast that was in Lebanon went and trod down the thistle.
10 “You have struck Edom. Your heart has made you proud, bragging of glory. Wait at home. Why do you provoke hurt, so that you should fall, and Judah with you?”
11 But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash, king of Israel, went up. And he and Amaziah, king of Judah, faced one another at Beth Shemesh, which is in Judah.
12 And Judah was defeated by Israel. And they fled, every man to his tent.
13 But Jehoash, king of Israel, took Amaziah, king of Judah, the son of Jehoash, the son of Ahaziah, at Beth Shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate (four hundred cubits).
14 And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the House of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and the children who were hostages, and returned to Samaria.
15 Concerning the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his valiant deeds, and how he fought with Amaziah, king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
16 And Jehoash slept with his fathers and was buried at Samaria, among the kings of Israel. And Jeroboam, his son, reigned in his place.
17 And Amaziah, the son of Joash, king of Judah, lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash, son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel.
18 Concerning the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
19 But they worked treason against him in Jerusalem. And he fled to Lachish. But they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there.
20 And they brought him on horses. And he was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers, in the City of David.
21 Then all the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father, Amaziah.
22 He built Elath and restored it to Judah. After that, the king slept with his fathers.
23 In the fifteenth year of Amaziah, the son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam, the son of Joash, was made king over Israel in Samaria (for forty-one years).
24 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD. He did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin.
25 He restored the territory of Israel, from the entrance of Hamath to the sea of the wilderness, according to the Word of the LORD God of Israel which He spoke by His servant Jonah, the son of Amittai the Prophet, who was from Gath Hepher.
26 For the LORD saw the exceedingly bitter affliction of Israel, so that there was no one shut up, or anyone left, or anyone who could still help Israel.
27 Still, the LORD had not decreed to put out the name of Israel from under the heaven. Therefore, He preserved them by the hand of Jeroboam, the son of Joash.
28 Concerning the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his valiant deeds, how he fought and how he restored Damascus and Hamath to Judah in Israel, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
29 So Jeroboam slept with his fathers, with the kings of Israel. And Zechariah, his son, reigned in his place.
4 Therefore, I charge you before God and before the Lord Jesus Christ, Who shall judge the living and dead at His appearing and in His Kingdom:
2 Preach the Word! Be ready, in season and out of season. Convict, rebuke, encourage, with all longsuffering and teaching.
3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine. But having itching ears, they shall gather a heap of teachers according to their own lusts
4 and shall turn their ears from the truth and shall be given to fables.
5 But you, be sober in all things. Suffer adversity. Do the work of an evangelist. Carry out your ministry fully.
6 For I am already being offered. And the time of my departing is at hand.
7 I have fought the good fight and have finished my course. I have kept the faith.
8 Hereafter, the crown of righteousness - which the Lord, the Righteous Judge, shall give me on that Day - is laid up for me. And not only to me but also to all those who love His appearing.
9 Hurry to come to me at once!
10 For Demas has forsaken me, and has embraced this present world, and has departed to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia; Titus to Dalmatia.
11 Only Luke is with me. Take Mark and bring him with you. For he is useful to me for ministry.
12 And I have sent Tychicus to Ephesus.
13 When you come, bring the cloak with you which I left with Carpus at Troas, and the books (especially the parchments).
14 Alexander, the coppersmith, has done me much evil. May the Lord reward him according to his works.
15 You beware of him also. For he greatly opposes our preaching.
16 At my first defense, no one stood by me. But, all deserted me. May it not be counted against them.
17 But the Lord assisted me and strengthened me; so that by me the preaching might be fully believed, and that all the Gentiles should hear. And I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
18 And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and will preserve me for His Heavenly Kingdom. To Him be praise for ever and ever! Amen.
19 Greet Prisca and Aquila and the household of Onesiphorus.
20 Erastus stayed at Corinth. I left Trophimus at Miletus, sick.
21 Hurry to come before winter. Eubulus greets you, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brothers.
22 The Lord Jesus Christ be with your Spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.
(The second Epistle written from Rome to Timothy, the first Bishop elected of the Church of Ephesus, when Paul was presented the second time before the Emperor Nero)
7 “When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria. For they have dealt falsely. And the thief comes in and the robber plunders outside.
2 “And they do not consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness. Now their own inventions have surrounded them. They are in My sight.
3 “They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
4 “They are all adulterers, like bakers who cease to heat an oven after kneading the dough, until it is leavened.
5 “In the day of the king, the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine. He stretches out his hand to scorners.
6 “For they have made ready their heart like an oven while they lie in wait. Their baker sleeps all night. In the morning it burns as a flame of fire.
7 “They are all as hot as an oven and have devoured their judges. All their kings have fallen. There is no one among them who calls to Me.
8 “Ephraim has mixed himself among the people. Ephraim is as an unturned cake on the hearth.
9 “Strangers have devoured his strength and he does not know it. Yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he does not know.
10 “And the pride of Israel testifies to his face. And they do not return to the LORD their God or seek Him for all this.
11 “Also, Ephraim is like a dove, deceived, without heart. They call to Egypt. They go to Assyria.
12 “When they shall go, I will spread My net upon them and draw them down as the birds of the heaven. I will chastise them, as their Congregation has heard.
13 “Woe to them! For they have fled away from Me. Destruction to them, because they have transgressed against Me. Though I have redeemed them, they have still spoken lies against Me.
14 “And they have not cried to Me with their hearts when they howled upon their beds. They assembled themselves for grain and wine. They rebel against Me.
15 “Though I have bound and strengthened their arm, they still imagine mischief against Me.
16 “They return, but not to the Most High. They are like a deceitful bow. Their princes shall fall by the sword because of the rage of their tongues. This shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.”
120 I called to the LORD in my trouble and He heard me.
2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.
3 What shall be given to you, false tongue; or what shall be done to you:
4 the sharp arrows of a mighty man and the coals of a juniper.
5 Woe is me, that I remain in Meshech and dwell in the tents of Kedar!
6 For too long my soul has dwelt with him who hates peace.
7 I seek peace; and when I speak, they are bent to war. A song of degrees
121 I will lift up my eyes to the mountain, from where my help shall come.
2 My help comes from the LORD, Who has made Heaven and Earth.
3 He will not allow your foot to slip. He Who keeps you will not slumber.
4 Behold, He Who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The LORD is your Keeper. The LORD is your shadow at your right hand.
6 The Sun shall not strike you by day, nor the Moon by night.
7 The LORD shall preserve you from all evil. He shall keep your soul.
8 The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in, from henceforth and forever. A song of degrees, or Psalm, of David
122 I rejoiced when they said to me, “We will go into the House of the LORD.”
2 Our feet shall stand in Your gates, O Jerusalem!
3 Jerusalem is built as a city that is compact together in itself,
4 to which the tribes—even the Tribes of the LORD—go up (according to the testimony to Israel) to praise the Name of the LORD.
5 For there are thrones set for judgment, the thrones of the House of David.
6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Let those who love You prosper.
7 Peace be within Your walls and prosperity within Your palaces.
8 For my brothers’ and neighbors’ sakes, I will now wish you prosperity.
9 Because of the House of the LORD our God, I will seek your good. A song of degrees
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