M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan
The Sons of David
3 Now these were the sons of David who were born for him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, whose mother was Ahinoam from Jezre’el, the second, Daniel, whose mother was Abigail from Carmel,
2 the third, Absalom, whose mother was Ma’akah, the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur, the fourth, Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith,
3 the fifth, Shephatiah, whose mother was Abital, the sixth, Ithream, whose mother was David’s wife Eglah.
4 So there were six sons born to David in Hebron, and he ruled as king there for seven years and six months.
David ruled as king for thirty-three years in Jerusalem. 5 These sons were born to him in Jerusalem:
four sons of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel:[a] Shimea,[b] Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon;
6 nine other sons: Ibhar, Elishama, Eliphelet, 7 Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, 8 Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.
9 All these were the sons of David. In addition, there were the sons of the concubines, and Tamar was their sister.
The Kings of Judah
10 Solomon’s son was Rehoboam,
Abijah was his son,
Asa was his son,
Jehoshaphat was his son,
11 Joram was his son,
Ahaziah was his son,
Joash was his son,
12 Amaziah was his son,
Azariah was his son,
Jotham was his son,
13 Ahaz was his son,
Hezekiah was his son,
Manasseh was his son,
14 Amon was his son,
and Josiah was his son.
15 The sons of Josiah were his firstborn Johanan, his second Jehoiakim, his third Zedekiah, and his fourth Shallum.[c] 16 The sons of Jehoiakim were his son Jeconiah[d] and his son Zedekiah.[e]
The Royal Line Preserved Through the Captivity
17 The sons of Jeconiah the captive were Shealtiel his son, 18 also Malkiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
19 The sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel[f] and Shimei.
The sons of Zerubbabel were Meshullam and Hananiah. Shelomith was their sister. 20 Also five others: Hashubah, Ohel, Berekiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab Hesed.
21 The sons of Hananiah were Pelatiah and Jeshaiah as well as the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, and the sons of Shekaniah.
22 The sons of Shekaniah were Shemaiah, Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat, six in all.[g]
23 The sons of Neariah were Elioenai, Hizkiah, and Azrikam, three in all.
24 The sons of Elioenai were Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani, seven in all.
More Information About the Clans of Judah
4 The descendants[h] of Judah were Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.
2 Reaiah son of Shobal became the father of Jahath, and Jahath became the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These are the clans of the Zorathites.
3 These were the sons[i] of Etam: Jezre’el, Ishma, and Idbash. The name of their sister was Hazzelelponi.
4 Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.
5 Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Na’arah. 6 Na’arah gave birth to Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Ha’ahashtari. These were the sons of Na’arah. 7 The sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
8 Koz became the father of Anub, Zobebah, and the clans of Aharhel, the son of Harum.
9 Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother named him Jabez because she said, “I gave birth to him with pain.”[j] 10 Jabez called to the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my borders! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from evil,[k] so that I will not experience pain!” God granted him what he requested.
11 Kelub, the brother of Shuhah, became the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. 12 Eshton became the father of Beth Rapha and Paseah and Tehinnah, the father of Ir Nahash. These are the men of Rekah.
13 The sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel were Hathath and Meonothai.[l]
14 Meonothai became the father of Ophrah, and Seraiah became the father of Joab, who was the father of Ge Harashim,[m] because they were craftsmen.
15 The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh were Iru, Elah, and Na’am.
The son of Elah was Kenaz.
16 The sons of Jehallelel were Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
17 The sons of Ezrah were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. Mered’s wife gave birth to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa. These are the sons of Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took.[n]
18 His Judean wife gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soko, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.
19 The sons of Hodiah’s wife, who was the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and Eshtemoa the Ma’akathite.[o]
20 The sons of Shimon were Amnon, Rinnah, Ben Hanan, and Tilon.
The sons of Ishi were Zoheth and Ben Zoheth.
21 The sons of Shelah, the son of Judah, were Er the father of Lekah, La’adah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of those who worked fine linen at Beth Ashbea, 22 also Jokim and the men of Kozeba, also Joash and Saraph, who were rulers in Moab, and Jashubi Lehem.[p] These records are ancient. 23 These were the potters and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah. They lived there with the king, to work for him.
The Tribe of Simeon
24 The sons of Simeon were Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul.
25 Shallum was Shaul’s son, Mibsam his son, and Mishma his son.
26 The family line of Mishma was Hammuel his son, Zakkur his son, and Shimei his son.
27 Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children, and their whole family did not increase in number like the people of Judah.
28 They lived at Beersheba, Moladah, and Hazar Shual, 29 at Bilhah, at Ezem, at Tolad, 30 at Bethuel, at Hormah, at Ziklag, 31 at Beth Markaboth, at Hazar Susim, at Beth Biri, and at Sha’araim. These were their cities until David’s reign. 32 Their villages were around Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Token,[q] and Ashan—five cities 33 and all their villages that were around these cities, as far as Baal.[r] These were their settlements, and they had preserved their genealogical records.
Clan Leaders
34 Meshobab, Jamlek, and Joshah the son of Amaziah,
35 Joel and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,
36 Elioenai, Ja’akobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
37 Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah—
38 these mentioned by name were leaders in their clans. Their fathers’ houses increased greatly.
39 They went to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, to search for pasture for their flocks. 40 They found good, rich pasture, and the land was spacious, quiet, and peaceful. The people who had lived there previously were descended from Ham. 41 These who have been named came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and attacked the tent camps of the Hamites. They completely destroyed the Meunites who were found there, and to this day they have lived in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks there. 42 Some of them, five hundred men, also descendants of Simeon, went to Mount Seir. Their leaders were Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. 43 They struck down the remaining Amalekites who had escaped, and they have lived there to this day.
The Earthly Tent
9 The first covenant had regulations for worship and for an earthly sanctuary. 2 The first room of the tent was furnished with the lampstand, the table, and the Bread of the Presence.[a] This room was called the Holy Place. 3 And behind the second curtain was the room of the tent called the Most Holy Place. 4 It had the golden censer for incense[b] and the Ark of the Covenant, which was covered entirely with gold. Inside the Ark was the golden jar holding the manna, Aaron’s staff that had sprouted buds, and the stone tablets of the covenant. 5 Above the Ark, the glorious cherubim overshadowed the atonement seat. We are not going to talk about these things in detail now.
6 After these things had been furnished in this way, the priests would always enter the first room of the tent to perform their ministries. 7 But only the high priest would enter the second section of the tent, once each year, and not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people committed in ignorance. 8 By this the Holy Spirit indicates that, while the first room of the tent existed, a way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed.
9 This tent is a picture pointing to the present time. Since it is only a picture, the gifts and sacrifices that are brought there are not able to clear the conscience of the worshipper. 10 They are only bodily regulations about foods, drinks, and various washings, which were in force until the time of the new order.
Jesus’ Blood
11 But when Christ appeared as the high priest of the good things that were coming,[c] he went through the greater and more complete tent, which was not made by human hands (that is, it is not part of this creation). 12 He entered once into the Most Holy Place and obtained eternal redemption, not by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood. 13 Now if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkled on those who were unclean, sanctifies them so that their flesh is clean, 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our[d] consciences from dead works, so that we worship the living God?
15 For this reason, he is the mediator of a new covenant. A death took place as payment for the trespasses committed under the first covenant, so that those who are called would receive the promised eternal inheritance. 16 For where a will[e] exists, it is necessary to establish the death of the one who made the will. 17 For a will takes effect at the time of death, since it is never in force when the one who made the will is still living.
18 For this reason, the first covenant was not ratified without blood. 19 Indeed, after every command was spoken by Moses to all the people, in accordance with the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats,[f] with water and scarlet wool and a hyssop branch, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people. 20 He said, “This is the blood of the covenant that God established for you.”[g] 21 In the same way he sprinkled blood on the tent and all the objects for worship. 22 And nearly everything is cleansed with blood according to the law. And, without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness.
One Perfect Sacrifice
23 Therefore, it was necessary that the copies of the things in heaven be cleansed by these sacrifices, but it was necessary that the heavenly things themselves be cleansed with sacrifices better than these. 24 For Christ did not enter a handmade sanctuary, a representation of the true sanctuary. Instead, he entered into heaven itself, now to appear before God on our behalf. 25 And he did not enter to offer himself many times, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place year after year with blood that is not his own. 26 Otherwise he would have needed to suffer many times since the creation of the world. But now he has appeared once and for all, at the climax of the ages, in order to take away sin by the sacrifice of himself. 27 And, just as it is appointed for people to die only once and after this comes the judgment, 28 so also Christ was offered only once to take away the sins of many, and he will appear a second time—without sin—to bring salvation to those who are eagerly waiting for him.
Why Amos Must Prophesy
3 People of Israel, listen to this word that the Lord has spoken concerning you, concerning the entire family of clans that I brought up from the land of Egypt:
2 You alone have I chosen[a] from all the clans of the earth.
Therefore I will inflict punishment on you for all your guilt.
3 Can two people walk together without agreeing to do so?
4 Does a lion roar in the forest if it does not have prey?
Does a young lion growl from its den if it has not caught anything?
5 Does a bird fall into a trap on the ground if there is no bait?
Does a trap spring up from the ground when nothing has tripped it?
6 If a ram’s horn is sounded in a city, the people become alarmed, don’t they?
If a disaster takes place in a city, is it not the Lord who has done it?
7 Certainly the Lord God does not do anything
without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.
8 A lion has roared! Who can avoid being terrified?
The Lord God has spoken! Who can hold back from prophesying?
Judgment Against Samaria
9 Make this known to the citadels in Ashdod
and to the citadels in the land of Egypt.
Tell them, “Gather yourselves together on the mountains of Samaria.
See the great confusion[b] there
and the oppression in her midst.”
10 They do not know how to do what is right, declares the Lord.
They are storing up violence and destruction in their citadels.
11 Therefore, this is what the Lord God says:
An enemy is all over the land.
He will strip your strength from you,
and your citadels will be plundered.
12 This is what the Lord says:
Just as a shepherd rescues two legs or a tip of an ear
from the mouth of a lion,
so the Israelites who live in Samaria will be rescued
with only a corner of a bed or a piece of cloth[c] from a couch.
13 Listen and testify against the house of Jacob,
declares the Lord God, the God of Armies.
14 Indeed, on the day when I punish the rebellious deeds of Israel,
I will punish the altars of Bethel.
The horns of the altar will be cut off,
and they will fall to the ground.
15 I will strike the winter house
along with the summer house.
The houses decorated with ivory will be destroyed,
and the great houses will come to an end,
declares the Lord.
Psalm 146
Praise Him for Protection
Praise for Protection
1 Praise the Lord.[a]
A Lifetime of Praise
Praise the Lord, O my soul.
2 I will praise the Lord as long as I live.
I will make music to my God as long as I exist.
No Help in Humans
3 Do not trust in human helpers,[b]
in a mortal man who cannot save you.
4 His spirit departs.
He returns to the ground he came from.
On that day, his plans have perished.
Help in the Lord
5 Blessed is everyone who has the God of Jacob as his help.
His hope is in the Lord his God,
6 the Maker of heaven and earth,
the sea, and everything which is in them.
He is the one who stays faithful forever.
7 He obtains justice for the oppressed.
He gives food to the hungry.
The Lord releases prisoners.
8 The Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down.
The Lord loves the righteous.
9 The Lord watches over the aliens.
The fatherless and the widow he sustains,
but he turns aside the way of the wicked.
An Eternity for Praise
10 The Lord reigns forever.
Your God, O Zion, rules for all generations.
Praise the Lord.
Psalm 147
Praise Him for Providing for His People
The Creator Restores His People
1 Praise the Lord.[c]
How good it is to make music to our God.
Yes, praise is pleasant and fitting!
2 The one who builds Jerusalem is the Lord.
He assembles the outcasts of Israel.
3 He is the one who heals the brokenhearted
and who bandages their wounds.
4 He counts the number of the stars.
He calls them all by name.
5 Great is our Lord and mighty in power.
To his understanding there is no limit.
6 The one who sustains the humble is the Lord.
He pushes the wicked down to the ground.
The Creator Loves His People
7 Respond to the Lord with thanksgiving.
Make music to our God on the lyre.
8 He is the one who covers the sky with clouds.
He determines rain for the earth.
He makes grass sprout on the mountains.
9 He gives their food to the cattle
and to the young ravens when they call.
10 He is not impressed by the strength of the horse.
He is not pleased with the legs of a man.
11 The Lord is pleased with those who fear him,
those who wait for his mercy.
The Creator Reveals His Word
12 Worship the Lord, O Jerusalem.
Praise your God, O Zion,
13 because he strengthens the bars on your gates.
He blesses your children within you.
14 He brings peace to your borders.
He satisfies you with the best wheat.
15 He sends his message to the earth.
His word runs swiftly.
16 He gives snow like wool.
He scatters frost like ashes.
17 He sends his hail like pieces of bread.
Who can stand in the face of his cold winds?
18 He sends his word, and the ice melts.
He breathes on the snow.[d] The waters flow.[e]
19 He reveals his words to Jacob,
his statutes and his judgments to Israel.
20 He has not done this for any other nation.
They do not know his judgments.
Praise the Lord.
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