M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan
4 ¶ So king Solomon was king over all Israel.
2 And these were the princes which he had: Azariah, the son of Zadok, the priest,
3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes, Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, writer of the chronicles;
4 Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the host; and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests;
5 Azariah, the son of Nathan, was over the officers; and Zabud, the son of Nathan, was the priest and special companion of the king;
6 and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram, the son of Abda, was over the tribute.
7 And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who maintained the king and his household. Each one of them made provision for one month in the year.
8 And these are their names: The son of Hur, in Mount Ephraim;
9 the son of Dekar, in Makaz and in Shaalbim and in Bethshemesh and in Elon and in Bethhanan;
10 the son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh and all the land of Hepher.
11 The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor, who had Taphath, the daughter of Solomon, to wife;
12 Baana, the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo and all Bethshean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Bethshean to Abelmeholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam;
13 the son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair, the son of Manasseh, which were in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and brasen bars;
14 Ahinadab, the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;
15 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath, the daughter of Solomon, to wife.
16 Baanah, the son of Hushai, was in Asher and in Aloth;
17 Jehoshaphat, the son of Paruah, in Issachar;
18 Shimei, the son of Elah, in Benjamin;
19 Geber, the son of Uri, was in the land of Gilead, in the land of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and of Og, king of Bashan; and in addition to these there was an officer over all the land.
20 ¶ Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
21 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines and unto the border of Egypt, and they brought presents and served Solomon all the days of his life.
22 And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour and sixty measures of meal,
23 ten fat oxen and twenty oxen out of the pastures and one hundred sheep beside harts and roebucks and fallowdeer and fatted fowl.
24 For he had dominion over all the region on the other side of the river and from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on the other side of the river, and he had peace on all sides {Heb. with all the slaves} round about him.
25 And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, each one under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
26 And Solomon had forty thousand horses in his stables for his chariots and twelve thousand horsemen.
27 And these officers maintained King Solomon and all that came unto king Solomon’s table, each one in his month; they made sure nothing was lacking.
28 They also brought barley and straw for the horses and beasts of burden unto the place where he was, each one according to his charge.
29 ¶ And God gave Solomon exceedingly great wisdom and intelligence and magnanimity of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
30 And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the sons of the east and all the wisdom of the Egyptians.
31 For he was wiser than all men, than Ethan, the Ezrahite, and Heman and Chalcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and he was named in all nations round about.
32 And he spoke three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
33 And he spoke of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springs out of the wall. He also spoke of animals and of fowl and of serpents and of fishes.
34 And they came from all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, who had heard of his wisdom.
5 ¶ Hiram, king of Tyre, also sent his slaves unto Solomon when he heard that they had anointed him king in the place of his father; for Hiram had always loved David.
2 Then Solomon sent to Hiram, saying,
3 Thou knowest how David, my father, could not build a house unto the name of the LORD his God, for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put his enemies under the soles of his feet.
4 Now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side so that there is neither adversary nor evil encounter.
5 And, therefore, I have determined to build a house unto the name of the LORD my God as the LORD spoke unto David, my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy place, he shall build a house unto my name.
6 Command, therefore, now that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon, and my slaves shall be with thy slaves, and I will give thee for thy slaves the hire that thou shalt appoint, for thou knowest that there is no one among us with the skill to hew timber like the Sidonians.
7 And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly and said, Blessed be the LORD this day, who has given unto David a wise son over this great people.
8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have heard that which thou didst send to tell me, and I will do all thy desire concerning the timber of cedar and concerning the timber of fir.
9 My slaves shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea, and I will convey them by sea in rafts unto the place that thou shalt appoint me and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them; and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.
10 ¶ So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire.
11 And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household and twenty thousand measures of pure oil; this gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.
12 And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom as he promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two made a covenant together.
13 And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel, and the levy was thirty thousand men,
14 whom he sent to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses; they were a month in Lebanon and two months at home; and Adoniram was over the levy.
15 And Solomon had seventy thousand that bore burdens and eighty thousand hewers in the mountains;
16 besides Solomon’s chief officers who were over the work, there were three thousand three hundred who ruled over the people that did the work.
17 And the king commanded that they bring great stones, costly stones, for the foundation of the house, and hewed stones.
18 And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders hewed them, and the stonesquarers; so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.
2 ¶ And he has made you alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins,
2 in which in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the will of the prince of the power of this air, the spirit that now works in the sons of disobedience,
3 among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind and were by nature the children of wrath, even as all the others.
4 ¶ But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great charity with which he loved us,
5 even as we were dead in sins, he has made us alive together with the Christ (by whose grace ye are saved)
6 and has raised us up together and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
7 That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God,
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God has prepared that we should walk in them.
11 ¶ Therefore remember that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who were called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh, which is made by hands,
12 that at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world,
13 but now in Christ Jesus ye who at another time were far off are made near by the blood of the Christ.
14 ¶ For he is our peace, who of both has made one, breaking down the middle wall of separation,
15 abolishing in his flesh the enmity, which was the law of commandments in the order of rites, to edify in himself the two in one new man, making peace,
16 and to reconcile both with God by the cross {Gr. stauros – stake} in one body, having slain the enmity thereby;
17 and he came and preached peace unto you who were afar off and to those that were near.
18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
19 Now therefore ye are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints and of the household of God,
20 and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone,
21 in whom all the building fitly framed together grows unto a holy temple in the Lord,
22 in whom ye also are being built together for the habitation of God in the Spirit.
35 ¶ Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against him,
3 and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, O Mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out my hand against thee, and I will make thee waste and solitary.
4 I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
5 Because thou hast had perpetual enmities and hast scattered the sons of Israel to the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the extremely evil time:
6 therefore, as I live, said the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: and if thou dost not hate blood, blood shall pursue thee.
7 And I will make Mount Seir waste and solitary and cut off from him, he that passes out and him that returns.
8 And I will fill his mountains with his dead; and in thy hills and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, they shall fall that are slain with the sword.
9 I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall never be restored; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
10 ¶ Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess them, whereas the LORD was there.
11 Therefore, as I live, said the Lord GOD, I will even do according to thine anger and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy enmity against them; and I shall be known in them when I judge thee.
12 And thou shalt know that I, the LORD, have heard all thy injuries which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate; they are given us to devour.
13 Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me and have multiplied your words against me; I have heard them.
14 Thus hath the Lord GOD said: Thus shall the whole earth rejoice when I shall make thee desolate.
15 As thou didst rejoice upon the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee; thou shalt be desolate, O Mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
To the Overcomer, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.
1 ¶ LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land; thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.
2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people; thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.
3 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath; thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.
4 Turn us, O God our saving health and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou extend thine anger from generation to generation?
6 Wilt thou not give us life again that thy people may rejoice in thee?
7 Show us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy saving health.
8 ¶ I will hear what God the LORD will speak, for he will speak peace unto his people and to his saints, that they not turn again to folly.
9 Surely his saving health is near those that fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.
10 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
11 Truth shall spring out of the earth, and righteousness shall look down from the heavens.
12 The LORD shall give that which is good, and our land shall bring forth her fruit.
13 Righteousness shall go before him and shall set his steps in the way.
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