Today’s
Reading : 2Samuel 9 – 11 and Romans 12 (KJV)
2Samuel 9
2Sa
9:1 And David said, Is there yet any that is left
of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?
2Sa 9:2 And there
was of the house of Saul a servant whose
name was Ziba.
And when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he
said, Thy servant is he.
2Sa 9:3 And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may show the
kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the
king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his
feet.
2Sa 9:4 And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said
unto the king, Behold, he is in the
house of Machir, the son of Ammiel,
in Lo-debar.
2Sa 9:5 Then king David sent, and fetched him out of
the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel,
from Lo-debar.
2Sa 9:6 Now when Mephibosheth,
the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face,
and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And
he answered, Behold thy servant!
2Sa 9:7 And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will
surely show thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee
all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat
bread at my table continually.
2Sa 9:8 And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest
look upon such a dead dog as I am?
2Sa 9:9 Then the king called to Ziba,
Saul's servant, and said unto him, I have given unto thy master's son all that
pertained to Saul and to all his house.
2Sa 9:10 Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy
servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt
bring in the fruits,
that thy master's son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth
thy master's son shall eat bread always at my table. Now Ziba
had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
2Sa 9:11 Then said Ziba unto
the king, According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant, so
shall thy servant do. As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the
king's sons.
2Sa 9:12 And Mephibosheth
had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants
unto Mephibosheth.
2Sa 9:13 So Mephibosheth
dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king's table; and was
lame on both his feet.
2Samuel 10
2Sa
10:1 And it came to pass after this, that the king
of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.
2Sa 10:2 Then said David, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his
father showed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of
his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land of the
children of Ammon.
2Sa 10:3 And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord,
Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that
he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather
sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to
overthrow it?
2Sa 10:4 Wherefore Hanun
took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off
their garments in the middle, even to
their buttocks, and sent them away.
2Sa 10:5 When they told it
unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the
king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.
2Sa 10:6 And when the children of Ammon
saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon
sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the
Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king
Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish-tob
twelve thousand men.
2Sa 10:7 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and
all the host of the mighty men.
2Sa 10:8 And the children of Ammon
came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the
Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob,
and Ishtob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.
2Sa 10:9 When Joab saw that
the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he chose of all the
choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians:
2Sa 10:10 And the rest of the people he delivered into
the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array against the children of Ammon.
2Sa 10:11 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for
me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help
thee.
2Sa 10:12 Be of good courage, and let us play the men
for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good.
2Sa 10:13 And Joab drew nigh,
and the people that were with him, unto
the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.
2Sa 10:14 And when the children of Ammon
saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they also before Abishai,
and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the
children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
2Sa 10:15 And when the Syrians saw that they were
smitten before Israel, they gathered themselves together.
2Sa 10:16 And Hadarezer sent,
and brought out the Syrians that were
beyond the river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer
went before them.
2Sa 10:17 And when it was told David, he gathered all
Israel together, and passed over Jordan, and came to Helam.
And the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.
2Sa 10:18 And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David
slew the men
of seven hundred chariots of the
Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach
the captain of their host, who died there.
2Sa 10:19 And when all the kings that were
servants to Hadarezer saw that they were smitten
before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians
feared to help the children of Ammon any more.
2Samuel 11
2Sa
11:1 And it came to pass, after the year was
expired, at the time when kings go forth to
battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they
destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.
2Sa 11:2 And it came to pass in an eveningtide,
that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's
house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
2Sa 11:3 And David sent and inquired after the woman.
And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter
of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
2Sa 11:4 And David sent messengers, and took her; and
she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her
uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.
2Sa 11:5 And the woman conceived, and sent and told
David, and said, I am with child.
2Sa 11:6 And David sent to Joab,
saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.
2Sa 11:7 And when Uriah was come unto him, David
demanded of him
how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war
prospered.
2Sa 11:8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy
house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there
followed him a mess of meat from the king.
2Sa 11:9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house
with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
2Sa 11:10 And when they had told David, saying, Uriah
went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest
thou not from thy journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house?
2Sa 11:11 And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and
Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab,
and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go
into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I
will not do this thing.
2Sa 11:12 And David said to Uriah, Tarry here today
also, and tomorrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that
day, and the morrow.
2Sa 11:13 And when David had called him, he did eat and
drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his
bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.
2Sa 11:14 And it came to pass in the morning, that
David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
2Sa 11:15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye
Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he
may be smitten, and die.
2Sa 11:16 And it came to pass, when Joab
observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that
valiant men were.
2Sa 11:17 And the men of the city went out, and fought
with Joab: and there fell some
of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also.
2Sa 11:18 Then Joab sent and
told David all the things concerning the war;
2Sa 11:19 And charged the messenger, saying, When thou
hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
2Sa 11:20 And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and
he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did
fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?
2Sa 11:21 Who smote Abimelech
the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece
of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez?
why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead
also.
2Sa 11:22 So the messenger went, and came and showed
David all that Joab had sent him for.
2Sa 11:23 And the messenger said unto David, Surely the
men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon
them even unto the entering of the gate.
2Sa 11:24 And the shooters shot from off the wall upon
thy servants; and some of the king's
servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
2Sa 11:25 Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not
this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth
one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and
overthrow it: and encourage thou him.
2Sa 11:26 And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah
her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.
2Sa 11:27 And when the mourning was past, David sent
and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But
the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.
Romans 12
Rom
12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy,
acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Rom 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye
transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will
of God.
Rom 12:3 For I say, through the grace given unto me,
to every man that is among you, not to think of
himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly,
according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
Rom 12:4 For as we have many members in one body, and
all members have not the same office:
Rom 12:5 So we, being
many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
Rom 12:6 Having then gifts differing according to the
grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let
us prophesy
according to the proportion of faith;
Rom 12:7 Or ministry, let
us wait
on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;
Rom 12:8 Or he that exhorteth,
on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with
simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that showeth mercy, with cheerfulness.
Rom 12:9 Let
love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which
is good.
Rom 12:10 Be
kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly
love; in honour preferring one another;
Rom 12:11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit;
serving the Lord;
Rom 12:12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation;
continuing instant in prayer;
Rom 12:13 Distributing to the necessity of saints;
given to hospitality.
Rom 12:14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and
curse not.
Rom 12:15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep
with them that weep.
Rom 12:16 Be of
the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men
of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
Rom 12:17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide
things honest in the sight of all men.
Rom 12:18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
Rom 12:19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written,
Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
Rom 12:20 Therefore if thine
enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
Rom 12:21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil
with good.