M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan
18 Now in the third year of Hoshea, son of Elah, king of Israel, Hezekiah, the son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign.
2 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign and reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. Also, his mother’s name was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah.
3 And he did uprightly in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David, his father, had done.
4 He took away the high places and broke the images and cut down the groves and broke the bronze serpent that Moses had made into pieces. For until those days, the children of Israel had burnt incense to it. And he called it “Nehushtan”.
5 He trusted in the LORD God of Israel. There has been no one like him among all the kings of Judah since. Nor was there any like him before.
6 For he clung to the LORD, not departing from Him but keeping His Commandments (which the LORD had commanded Moses).
7 So the LORD was with him. He prospered wherever he went. Also, he rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him.
8 He struck the Philistines to Gaza and its territories, from the watchtower to the defensed city.
9 And in the fourth year of King Hezekiah (which was the seventh year of Hoshea, son of Elah, king of Israel) Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, came up against Samaria and besieged it.
10 And after three years, they took it, in the sixth year of Hezekiah. That is, in the ninth year of Hoshea, king of Israel, Samaria was taken.
11 Then, the king of Assyria carried away Israel to Assyria and put them in Halah, and in Habor, by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes,
12 because they would not obey the Voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed His Covenant—all that Moses, the servant of the LORD, had commanded—and would neither obey nor do them.
13 Moreover, in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, came up against all the strong cities of Judah and took them.
14 Then Hezekiah, king of Judah, sent to the king of Assyria, to Lachish, saying, “I have offended. Depart from me, and whatever you lay upon me I will bear.” And the king of Assyria assessed Hezekiah, king of Judah, three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
15 Therefore, Hezekiah gave all the silver that was found in the House of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house.
16 In the same season, Hezekiah pulled off the plating of the doors of the Temple of the LORD, and the pillars (which said Hezekiah, king of Judah, had covered over) and gave them to the king of Assyria.
17 And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah, with a great army, against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they had come up, they stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is by the path of the fuller’s field,
18 and called to the king. Then Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah (who was steward of the house), came out to them, and Shebna the chancellor, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder.
19 And Rabshakeh said to them, “Please tell Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the great king of Assyria, “What confidence is this in which you trust?
20 Do you think, ‘Surely, I have eloquence, counsel and strength for the war?’ In whom then do you trust that you rebel against me?
21 “Lo, now you trust in this broken staff of reed, on Egypt, upon which if a man leans, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all who trust in him.
22 “But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is not that He whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You shall worship before this Altar in Jerusalem?’”
23 ‘Now, therefore, give hostages to my lord, the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able to set riders upon them.
24 ‘For how can you repel any captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
25 ‘Have I now come up without the LORD to this place, to destroy it? The LORD said to me, “Go up against this land, and destroy it.”’”
26 Then Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah said to Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in the Aramites’ language. For we understand it. And do not talk to us in the Jews’ tongue in the audience of the people who are on the wall.
27 But Rabshakeh said to them, “Has my master only sent me to your master, and to you, to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall, who will eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?”
28 So Rabshakeh stood, and spoke, saying, “Hear the words of the great king, of the king of Assyria!
29 “Thus says the king, ‘Do not let Hezekiah deceive you! For he shall not be able to deliver you out of my hand!
30 ‘And do not let Hezekiah make you to trust in the LORD, saying, “The LORD will surely deliver us! And this city shall not be given over into the hand of the king of Assyria!”
31 ‘Do not listen to Hezekiah! For thus says the king of Assyria, “Make peace with me! And come out to me, so that every man may eat of his own vine, and every man of his own fig tree, and drink every man of the water of his own well,
32 “until I come and bring you to a land like your own land, a land of wheat and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive oil and honey, so that you may live and not die!” And do not obey Hezekiah, for he deceives you, saying, “The LORD will deliver us!”
33 ‘Have any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
34 ‘Where is the god of Hamath, and of Arpad? Where is the god of Sepharvaim, Hena and Ivah? How have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
35 ‘Who are they among all the gods of the nations, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?’”
36 But the people held their peace and did not answer him a word. For the king’s commandment was, saying, “Do not answer him.”
37 Then Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, who was steward of the house, and Shebna the chancellor, and Joah, the son of Asaph the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
1 Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and brother Timothy, To Philemon, our dear friend and fellow helper;
2 and to dear sister Apphia, and to Archippus, our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house:
3 Grace be with you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
4 I give thanks to my God (making mention of you always in my prayers
5 when I hear of your love and faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints,
6 so that the fellowship of your faith may be made effective, and that whatever good thing is in you through Christ Jesus may be known).
7 For we have great joy and encouragement in your love because by you, brother, the saints’ hearts are comforted.
8 Therefore, though I am very bold in Christ to command you that which is appropriate,
9 yet for love’s sake, rather, I exhort you (though I am as I am: old, and even now a prisoner for Jesus Christ)
10 I encourage you for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my imprisonment
11 (who in the past was unprofitable to you, but is now profitable to both you and me)
12 and whom I have sent again. Therefore, receive him who is my own heart,
13 whom I wanted to keep with me so that he might have ministered to me in your place in the bonds of the Gospel.
14 But I do not wish to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness would not be out of necessity, but willingly.
15 Therefore, it may be that he departed for a season so that you would receive him forever
16 (no longer as a servant, but above a servant, as a beloved brother), especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord?
17 Therefore, if you count us as partners, receive him as me.
18 If he has hurt you, or owes you anything, put that on my account.
19 I, Paul, have written this with my own hand. I will repay it. Though I do not mention that even you owe me yourself.
20 Yes, brother, let me obtain this pleasure from you in the Lord. Comfort my heart in the Lord.
21 Trusting in your obedience, I wrote to you knowing that you will do even more than I say.
22 In addition, prepare lodging for me also. For I trust I shall be freely given to you through your prayers.
23 Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you;
24 as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas and Luke, my fellow helpers.
25 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.
(Written from Rome to Philemon and sent by Onesimus, a servant.)
11 “When Israel was a child, then I loved him and called My son out of Egypt.
2 “As they called them, they went from them. They sacrificed to Baal and burnt incense to images.
3 “I also led Ephraim, bearing them in My Arms. But they did not know that I healed them.
4 “I led them with cords of a man, with bands of love. And I was to them as one who takes off the yoke from their jaws. And I gently fed them.
5 “He shall no longer return into the land of Egypt. But Assyria shall be his king because they refused to convert.
6 “And the sword shall fall on his cities, and shall consume its bars and devour them, because of their own counsels.
7 “And My people are bent to rebellion against Me. Though they called them to the Most High, no one at all would exalt.
8 “How shall I give you up, Ephraim? Shall I deliver you, Israel? How shall I make you as Admah? Shall I set you as Zeboim? My Heart has turned within Me. My compassions are kindled.
9 “I will not execute the fierceness of My wrath. I will not return to destroy Ephraim. For I am God, and not man, the Holy One in the midst of you. And I will not enter into the city.
10 “They shall walk after the LORD. He shall roar like a lion. When He shall roar, the children of the West shall fear.
11 “They shall fear as a sparrow out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria. And I will place them in their houses,” says the LORD.
12 “Ephraim surrounds Me with lies, and the House of Israel with deceit. But Judah still rules with God and is faithful with the saints.”
132 LORD, remember David with all his affliction.
2 Who swore to the LORD, vowed to the Mighty of Jacob,
3 “I will not enter into the tabernacle of my house, nor come upon my pallet (my bed),
4 “nor allow my eyes to sleep, nor my eyelids to slumber,
5 “until I find a place for the LORD, a habitation for the Mighty of Jacob.”
6 Lo, we heard of it in Ephrathah and found it in the fields of the forest.
7 We will enter into His Tabernacles and worship before His footstool.
8 Arise, O LORD, into Your rest, You and the Ark of Your strength.
9 Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness; and let Your saints rejoice.
10 For Your servant David’s sake, do not refuse the face of Your Anointed.
11 The LORD has sworn to David in truth; and He will not shrink from it, saying, “From the fruit of your body will I set upon your throne.
12 “If your sons keep My Covenant, and My testimonies, so that I shall teach them, their sons also shall sit upon your throne forever.”
13 For the LORD has chosen Zion and loved to dwell in it, saying,
14 “This is My rest, forever. Here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
15 “I will surely bless her provisions and will satisfy her poor with bread
16 “and will clothe her priests with salvation; and her saints shall shout for joy.
17 “There I will make the horn of David bud. I have ordained a Light for My Anointed.
18 “I will clothe His enemies with shame; but on Him His crown shall flourish.” A song of degrees, or Psalm, of Solomon
133 Behold, how good and how pleasant a thing it is for brothers to dwell together.
2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, which runs down upon the beard (even to Aaron’s beard, which went down on the border of his garments)
3 as the dew of Hermon which falls upon the mountains of Zion; for there the LORD appointed the blessing and life forever. A song of degrees
134 Behold! Praise the LORD all you servants of the LORD, who stand in the House of the LORD by night!
2 Lift up your hands to the Sanctuary and praise the LORD!
3 The LORD, Who has made Heaven and Earth, bless you out of Zion. Praise the LORD
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