Thursday, April 12 - Working on Summarizing the OT books I have read

10 am Prayer / Devotion


Reread Genesis 35-41
Reread 1 Kings 1-14 chapter

Working on Summarizing all the Books of the OT that I have read so far
Some of my notes are hand written in a book, trying to get them all typed out in a digital format.

Here is what is typed out so far:

BIBLE SUMMARY – ONE YEAR BIBLE

GENESIS 1:1 – IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH

WORLD CREATED

ADAM/EVE – FIRST PAPA AND MOMA

GENESIS 4:  CAIN/ABEL – FIRST MURDER

GENESIS 6: STORY OF NOAH / GEN. 7 – FLOOD COVERS THE EARTH

GENESIS 9: GOD CONFIRMS HIS COVENANT

NOAHS SONS’ – SHEM, HAM, JAPHETH

GENESIS 11:  TOWER OF BABEL

GENESIS 12:  THE CALL OF ABRAM / ABRAM AND SARAI IN EGYPT

GENESIS 13:15 – CANAAN WAS PROMISED TO ISRAEL

GENESIS 14:  ABRAM RESCUES LOT

GENESIS 15: THE LORD’S COVENANT PROMISE TO ABRAM

GENESIS 16: THE BIRTH OF ISHMAEL

GENESIS 19: SODOM AND GOMORRAH DESTROYED

GENESIS 21: THE BIRTH OF ISAAC

GENESIS 23: THE BURIAL OF SARAH

GENESIS 24: A WIFE FOR ISAAC (REBEKAH)

GENESIS 25: DEATH OF ABRAHAM /

BIRTH OF ESAU AND JACOB (GENESIS 25)

GENESIS 27: JACOB STEALS ESAU’S BLESSING

GENESIS 29: JACOB MARRIES LEAH AND RACHEL

GENESIS 30: LEAH HAD MANY CHILDREN BY JACOB, GOD HEARD RACHEL’S PRAYER AND OPEN HER WOMB, SHE GAVE BIRTH TO JOSEPH

GENESIS 35: JACOB’S RETURN TO BETHEL/ THE DEATHS OF RACHEL AND ISAAC

Genesis: 35:9 - Jacob named was changed to ISRAEL;

Rachel DIED giving birth to Benjamin
Jacobs wives:
LEAH (Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zubulun)
RACHEL (Joseph and Benjamin)
BILHAH  - Rachel’s servant (Dan and Naphtali)
ZILPAH – Leah’s servant ( Gad and Asher)

GENSIS 37-39: JOSPEH’S DREAM, JOSEPH SOLD INTO SLAVERY, JOSEPH PUT IN PRISON

GENESIS 41; Joseph’s first two sons were born from his wife Asenath – Manasseh, Ephraim

GENESIS 42-50: JOSEPH’S BROTHERS GO TO EGYPT, JACOB BLESSES PHARAOH, JOSEPH’S LEADERSHIP IN THE FAMINE, JACOBS LAST WORD TO his SONS, JACOBS DEATH AND BURIAL

GENESIS 43: THE BROTHERS RETURN TO EGYPT

End OF GENESIS – JOSEPH DIED (GEN 50) – A NEW KING OF EGYPT ROSE THAT DIDN’T KNOW JOSEPH AND NOW, ISRAEL WAS SLAVES IN EGYPT

12 SONS OF ISRAEL (Reuben (oldest)), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zubulun, Dinah (sister), Gad, Asher,  Joseph & Benjamin (youngest);Dan, Naphtali

JOSEPH TWO SONS – Manasseh and Ephraim – Jacob claim these two boys as his own

BOOK OF EXODUS – JOSHUA 1-8

EXODUS 2:1 – MOSES WAS BORN

·         Moses led Israel Out of Egypt

·         Moses failed God and lost the privileged to taking Israel to the Promised Land

·         Joshua became the New Leader

·         Joshua conquered Jericho

·         Joshua next enemy was King Ai (Joshua 7:16-9:2), 12k men were killed

·         Festival of Shelter

·         King Ai and all his men were destroyed, AI was only the one alive and brought to Joshua

Festival of Shelter

·         King Ai & all his men were destroyed

·         Ai was only one alive and brought to Joshua

·         Joshua hung AI and then had his body been thrown in front of the city gate and stores were piled up

Adonizedek, King of Jerusalem was afraid because the Gibeon, Kephirah, Beereth & Kiriath-jearim made peace with Joshua and Israel – so Adonizedek (tried to get his own allies)

BOOK OF JOSHUA 9

KING ADONIZEDEK of Jerusalem

A.       Hoham of Hebron

B.      Piram of Jarmuth

C.      Japhia of Lachish

D.      Debir of Eglon

FIVE AMORITE KINGS VS ISRAEL & GIBEONITES

All those armies died

JOSHUA 10:12-13

The sun stood still over Gibeon and the moon over the valley of Aijalon

Sun and Moon stood still

·         Joshua destroyed city of Makkedah

·         Joshua killed the King of Jericho

·         Joshua killed the Libnah (city)

·         Joshua killed Lachish (2^nd day)

King of Horam of Gezeh came to help this city Lachish then Joshua killed him and the army

Eglon (in one day) destroyed

Hebron – destroyed by Joshua

Debir – destroyed by Joshua

JOSHUA 10:40

-          Joshua conquered the whole region of Kings and people of the Hill country, the Negev, the western foot-hills and the mountain slopes

-          Joshua slaughtered Kadesh-barnea to Gaza from Goshen to Gibeon

-          Joshua return to their camp at Gilgal

Luke

-          How often to forgive

-          Story of Rich man & Lazarus

Proverbs 13:4 NLT

                Lazy people want much but get little,
    but those who work hard will prosper.

JOSHUA 11:1-12:24

King Jabin of Hazer – sent msg to other kings to come against Israel

God told Joshua – Cripple their horses and burn their chariots

JOSHUA 21

Cities were designated as a place of refuge

BOOK OF JUDGES

After Joshua died and all the Leaders died, Israel turned against God

Ø  God burn with anger against Israel, He sold them to their enemies

Ø  God raised up judges to rescue the Israelites from enemies because he took pity on them.

Ø  Otheniel (Israel Judge) won again, his enemy died

Ø  Israel against Gel, King Eglon of Moab took over

JUDGES 1 – ISRAEL FIGHT THE REMAINING CANANITES

JUDGES 2 – The Angel of the Lord at Bokim

Judges 2:6

                After Joshua had dismissed the Israelites , they went to take possession of the land, each to their own inheritance

The people served the LORD though out the lifetime of Joshua and of the elders who out lived him

Joshua died @ 110 yrs old
Israel did Evil in the sight of the LORD then the LORD raised up Judges

1 KINGS

·         David is Old

·         David Makes Solomon King

·         David tells his son Solomon – Observer the requirements of the Lord your God, and follow all his ways.  Keep the decrees, commands and regulations, and laws written in the Law of Moses!

·         Solomon made an alliance with Pharaoh, the King of Egypt, and married one of his daughtsers.

·         Solomon brought her to live in the “City of David” until he could finish building his palace and the Temple of the Lord and the wall around the city.

·         Solomon ask for Wisdom

·         Vs10  The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for wisdom.  So God replied, “Because you have asked for wisdom in governing my people with justice and have not asked for a long life or wealth or the death of your enemies – vs12 I will give you what you asked for!  I will give you a wise and understanding heart such as no one else had had or ever will have!

·         Solomon now ruled over Israel and have Officials and Governors (1 Kings 4)

1 Kings 5 – Solomon prepares to build the TEMPLE

1 Kings 7 – Solomons Builds His Palace

1 Kings 8 – The Ark Brought To the Temple

1 KINGS 9:1

·         The Lord’s response to Solomon

So Solomon finished building the Temple of the Lord, as well as the royal palace. He completed everything he had planned to do. ² Then the Lord appeared to Solomon a second time, as he had done before at Gibeon. ³ The Lord said to him,

“I have heard your prayer and your petition. I have set this Temple apart to be holy—this place you have built where my name will be honored forever. I will always watch over it, for it is dear to my heart.

·         It took Solomon twenty years to build the Lord’s Temple and his own royal palace.

·         SOLOMONS’ TEMPLE WAS BEAUTIFUL

·         When the queen of Sheba heard of Solomon’s fame, which brought honor to the name of the Lord,^[a] she came to test him with hard questions.

·          Each year Solomon received about 25 tons^[f] of gold.

• Solomon’s Many Wives

·         In Solomon’s old age, they turned his heart to worship other gods instead of being completely faithful to the Lord his God, as his father, David, had been.

·         God warned him about serving idols God, so God torn his Kingdom apart and gave it to one of Solomons servants

·         Vs 13 (1 Kings 11) ¹³ And even so, I will not take away the entire kingdom; I will let him be king of one tribe, for the sake of my servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, my chosen city.”

SOLOMONS’ ADVERSARIES

·         God raised up HADAD (An Edomite) – Solomon’s Adversary

·         Note: Years before, David had defeated Edom.  Joab, his army commander had stayed to bury some of the Israelite soldiers who had died in battle.  While there, they killed every male in Edom.

This was the greatest time of Israel’s History	Divided Kingdom after Solomon’s Reign

God also raised up REZON son of Eliada as Solomon’s adversary.

Rezon was  a leader of a gand of rebels, he hated Israel intensely and made trouble for Solomon for the rest of Solomon’s reign.

Another rebel leader, JEROBOAM son of Nebat, one of Solomon’s own officials.  He came from the town of Zeredah in Ephriam, and his mother was Zeruah, a wido.

The prophet Ahijah told JEROBOAM that 10 out of the 12 tribes that Solomon was over was going to be given to him.  Solomon would keep one, for the sake of God’s servant David.

Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but he fled to King Shishak of Egpyt and stayed there until Solomon died.

Summary of Solomon’s Reign

⁴¹ The rest of the events in Solomon’s reign, including all his deeds and his wisdom, are recorded in The Book of the Acts of Solomon. ⁴² Solomon ruled in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years. ⁴³ When he died, he was buried in the City of David, named for his father. Then his son Rehoboam became the next king.

New Kings – Solomons son REHOBOAM

He would be the leader over Judah

I KINGS 12

King REHOBOAM wouldn’t listen to Jeroboam and the people of Israel. They requested that Solomon was a harsh ruler and they want King Rehoboam to lighten the hars labor demands and heavy taxes that his father Solomon imposed on them.  They promised to be his loyal subjects. 

King Rehoboam decided after 3 days and advice from older men to looses up the labor, he refused too and talked harshly to them and so the people REVOLTED!

I KINGS 12

King REHOBOAM wouldn’t listen to Jeroboam and the people of Israel. They requested that Solomon was a harsh ruler and they want King Rehoboam to lighten the harsh labor demands and heavy taxes that his father Solomon imposed on them.  They promised to be his loyal subjects. 

King Rehoboam decided after 3 days and advice from older men to looses up the labor, he refused too and talked harshly to them and so the people REVOLTED!

Israel realized that the King had rejected their request, they shouted, “Down with David and his dynasty!  We have no share in Jesse’s son! Let’s go home, Israel!  Look out for your own house, , O David!”

King Rehoboam continued to rule over the Israelites who lived in the towns of Judah.

King Rehoboam sent Adoniram who was in charge of labor forces to restore order, but all Israel stoned him to death.  The northern tribes of Israel have refused to be ruled by a descendant of David to this day!

1 King 12:19

 

·         When Jeroboams return from Egypt, Israel made him King over all Israel;

·         Only the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the family of David

·         Rehoboam arrived at Jerusalem and assembled an army of 180k (Judah and Benjamin) to fight against Israel

·         God warned Rehoboam to not fight against his relatives; SO THEY OBEYED.

·         Jeroboam worried that when Israel go to Jerusalem to offer sacrifices at the Temple of the Lord, they would reunite with the dynasty of David, so he built two gold calves – idols.  This was a great SIN!

1 KINGS 13 – June 14 Reading

At the Lord’s command, a man of God from Judah went to Bethel and he arrived there before King Jeroboam  offered sacrifice’s and said a child name JOSIAH(from David’s dynasty) would sacrifice the priests from the pagan shrines who come to burn incense, and human bones will be burned on the king.

King Jeroboam got angry and pointed his hand toward the man of God and said SEIZE HIM, BUT The Kings Hand became paralyzed in that position and he couldn’t pull it back.

God eventually healed his hand because King Jeroboam his ask this man of God to have God reverse this decision and so God did.

Later, after God told the man of God to not eat or drink anything and go home a different way, an old prophet found this man of God and deceived and lied on God and told him that God did say you can eat with me.

The man of God was killed by a lion for disobeying Gods command.  People came by and saw the body lying in the road and the lion standing beside it.  The old prophet got word of it and went to pick up the body and laid the body on his own grave in grief.

This was a sign but Jeroboam didn’t turn from his wicked ways.  King Jeroboam continued to choose priest from the rank and file of the people.  Anyone who wanted to become a priest could to worship at the pagan shrines.

This became a great sin and resulted in the destruction of Jeroboams’ kingdom and the death of his family.

1 KINGS 14 – June 15 Reading

·         Prophecy against  King Jeroboam

·         Since he continued to do evil in God’s sight and worship idols..God sent this msg

·         I will bring disaster on your dynasty and will destroy every one of your male descendants, slave and free alike, anywhere in Israel. I will burn up your royal dynasty as one burns up trash until it is all gone. ¹¹ The members of Jeroboam’s family who die in the city will be eaten by dogs, and those who die in the field will be eaten by vultures. I, the Lord, have spoken.’”

·         Jeroboam’s son Abijah became very sick.  He died after the msg was given to the King.

·         When Jeroboam died, his son NADAB became the next King

·         Meanwhile, Rehoboam son of Solomon was king in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord had chosen from among all the tribes of Israel as the place to honor his name.

·         King Rehoboam continued to evil in the sight of the Lord as well.

·         In the fifth year of King Rehoboam’s reign, King Shishak of Egypt came up and attacked Jerusalem.

·         King Rehobam died and his son Abijam became the next King over Judah.

·         King Abijam did was evil before the Lord like his father Abijam.

WAR BETWEEN KING ABIJAM (Judah) AND KING JEROABOAM (Israel) – constantly at war

King Abijam died and his son Asa (Judah) began to rule over Judah

Note: KING ASA did was right before the Lord..

·         He banished the shrine prostitutes from the lad

·         He removed all the idols his ancestors mad

·         He deposed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen because she made Asheral pole

·         Asa remained faithful to the Lord

V16 (Kings 15)

THERE was constant war between King Asa of Judah and King Baasha of Israel.

Note: ?? Where did King Baasha come from..last time Israel switch kings was in 1 King 14:20 NLT – Jeroboam reigned in Israel twenty-two years.  When Jeroboam died, his son Nadab became the next king.

1 Kings 15:17

King Baasha of Israel invaded Judah and fortified Ramah in order to prevent anyone from entering or leaving King Asa’s territory in Judah.

King Asa died and his son JEHOSHAPHAT became the next king over Judah

1 Kings 15:25-17:24

Israel split into two Kingdoms : Israel vs Judah

ISRAEL	JUDAH
JEROBOAM	REHOBOAM
JEROBOAM (18TH YEAR AS KING)	ABIJAM
JEROBOAM (20th year as king)	ASA – did was was right beforeGod
NADAB	ASA (2nd Year as King)
BAASHA	ASA (3RD YEAR AS KING)
ELAH	ASA (26TH YEAR)
ZIMRI	ASA (27th year)
OMRI	ASA (31ST YEAR)
AHAB (ruled over Israel 22 yrs)	ASA (38th YEAR)
	Jehoshaphat – 1 King 15:24

1 King 17:1

Elijah, who was from Tishbe in Gilead, told King Ahab a msg from God.

Elijah comes on the scene.

******** MY SUMMARY *********

SUMMARY 1 KING 18:1-46

Obadiah's chacter
- Faithful follower of the Lord
- He once hid 100 prophets when Jezebel had tried to kill all the Lord's prophet

It appears that Ahab had been looking for Elijah
Obediah was walking one day and saw Elijah
Elijah told him to go tell King Ahab that he was here
Obediah became very afraid and thought he would die if he delievered that msg

Ahab called Elijah a troublemaker of Israel
Elijah corrected him and said you are the troublemaker by
serving Baal (a false God)

Ahab had refused to obey the Laws of God

Elijah told Aham to summons all of Israel and tell them to make a choice

Baal or God..so now, there was a competition
Elijah said bring 2 bulls, cut it in pieces, put it over wood (but not on fire)
Then call each God, which God set the bull on fire is the true God

The god who answers by setting fire to the wood is the true God!”

Elijah has a sense of humor
About noontime Elijah began mocking them. “You’ll have to shout louder,” he scoffed, “for surely he is a god! Perhaps he is daydreaming, or is relieving himself.[b] Or maybe he is away on a trip, or is asleep and needs to be wakened!”

Obviously - God won!
Then the people seized all the Baals and Elijah took them!

SUMMARY 1 KING 18:1-46

Obadiah's chacter
- Faithful follower of the Lord
- He once hid 100 prophets when Jezebel had tried to kill all the Lord's prophet

It appears that Ahab had been looking for Elijah
Obediah was walking one day and saw Elijah
Elijah told him to go tell King Ahab that he was here
Obediah became very afraid and thought he would die if he delievered that msg

Ahab called Elijah a troublemaker of Israel
Elijah corrected him and said you are the troublemaker by
serving Baal (a false God)

Ahab had refused to obey the Laws of God

Elijah told Aham to summons all of Israel and tell them to make a choice

Baal or God..so now, there was a competition
Elijah said bring 2 bulls, cut it in pieces, put it over wood (but not on fire)
Then call each God, which God set the bull on fire is the true God

The god who answers by setting fire to the wood is the true God!”

Elijah has a sense of humor
About noontime Elijah began mocking them. “You’ll have to shout louder,” he scoffed, “for surely he is a god! Perhaps he is daydreaming, or is relieving himself.[b] Or maybe he is away on a trip, or is asleep and needs to be wakened!”

Obviously - God won!
Then the people seized all the Baals and Elijah took them!

1 KING 19

·         Elijah Flees to Sinai

·         The Lord Speaks to Elijah

·         The Call of Elisha

When the Lord spoke to Elijah, Elijah was concerned because all the prophets were killed and he was the only one left.. This is what God told him:

·         ¹⁵ Then the Lord told him, “Go back the same way you came, and travel to the wilderness of Damascus.

·         When you arrive there, anoint Hazael to be king of Aram.

·         ¹⁶ Then anoint Jehu grandson of Nimshi^[b] to be king of Israel,

·         and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from the town of Abel-meholah to replace you as my prophet.

·         ¹⁷ Anyone who escapes from Hazael will be killed by Jehu,

·         and those who escape Jehu will be killed by Elisha!

·         ¹⁸ Yet I will preserve 7,000 others in Israel who have never bowed down to Baal or kissed him!”

Note:  Elisha son of Shaphat was plowing a field when he met Elijah

1 KINGS 20

RECAP OF THE KINGS:

Israel split into two Kingdoms : Israel vs Judah

ISRAEL	JUDAH
JEROBOAM	REHOBOAM
JEROBOAM (18TH YEAR AS KING)	ABIJAM
JEROBOAM (20th year as king)	ASA – did was was right beforeGod
NADAB	ASA (2nd Year as King)
BAASHA	ASA (3RD YEAR AS KING)
ELAH	ASA (26TH YEAR)
ZIMRI	ASA (27th year)
OMRI	ASA (31ST YEAR)
AHAB (ruled over Israel 22 yrs)	ASA (38th YEAR)
	Jehoshaphat – 1 King 15:24

GOD gave Elijah some instructions

ISRAEL	JUDAH
Anoint Jehu (son of Nimshi) to be King of Israel	Anoint Hazel to be king of Aram
**New Prophet to replace Elijah Elisha (son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah)
*Anyone escape from Hazel will be killed by Jehu	*Anyone will be who escape Jehu will be killed by Elisha

                                                                                   

                       

Elisha accepted the assignment and wanted to kiss his father and mother good bye
Then he went to be Elisha’s assistance

1 KINGS 20: HIGH LIGHTS

·         BEN-HADAD attacks Samaria

·         Ahab’s Victory over Ben-Hadad

·         Ben-Hadad’s second attack – (He called the Aramean army against Israel)

·         Israel won (Ahab)

·         They made a treaty and Ben-hadad was set free

·         A prophet condemns Ahab

1 Kings 21

Naboth’s Vineyard

·         Naboth wouldn’t sell his vineyard to Ahab

·         Ahab pouted, his wife Jezebel told him, he is the King, take it

·         Ahab had Naboth stoned and took his vineyard
God told Elijah to find Ahab and said because of what he done, dogs will lick his blood at the very place where they licked the blood of Naboth

                                               

1 Kings 22

·         Jehosphat and Ahab

·         Micaiah Prophesies against Ahab

·         The Death of Ahab

·         Jehosphaphat rules in Judah

·         Ahaziah Rules in Israel

Wednesday, April 11, 2012 - June 25 "One Year Bible"

10 am Prayer/Devotion

Song: Happy - Tasha Cobb
June 25 Reading

2 Kings 8:1-9:13; Acts 16:16-40; Psalm 143:1-12; Proverbs 17:26

2 Kings 8-9:13

New Living Translation (NLT)

The Woman from Shunem Returns Home

8 Elisha had told the woman whose son he had brought back to life, “Take your family and move to some other place, for the Lord has called for a famine on Israel that will last for seven years.” ² So the woman did as the man of God instructed. She took her family and settled in the land of the Philistines for seven years.

³ After the famine ended she returned from the land of the Philistines, and she went to see the king about getting back her house and land. ⁴ As she came in, the king was talking with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God. The king had just said, “Tell me some stories about the great things Elisha has done.” ⁵ And Gehazi was telling the king about the time Elisha had brought a boy back to life. At that very moment, the mother of the boy walked in to make her appeal to the king about her house and land.
“Look, my lord the king!” Gehazi exclaimed. “Here is the woman now, and this is her son—the very one Elisha brought back to life!”
⁶ “Is this true?” the king asked her. And she told him the story. So he directed one of his officials to see that everything she had lost was restored to her, including the value of any crops that had been harvested during her absence.

Hazael Murders Ben-Hadad

⁷ Elisha went to Damascus, the capital of Aram, where King Ben-hadad lay sick. When someone told the king that the man of God had come, ⁸ the king said to Hazael, “Take a gift to the man of God. Then tell him to ask the Lord, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”

⁹ So Hazael loaded down forty camels with the finest products of Damascus as a gift for Elisha. He went to him and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad, the king of Aram, has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
¹⁰ And Elisha replied, “Go and tell him, ‘You will surely recover.’ But actually the Lord has shown me that he will surely die!” ¹¹ Elisha stared at Hazael^[a] with a fixed gaze until Hazael became uneasy.^[b] Then the man of God started weeping.
¹² “What’s the matter, my lord?” Hazael asked him.
Elisha replied, “I know the terrible things you will do to the people of Israel. You will burn their fortified cities, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little children to the ground, and rip open their pregnant women!”
¹³ Hazael responded, “How could a nobody like me^[c] ever accomplish such great things?”
Elisha answered, “The Lord has shown me that you are going to be the king of Aram.”
¹⁴ When Hazael left Elisha and went back, the king asked him, “What did Elisha tell you?”
And Hazael replied, “He told me that you will surely recover.”
¹⁵ But the next day Hazael took a blanket, soaked it in water, and held it over the king’s face until he died. Then Hazael became the next king of Aram.

Jehoram Rules in Judah

¹⁶ Jehoram son of King Jehoshaphat of Judah began to rule over Judah in the fifth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab, king of Israel. ¹⁷ Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. ¹⁸ But Jehoram followed the example of the kings of Israel and was as wicked as King Ahab, for he had married one of Ahab’s daughters. So Jehoram did what was evil in the Lord’s sight. ¹⁹ But the Lord did not want to destroy Judah, for he had made a covenant with David and promised that his descendants would continue to rule, shining like a lamp forever.

²⁰ During Jehoram’s reign, the Edomites revolted against Judah and crowned their own king. ²¹ So Jehoram^[d] went with all his chariots to attack the town of Zair.^[e] The Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, but he went out at night and attacked them^[f] under cover of darkness. But Jehoram’s army deserted him and fled to their homes. ²² So Edom has been independent from Judah to this day. The town of Libnah also revolted about that same time.
²³ The rest of the events in Jehoram’s reign and everything he did are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Judah. ²⁴ When Jehoram died, he was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. Then his son Ahaziah became the next king.

Ahaziah Rules in Judah

²⁵ Ahaziah son of Jehoram began to rule over Judah in the twelfth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab, king of Israel.

²⁶ Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother was Athaliah, a granddaughter of King Omri of Israel. ²⁷ Ahaziah followed the evil example of King Ahab’s family. He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, just as Ahab’s family had done, for he was related by marriage to the family of Ahab.
²⁸ Ahaziah joined Joram son of Ahab, the king of Israel, in his war against King Hazael of Aram at Ramoth-gilead. When the Arameans wounded King Joram in the battle, ²⁹ he returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he had received at Ramoth.^[g] Because Joram was wounded, King Ahaziah of Judah went to Jezreel to visit him.

Jehu Anointed King of Israel

9 Meanwhile, Elisha the prophet had summoned a member of the group of prophets. “Get ready to travel,”^[h] he told him, “and take this flask of olive oil with you. Go to Ramoth-gilead, ² and find Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi. Call him into a private room away from his friends, ³ and pour the oil over his head. Say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: I anoint you to be the king over Israel.’ Then open the door and run for your life!”

⁴ So the young prophet did as he was told and went to Ramoth-gilead. ⁵ When he arrived there, he found Jehu sitting around with the other army officers. “I have a message for you, Commander,” he said.
“For which one of us?” Jehu asked.
“For you, Commander,” he replied.
⁶ So Jehu left the others and went into the house. Then the young prophet poured the oil over Jehu’s head and said, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I anoint you king over the Lord’s people, Israel. ⁷ You are to destroy the family of Ahab, your master. In this way, I will avenge the murder of my prophets and all the Lord’s servants who were killed by Jezebel. ⁸ The entire family of Ahab must be wiped out. I will destroy every one of his male descendants, slave and free alike, anywhere in Israel. ⁹ I will destroy the family of Ahab as I destroyed the families of Jeroboam son of Nebat and of Baasha son of Ahijah. ¹⁰ Dogs will eat Ahab’s wife Jezebel at the plot of land in Jezreel, and no one will bury her.” Then the young prophet opened the door and ran.
¹¹ Jehu went back to his fellow officers, and one of them asked him, “What did that madman want? Is everything all right?”
“You know how a man like that babbles on,” Jehu replied.
¹² “You’re hiding something,” they said. “Tell us.”
So Jehu told them, “He said to me, ‘This is what the Lord says: I have anointed you to be king over Israel.’”
¹³ Then they quickly spread out their cloaks on the bare steps and blew the ram’s horn, shouting, “Jehu is king!”

Footnotes:

1. 2 Kings 8:11 Hebrew He stared at him.
2. 2 Kings 8:11 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
3. 2 Kings 8:13 Hebrew a dog.
4. 2 Kings 8:21 Hebrew Joram, a variant spelling of Jehoram; also in 8:23, 24.
5. 2 Kings 8:21 Greek version reads Seir.
6. 2 Kings 8:21 Or he went out and escaped. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
7. 2 Kings 8:29 Hebrew Ramah, a variant spelling of Ramoth.
8. 2 Kings 9:1 Hebrew Bind up your loins.

Acts 16:16-40

New Living Translation (NLT)

Paul and Silas in Prison

¹⁶ One day as we were going down to the place of prayer, we met a demon-possessed slave girl. She was a fortune-teller who earned a lot of money for her masters. ¹⁷ She followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, and they have come to tell you how to be saved.”

¹⁸ This went on day after day until Paul got so exasperated that he turned and said to the demon within her, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And instantly it left her.
¹⁹ Her masters’ hopes of wealth were now shattered, so they grabbed Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities at the marketplace. ²⁰ “The whole city is in an uproar because of these Jews!” they shouted to the city officials. ²¹ “They are teaching customs that are illegal for us Romans to practice.”
²² A mob quickly formed against Paul and Silas, and the city officials ordered them stripped and beaten with wooden rods. ²³ They were severely beaten, and then they were thrown into prison. The jailer was ordered to make sure they didn’t escape. ²⁴ So the jailer put them into the inner dungeon and clamped their feet in the stocks.
²⁵ Around midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening. ²⁶ Suddenly, there was a massive earthquake, and the prison was shaken to its foundations. All the doors immediately flew open, and the chains of every prisoner fell off! ²⁷ The jailer woke up to see the prison doors wide open. He assumed the prisoners had escaped, so he drew his sword to kill himself. ²⁸ But Paul shouted to him, “Stop! Don’t kill yourself! We are all here!”
²⁹ The jailer called for lights and ran to the dungeon and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas. ³⁰ Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
³¹ They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, along with everyone in your household.” ³² And they shared the word of the Lord with him and with all who lived in his household. ³³ Even at that hour of the night, the jailer cared for them and washed their wounds. Then he and everyone in his household were immediately baptized. ³⁴ He brought them into his house and set a meal before them, and he and his entire household rejoiced because they all believed in God.
³⁵ The next morning the city officials sent the police to tell the jailer, “Let those men go!” ³⁶ So the jailer told Paul, “The city officials have said you and Silas are free to leave. Go in peace.”
³⁷ But Paul replied, “They have publicly beaten us without a trial and put us in prison—and we are Roman citizens. So now they want us to leave secretly? Certainly not! Let them come themselves to release us!”
³⁸ When the police reported this, the city officials were alarmed to learn that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens. ³⁹ So they came to the jail and apologized to them. Then they brought them out and begged them to leave the city. ⁴⁰ When Paul and Silas left the prison, they returned to the home of Lydia. There they met with the believers and encouraged them once more. Then they left town.

Psalm 143:1-12

New Living Translation (NLT)

Psalm 143

A psalm of David.

¹ Hear my prayer, O Lord;
    listen to my plea!
    Answer me because you are faithful and righteous.
² Don’t put your servant on trial,
    for no one is innocent before you.
³ My enemy has chased me.
    He has knocked me to the ground
    and forces me to live in darkness like those in the grave.
⁴ I am losing all hope;
    I am paralyzed with fear.
⁵ I remember the days of old.
    I ponder all your great works
    and think about what you have done.
⁶ I lift my hands to you in prayer.
    I thirst for you as parched land thirsts for rain. Interlude

⁷ Come quickly, Lord, and answer me,
    for my depression deepens.
Don’t turn away from me,
    or I will die.
⁸ Let me hear of your unfailing love each morning,
    for I am trusting you.
Show me where to walk,
    for I give myself to you.
⁹ Rescue me from my enemies, Lord;
    I run to you to hide me.
¹⁰ Teach me to do your will,
    for you are my God.
May your gracious Spirit lead me forward
    on a firm footing.
¹¹ For the glory of your name, O Lord, preserve my life.
    Because of your faithfulness, bring me out of this distress.
¹² In your unfailing love, silence all my enemies
    and destroy all my foes,
    for I am your servant.

Proverbs 17:26

New Living Translation (NLT)

²⁶ It is wrong to punish the godly for being good
    or to flog leaders for being honest.