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Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Daily Bible readings that follow the church liturgical year, with sequential stories told across multiple weeks.
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Psalm 132:1-12

Psalm 132(A)

A Song of Ascents.

O Lord, remember David
    and all his afflictions,
how he swore unto the Lord,
    and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob:
“I will not come into my house,
    nor go up to my bed;
I will not give sleep to my eyes,
    or slumber to my eyelids,
until I find a place for the Lord,
    a dwelling for the mighty God of Jacob.”

We heard of it in Ephrathah;
    we found it in the fields of Jaar.
“We will go to His dwelling place,
    we will worship at His footstool.”
Arise, O Lord, go to Your resting place,
    You and the ark of Your strength.
Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness,
    and let Your godly ones shout for joy.

10 For Your servant David’s sake,
    do not turn away Your anointed king.

11 The Lord has sworn with a sure oath to David
    that He will not turn from it:
“From the fruit of your body
    I will set a son on your throne.
12 If your children will keep My covenant
    and My testimonies that I shall teach them,
then their children shall also sit
    upon your throne forever.”

Psalm 132:13-18

13 For the Lord has chosen Zion;
    He has desired it for His dwelling:
14 “This is My resting place forever;
    here I will dwell, for I have chosen it.
15 I will abundantly bless her provisions;
    I will satisfy her poor with bread.
16 I will also clothe her priests with salvation,
    and her godly ones shall shout for joy.

17 “There I will make a horn sprout for David;
    I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.
18 His enemies I will clothe with shame,
    but on him his crown will shine.”

2 Kings 22:11-20

11 When the king had heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes. 12 Then the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Akbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah, a servant of the king, saying, 13 “Go, inquire of the Lord for me, for the people, and for all Judah concerning the words of this book that has been found, for great is the wrath of the Lord that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book by doing according to all that is written concerning us.”

14 So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Akbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, wife of Shallum, son of Tikvah, son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (she lived in Jerusalem in the second quarter), and they spoke with her.

15 She said to them, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: Tell the man that sent you to Me, 16 Thus says the Lord: See, I will bring evil on this place and on its inhabitants—all the words of the book that the king of Judah has read. 17 Because they have forsaken Me and have made offerings to other gods, so that they have provoked Me to anger with all the works of their hands, therefore My wrath will be kindled against this place, and it will not be quenched. 18 But to the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the Lord, thus shall you say to him, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel with regard to the words you have heard: 19 Because your heart was timid, and you humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I also have heard you, declares the Lord. 20 Therefore, I will gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the evil which I am about to bring upon this place.”

Then they brought the king a report.

1 Corinthians 15:20-28

20 But now is Christ risen from the dead and become the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For since death came by man, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But every man in his own order: Christ the first fruits; afterward, those who are Christ’s at His coming. 24 Then comes the end when He will deliver up the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power. 25 For He will reign until He has put all enemies under His feet. 26 The last enemy that will be destroyed is death. 27 For He “has put all things under His feet.”[a] But when He says, “all things are put under Him,” it is revealed that He, who has put all things under Him, is the exception. 28 When all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself will also be subject to Him who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all.

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