Today’s Reading : 1Chronicles 4 - 6  and  2Corinthians 5  (KJV)

 

 

1Chronicles 4

1Ch 4:1  The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.

1Ch 4:2  And Reaiah the son of Shobal begot Jahath; and Jahath begot Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.

1Ch 4:3  And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi:

1Ch 4:4  And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem.

1Ch 4:5  And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

1Ch 4:6  And Naarah bore him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.

1Ch 4:7  And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.

1Ch 4:8  And Coz begot Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.

1Ch 4:9  And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bore him with sorrow.

1Ch 4:10  And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.

1Ch 4:11  And Chelub the brother of Shuah begot Mehir, which was the father of Eshton.

1Ch 4:12  And Eshton begot Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Rechah.

1Ch 4:13  And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath.

1Ch 4:14  And Meonothai begot Ophrah: and Seraiah begot Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.

1Ch 4:15  And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.

1Ch 4:16  And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.

1Ch 4:17  And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bore Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.

1Ch 4:18  And his wife Jehudijah bore Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.

1Ch 4:19  And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.

1Ch 4:20  And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth.

1Ch 4:21  The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,

1Ch 4:22  And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And these are ancient things.

1Ch 4:23  These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.

1Ch 4:24  The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul:

1Ch 4:25  Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.

1Ch 4:26  And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son.

1Ch 4:27  And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.

1Ch 4:28  And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual,

1Ch 4:29  And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,

1Ch 4:30  And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,

1Ch 4:31  And at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-birei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.

1Ch 4:32  And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:

1Ch 4:33  And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy.

1Ch 4:34  And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah,

1Ch 4:35  And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,

1Ch 4:36  And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,

1Ch 4:37  And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;

1Ch 4:38  These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly.

1Ch 4:39  And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

1Ch 4:40  And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.

1Ch 4:41  And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks.

1Ch 4:42  And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.

1Ch 4:43  And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.

 

1Chronicles 5

1Ch 5:1  Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.

1Ch 5:2  For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:)

1Ch 5:3  The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

1Ch 5:4  The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,

1Ch 5:5  Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son,

1Ch 5:6  Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.

1Ch 5:7  And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,

1Ch 5:8  And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-meon:

1Ch 5:9  And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.

1Ch 5:10  And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east land of Gilead.

1Ch 5:11  And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salchah:

1Ch 5:12  Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan.

1Ch 5:13  And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven.

1Ch 5:14  These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;

1Ch 5:15  Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers.

1Ch 5:16  And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.

1Ch 5:17  All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

1Ch 5:18  The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.

1Ch 5:19  And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab.

1Ch 5:20  And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was entreated of them; because they put their trust in him.

1Ch 5:21  And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men a hundred thousand.

1Ch 5:22  For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.

1Ch 5:23  And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baalath-hermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon.

1Ch 5:24  And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers.

1Ch 5:25  And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them.

1Ch 5:26  And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.

 

1Chronicles 6

1Ch 6:1  The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

1Ch 6:2  And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

1Ch 6:3  And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

1Ch 6:4  Eleazar begot Phinehas, Phinehas begot Abishua,

1Ch 6:5  And Abishua begot Bukki, and Bukki begot Uzzi,

1Ch 6:6  And Uzzi begot Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begot Meraioth,

1Ch 6:7  Meraioth begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub,

1Ch 6:8  And Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Ahimaaz,

1Ch 6:9  And Ahimaaz begot Azariah, and Azariah begot Johanan,

1Ch 6:10  And Johanan begot Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)

1Ch 6:11  And Azariah begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub,

1Ch 6:12  And Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Shallum,

1Ch 6:13  And Shallum begot Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begot Azariah,

1Ch 6:14  And Azariah begot Seraiah, and Seraiah begot Jehozadak,

1Ch 6:15  And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

1Ch 6:16  The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

1Ch 6:17  And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.

1Ch 6:18  And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

1Ch 6:19  The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.

1Ch 6:20  Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,

1Ch 6:21  Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.

1Ch 6:22  The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,

1Ch 6:23  Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,

1Ch 6:24  Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.

1Ch 6:25  And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.

1Ch 6:26  As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,

1Ch 6:27  Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.

1Ch 6:28  And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.

1Ch 6:29  The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,

1Ch 6:30  Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.

1Ch 6:31  And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.

1Ch 6:32  And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order.

1Ch 6:33  And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,

1Ch 6:34  The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,

1Ch 6:35  The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,

1Ch 6:36  The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,

1Ch 6:37  The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,

1Ch 6:38  The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.

1Ch 6:39  And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,

1Ch 6:40  The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah,

1Ch 6:41  The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,

1Ch 6:42  The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,

1Ch 6:43  The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.

1Ch 6:44  And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,

1Ch 6:45  The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,

1Ch 6:46  The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,

1Ch 6:47  The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

1Ch 6:48  Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

1Ch 6:49  But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

1Ch 6:50  And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,

1Ch 6:51  Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,

1Ch 6:52  Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,

1Ch 6:53  Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.

1Ch 6:54  Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot.

1Ch 6:55  And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.

1Ch 6:56  But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

1Ch 6:57  And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,

1Ch 6:58  And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,

1Ch 6:59  And Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs:

1Ch 6:60  And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.

1Ch 6:61  And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.

1Ch 6:62  And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

1Ch 6:63  Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

1Ch 6:64  And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs.

1Ch 6:65  And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names.

1Ch 6:66  And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.

1Ch 6:67  And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,

1Ch 6:68  And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs,

1Ch 6:69  And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs:

1Ch 6:70  And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.

1Ch 6:71  Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs:

1Ch 6:72  And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs,

1Ch 6:73  And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs:

1Ch 6:74  And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs,

1Ch 6:75  And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs:

1Ch 6:76  And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kadesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.

1Ch 6:77  Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:

1Ch 6:78  And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,

1Ch 6:79  Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs:

1Ch 6:80  And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs,

1Ch 6:81  And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.

 

 

2Corinthians 5

2Co 5:1  For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

2Co 5:2  For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:

2Co 5:3  If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

2Co 5:4  For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.

2Co 5:5  Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.

2Co 5:6  Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

2Co 5:7  (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

2Co 5:8  We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

2Co 5:9  Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

2Co 5:10  For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

2Co 5:11  Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.

2Co 5:12  For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart.

2Co 5:13  For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.

2Co 5:14  For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

2Co 5:15  And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.

2Co 5:16  Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.

2Co 5:17  Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

2Co 5:18  And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

2Co 5:19  To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

2Co 5:20  Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us; we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.

2Co 5:21  For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.