Today’s
Reading : 1Kings 1 – 2 and 1Corinthians 2
(KJV)
1Kings 1
1Ki
1:1 Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with
clothes, but he got no heat.
1Ki 1:2 Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let
there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before
the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord
the king may get heat.
1Ki 1:3 So they sought for a fair damsel throughout
all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
1Ki 1:4 And the damsel was
very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her
not.
1Ki 1:5 Then Adonijah the
son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be
king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before
him.
1Ki 1:6 And his father had not displeased him at any
time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was
a very goodly man; and his mother bore him after Absalom.
1Ki 1:7 And he conferred with Joab
the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar
the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.
1Ki 1:8 But Zadok the
priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada,
and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged
to David, were not with Adonijah.
1Ki 1:9 And Adonijah slew
sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth,
which is by En-rogel,
and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the
king's servants:
1Ki 1:10 But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he
called not.
1Ki 1:11 Wherefore Nathan spoke unto Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard
that Adonijah the son of Haggith
doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?
1Ki 1:12 Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give
thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.
1Ki 1:13 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say
unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine
handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall
sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?
1Ki 1:14 Behold, while thou yet talkest
there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words.
1Ki 1:15 And Bath-sheba went
in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered
unto the king.
1Ki 1:16 And Bath-sheba
bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?
1Ki 1:17 And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine
handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy
son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.
1Ki 1:18 And now, behold, Adonijah
reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not:
1Ki 1:19 And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and
sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the
captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called.
1Ki 1:20 And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all
Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord
the king after him.
1Ki 1:21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord
the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be
counted offenders.
1Ki 1:22 And, lo, while she yet talked with the king,
Nathan the prophet also came in.
1Ki 1:23 And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan
the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before
the king with his face to the ground.
1Ki 1:24 And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou
said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit
upon my throne?
1Ki 1:25 For he is gone down this day, and hath slain
oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's
sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the
priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah.
1Ki 1:26 But me, even
me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and
thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.
1Ki 1:27 Is this thing done by my lord the king, and
thou hast not showed it unto thy
servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
1Ki 1:28 Then king David answered and said, Call me
Bath-sheba. And she came into the king's presence,
and stood before the king.
1Ki 1:29 And the king swore, and said, As the LORD liveth,
that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,
1Ki 1:30 Even as I swore unto thee by the LORD God of
Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall
sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.
1Ki 1:31 Then Bath-sheba
bowed with her face to the earth, and
did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live forever.
1Ki 1:32 And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And
they came before the king.
1Ki 1:33 The king also said unto them, Take with you
the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule,
and bring him down to Gihon:
1Ki 1:34 And let Zadok the
priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye
with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon.
1Ki 1:35 Then ye shall come up after him, that he may
come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have
appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.
1Ki 1:36 And Benaiah the son
of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the
LORD God of my lord the king say so too.
1Ki 1:37 As the LORD hath been with my lord the king,
even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my
lord king David.
1Ki 1:38 So Zadok the
priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son
of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites,
and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to
ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.
1Ki 1:39 And Zadok the
priest took a horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they
blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon.
1Ki 1:40 And all the people came up after him, and the
people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent
with the sound of them.
1Ki 1:41 And Adonijah and
all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this
noise of the city being in an uproar?
1Ki 1:42 And while he yet spoke, behold, Jonathan the
son of Abiathar the priest came: and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest
good tidings.
1Ki 1:43 And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon
king.
1Ki 1:44 And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and
the Cherethites, and the Pelethites,
and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule:
1Ki 1:45 And Zadok the
priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon:
and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.
1Ki 1:46 And also Solomon sitteth
on the throne of the kingdom.
1Ki 1:47 And moreover the king's servants came to
bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy
name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself
upon the bed.
1Ki 1:48 And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even
seeing it.
1Ki 1:49 And all the guests that were with Adonijah were
afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way.
1Ki 1:50 And Adonijah feared
because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
1Ki 1:51 And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon:
for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king
Solomon swear unto me today that he will not slay his servant with the sword.
1Ki 1:52 And Solomon said, If he will show himself a
worthy man, there shall not a hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness
shall be found in him, he shall die.
1Ki 1:53 So king Solomon sent, and they brought him
down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon
said unto him, Go to thine house.
1Kings 2
1Ki
2:1 Now the days of David drew nigh that he
should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying,
1Ki 2:2 I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong
therefore, and show thyself a man;
1Ki 2:3 And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to
walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his
judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou
mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and
whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
1Ki 2:4 That the LORD may continue his word which he
spoke concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk
before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall
not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
1Ki 2:5 Moreover thou knowest
also what Joab the son of Zeruiah
did to me, and what he did to the two
captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son
of Ner, and unto Amasa the
son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of
war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet.
1Ki 2:6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let
not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
1Ki 2:7 But show kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let
them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled
because of Absalom thy brother.
1Ki 2:8 And, behold, thou
hast with thee Shimei
the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim,
which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I
swore to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.
1Ki 2:9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for
thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do
unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.
1Ki 2:10 So David slept with his fathers, and was
buried in the city of David.
1Ki 2:11 And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in
Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
1Ki 2:12 Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his
father; and his kingdom was established greatly.
1Ki 2:13 And Adonijah the son
of Haggith came to Bath-sheba
the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou
peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.
1Ki 2:14 He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto
thee. And she said, Say on.
1Ki 2:15 And he said, Thou knowest
that the kingdom was mine, and that all
Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is
turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the LORD.
1Ki 2:16 And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me
not. And she said unto him, Say on.
1Ki 2:17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon
the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag
the Shunammite to wife.
1Ki 2:18 And Bath-sheba
said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.
1Ki 2:19 Bath-sheba therefore
went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah.
And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on
his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on
his right hand.
1Ki 2:20 Then she said, I desire one small petition of
thee; I pray
thee, say me not nay. And the king said
unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.
1Ki 2:21 And she said, Let Abishag
the Shunammite be given to Adonijah
thy brother to wife.
1Ki 2:22 And king Solomon answered and said unto his
mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for
him the kingdom also; for he is mine
elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the
priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
1Ki 2:23 Then king Solomon swore by the LORD, saying,
God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not
spoken this word against his own life.
1Ki 2:24 Now therefore, as
the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and set
me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me a house, as he
promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.
1Ki 2:25 And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and
he fell upon him that he died.
1Ki 2:26 And unto Abiathar
the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art
worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou
didst bear the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because thou
hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.
1Ki 2:27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar
from being priest unto the LORD; that he might fulfil the word of the LORD,
which he spoke concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
1Ki 2:28 Then tidings came to Joab:
for Joab had turned after Adonijah,
though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled
unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
1Ki 2:29 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold,
he is
by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.
1Ki 2:30 And Benaiah came to
the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith
the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.
1Ki 2:31 And the king said unto him, Do as he hath
said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest
take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from
me, and from the house of my father.
1Ki 2:32 And the LORD shall return his blood upon his
own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew
them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof,
to wit,
Abner the son of Ner,
captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
1Ki 2:33 Their blood shall therefore return upon the
head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed forever:
but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne,
shall there be peace forever from the LORD.
1Ki 2:34 So Benaiah the son
of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him:
and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
1Ki 2:35 And the king put Benaiah
the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.
1Ki 2:36 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee a house in Jerusalem,
and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.
1Ki 2:37 For it shall be, that
on the day thou goest out, and passest
over the brook Kidron, thou shalt
know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy
blood shall be upon thine own head.
1Ki 2:38 And Shimei said
unto the king, The saying is good: as my
lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei
dwelt in Jerusalem many days.
1Ki 2:39 And it came to pass at the end of three
years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away
unto Achish son of Maachah
king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold,
thy servants be in Gath.
1Ki 2:40 And Shimei arose,
and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to
seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his
servants from Gath.
1Ki 2:41 And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.
1Ki 2:42 And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by
the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any
whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that
I have heard is good.
1Ki 2:43 Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the
LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
1Ki 2:44 The king said moreover to Shimei,
Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my
father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine
own head;
1Ki 2:45 And king Solomon shall
be blessed, and the throne of David
shall be established before the LORD forever.
1Ki 2:46 So the king commanded Benaiah
the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon
him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
1Corinthians 2
1Co
2:1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not
with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring
unto you the testimony of God.
1Co 2:2 For I determined not to know any thing among
you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
1Co 2:3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear,
and in much trembling.
1Co 2:4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but
in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
1Co 2:5 That your faith should not stand in the
wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
1Co 2:6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are
perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world,
that come to naught:
1Co 2:7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom,
which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
1Co 2:8 Which none of the princes of this world knew:
for had they known it, they would not
have crucified the Lord of glory.
1Co 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor
ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God
hath prepared for them that love him.
1Co 2:10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
1Co 2:11 For what man knoweth
the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things
of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
1Co 2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the
world, but the Spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are
freely given to us of God.
1Co 2:13 Which things also we speak, not in the words
which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost
teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
1Co 2:14 But the natural man receiveth
not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither
can he know them, because they are
spiritually discerned.
1Co 2:15 But he that is spiritual judgeth
all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
1Co 2:16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that
he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.