Today’s Reading :
1Chronicles 1 - 3 and 2Corinthians 4 (KJV)
1Chronicles 1
1Ch
1:1 Adam, Sheth, Enosh,
1Ch 1:2 Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,
1Ch 1:3 Henoch, Methuselah,
Lamech,
1Ch 1:4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
1Ch 1:5 The sons of Japheth; Gomer,
and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech,
and Tiras.
1Ch 1:6 And the sons of Gomer;
Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and
Togarmah.
1Ch 1:7 And the sons of Javan;
Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
1Ch 1:8 The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
1Ch 1:9 And the sons of Cush; Seba,
and Havilah, and Sabta, and
Raamah, and Sabtecha. And
the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
1Ch 1:10 And Cush begot Nimrod: he began to be mighty
upon the earth.
1Ch 1:11 And Mizraim begot Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
1Ch 1:12 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and Caphthorim.
1Ch 1:13 And Canaan begot Zidon
his firstborn, and Heth,
1Ch 1:14 The Jebusite also,
and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
1Ch 1:15 And the Hivite, and
the Arkite, and the Sinite,
1Ch 1:16 And the Arvadite,
and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
1Ch 1:17 The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
1Ch 1:18 And Arphaxad begot Shelah, and Shelah begot Eber.
1Ch 1:19 And unto Eber were
born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his
brother's name was Joktan.
1Ch 1:20 And Joktan begot Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
1Ch 1:21 Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah,
1Ch 1:22 And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
1Ch 1:23 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
1Ch 1:24 Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
1Ch 1:25 Eber, Peleg, Reu,
1Ch 1:26 Serug, Nahor, Terah,
1Ch 1:27 Abram; the same is
Abraham.
1Ch 1:28 The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.
1Ch 1:29 These are
their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth;
then Kedar, and Adbeel, and
Mibsam,
1Ch 1:30 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,
1Ch 1:31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are
the sons of Ishmael.
1Ch 1:32 Now the sons of Keturah,
Abraham's concubine: she bore Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian,
and Ishbak, and Shuah. And
the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.
1Ch 1:33 And the sons of Midian;
Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these are
the sons of Keturah.
1Ch 1:34 And Abraham begot Isaac. The sons of Isaac;
Esau and Israel.
1Ch 1:35 The sons of Esau; Eliphaz,
Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
1Ch 1:36 The sons of Eliphaz;
Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and
Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.
1Ch 1:37 The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
1Ch 1:38 And the sons of Seir;
Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.
1Ch 1:39 And the sons of Lotan;
Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan's sister.
1Ch 1:40 The sons of Shobal;
Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah.
1Ch 1:41 The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, and Esh-ban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
1Ch 1:42 The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz, and Aran.
1Ch 1:43 Now these are
the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before any
king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the
son of Beor: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
1Ch 1:44 And when Bela was
dead, Jobab the son of Zerah
of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
1Ch 1:45 And when Jobab was
dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites
reigned in his stead.
1Ch 1:46 And when Husham was
dead, Hadad the son of Bedad,
which smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in
his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.
1Ch 1:47 And when Hadad was
dead, Samlah of Masrekah
reigned in his stead.
1Ch 1:48 And when Samlah was
dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his
stead.
1Ch 1:49 And when Shaul was
dead, Baal-hanan the son of Achbor
reigned in his stead.
1Ch 1:50 And when Baal-hanan
was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead: and the name of
his city was Pai;
and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred,
the daughter of Mezahab.
1Ch 1:51 Hadad died also.
And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth,
1Ch 1:52 Duke Aholibamah,
duke Elah, duke Pinon,
1Ch 1:53 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
1Ch 1:54 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These are the
dukes of Edom.
1Chronicles 2
1Ch
2:1 These are
the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
1Ch 2:2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and
Asher.
1Ch 2:3 The sons of Judah; Er,
and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of
Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the
LORD; and he slew him.
1Ch 2:4 And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of
Judah were five.
1Ch 2:5 The sons of Pharez;
Hezron, and Hamul.
1Ch 2:6 And the sons of Zerah;
Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman,
and Calcol, and Dara: five
of them in all.
1Ch 2:7 And the sons of Carmi; Achar,
the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing
accursed.
1Ch 2:8 And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.
1Ch 2:9 The sons also of Hezron,
that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.
1Ch 2:10 And Ram begot Amminadab;
and Amminadab begot Nahshon,
prince of the children of Judah;
1Ch 2:11 And Nahshon begot Salma, and Salma begot Boaz,
1Ch 2:12 And Boaz begot Obed,
and Obed begot Jesse,
1Ch 2:13 And Jesse begot his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second,
and Shimma the third,
1Ch 2:14 Nethaneel the
fourth, Raddai the fifth,
1Ch 2:15 Ozem the sixth,
David the seventh:
1Ch 2:16 Whose sisters were
Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
1Ch 2:17 And Abigail bore Amasa:
and the father of Amasa was
Jether the Ishmaelite.
1Ch 2:18 And Caleb the son of Hezron
begot children of Azubah
his wife, and of Jerioth:
her sons are these; Jesher,
and Shobab, and Ardon.
1Ch 2:19 And when Azubah was
dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bore him Hur.
1Ch 2:20 And Hur begot Uri,
and Uri begot Bezaleel.
1Ch 2:21 And afterward Hezron
went in to the daughter of Machir the father of
Gilead, whom he married when he was
threescore years old; and she bore him Segub.
1Ch 2:22 And Segub begot Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of
Gilead.
1Ch 2:23 And he took Geshur,
and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even
threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir
the father of Gilead.
1Ch 2:24 And after that Hezron
was dead in Caleb-ephratah, then Abiah
Hezron's wife bore him Ashur
the father of Tekoa.
1Ch 2:25 And the sons of Jerahmeel
the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.
1Ch 2:26 Jerahmeel had also
another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the
mother of Onam.
1Ch 2:27 And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.
1Ch 2:28 And the sons of Onam
were, Shammai, and Jada.
And the sons of Shammai; Nadab,
and Abishur.
1Ch 2:29 And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bore him Ahban,
and Molid.
1Ch 2:30 And the sons of Nadab;
Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children.
1Ch 2:31 And the sons of Appaim;
Ishi. And the sons of Ishi;
Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan;
Ahlai.
1Ch 2:32 And the sons of Jada
the brother of Shammai; Jether,
and Jonathan: and Jether died without children.
1Ch 2:33 And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth,
and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
1Ch 2:34 Now Sheshan had no
sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an
Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
1Ch 2:35 And Sheshan gave
his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she
bore him Attai.
1Ch 2:36 And Attai begot
Nathan, and Nathan begot Zabad,
1Ch 2:37 And Zabad begot Ephlal, and Ephlal begot Obed,
1Ch 2:38 And Obed begot
Jehu, and Jehu begot Azariah,
1Ch 2:39 And Azariah begot Helez, and Helez begot Eleasah,
1Ch 2:40 And Eleasah begot Sisamai, and Sisamai begot Shallum,
1Ch 2:41 And Shallum begot Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begot Elishama.
1Ch 2:42 Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah
the father of Hebron.
1Ch 2:43 And the sons of Hebron; Korah,
and Tappuah, and Rekem, and
Shema.
1Ch 2:44 And Shema begot Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and
Rekem begot Shammai.
1Ch 2:45 And the son of Shammai
was Maon: and Maon was the father
of Beth-zur.
1Ch 2:46 And Ephah, Caleb's
concubine, bore Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begot Gazez.
1Ch 2:47 And the sons of Jahdai;
Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.
1Ch 2:48 Maachah, Caleb's concubine,
bore Sheber, and Tirhanah.
1Ch 2:49 She bore also Shaaph
the father of Madmannah, Sheva
the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.
1Ch 2:50 These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim,
1Ch 2:51 Salma the father of
Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader.
1Ch 2:52 And Shobal the
father of Kirjath-jearim had sons; Haroeh, and half of
the Manahethites.
1Ch 2:53 And the families of Kirjath-jearim;
the Ithrites, and the Puhites,
and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites;
of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites.
1Ch 2:54 The sons of Salma;
Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth
the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.
1Ch 2:55 And the families of the scribes which dwelt
at Jabez; the Tirathites,
the Shimeathites, and
Suchathites. These are
the Kenites that came of Hemath,
the father of the house of Rechab.
1Chronicles 3
1Ch
3:1 Now these were the sons of David, which were
born unto him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the
second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess:
1Ch 3:2 The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai
king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah
the son of Haggith:
1Ch 3:3 The fifth, Shephatiah
of Abital: the sixth, Ithream
by Eglah his wife.
1Ch 3:4 These
six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six
months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years.
1Ch 3:5 And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan,
and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel:
1Ch 3:6 Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,
1Ch 3:7 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
1Ch 3:8 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.
1Ch 3:9 These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of
the concubines, and Tamar their sister.
1Ch 3:10 And Solomon's son was
Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
1Ch 3:11 Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
1Ch 3:12 Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
1Ch 3:13 Ahaz his son,
Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
1Ch 3:14 Amon his son,
Josiah his son.
1Ch 3:15 And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan,
the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
1Ch 3:16 And the sons of Jehoiakim:
Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
1Ch 3:17 And the sons of Jeconiah;
Assir, Salathiel his son,
1Ch 3:18 Malchiram also, and
Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
1Ch 3:19 And the sons of Pedaiah
were, Zerubbabel,
and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel;
Meshullam, and Hananiah,
and Shelomith their sister:
1Ch 3:20 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed, five.
1Ch 3:21 And the sons of Hananiah;
Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the
sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan,
the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah.
1Ch 3:22 And the sons of Shechaniah;
Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah;
Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.
1Ch 3:23 And the sons of Neariah;
Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam,
three.
1Ch 3:24 And the sons of Elioenai
were, Hodaiah,
and Eliashib, and Pelaiah,
and Akkub, and Johanan, and
Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.
2Corinthians 4
2Co
4:1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we
have received mercy, we faint not;
2Co 4:2 But have renounced the hidden things of
dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God
deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every
man's conscience in the sight of God.
2Co 4:3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them
that are lost:
2Co 4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded
the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of
Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
2Co 4:5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus
the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
2Co 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out
of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give
the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
2Co 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels,
that the excellency of the power may be of God, and
not of us.
2Co 4:8 We are
troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we
are perplexed, but not in despair;
2Co 4:9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but
not destroyed;
2Co 4:10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of
the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
2Co 4:11 For we which live are always delivered unto
death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in
our mortal flesh.
2Co 4:12 So then death worketh
in us, but life in you.
2Co 4:13 We having the same spirit of faith, according
as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and
therefore speak;
2Co 4:14 Knowing that he which raised up the Lord
Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.
2Co 4:15 For all things are
for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many
redound to the glory of God.
2Co 4:16 For which cause we faint not; but though our
outward man perish, yet the inward man
is renewed day by day.
2Co 4:17 For our light affliction, which is but for a
moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
2Co 4:18 While we look not at the things which are
seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.