Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

The Psalmist’s Profession of Uprightness.

A Psalm of David.

Solomon’s Palace

7 Now ^(A)Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. ^2 (B)He built the house of the forest of Lebanon; its length was 100 ^[a]cubits and its width 50 cubits and its height 30 cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars with cedar beams on the pillars. ³ It was paneled with cedar above the side chambers which were on the 45 pillars, 15 in each row. ⁴ There were artistic window frames in three rows, and window was opposite window in three ranks. ⁵ All the doorways and doorposts had squared artistic frames, and window was opposite window in three ranks.

⁶ Then he made ^(C)the hall of pillars; its length was 50 cubits and its width 30 cubits, and a porch was in front of them and pillars and a ^(D)threshold in front of them.

⁷ He made the hall of the ^(E)throne where he was to judge, the hall of judgment, and ^(F)it was paneled with cedar from floor to floor.

⁸ His house where he was to live, the other court inward from the hall, was of the same workmanship. ^(G)He also made a house like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, ^(H)whom Solomon had married.

⁹ All these were of costly stones, of stone cut according to measure, sawed with saws, inside and outside; even from the foundation to the coping, and so on the outside to the great court.

¹⁰ The foundation was of costly stones, even large stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits. ¹¹ And above were costly stones, stone cut according to measure, and cedar. ¹² So ^(I)the great court all around had three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams even as the inner court of the house of the Lord, and ^(J)the porch of the house.

⁹ “The patriarchs ^(A)became jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt. Yet God was with him, ¹⁰ and rescued him from all his afflictions, and ^(B)granted him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he made him governor over Egypt and all his household.

¹¹ “Now ^(C)a famine came over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction with it, and our fathers ^[a]could find no food. ¹² But ^(D)when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers there the first time. ¹³ On the second visit ^(E)Joseph ^[b]made himself known to his brothers, and ^(F)Joseph’s family was disclosed to Pharaoh. ¹⁴ Then ^(G)Joseph sent word and invited Jacob his father and all his relatives to come to him, ^(H)seventy-five ^[c](I)persons in all. ¹⁵ And ^(J)Jacob went down to Egypt and there he and our fathers died. ¹⁶ From there they were removed to ^[d](K)Shechem and laid in the tomb which Abraham had purchased for a sum of money from the sons of ^[e]Hamor in ^[f]Shechem.