Today’s
Reading : 1Kings 10 – 12 and 1Corinthians
6 (KJV)
1Kings 10
1Ki
10:1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame
of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard
questions.
1Ki 10:2 And she came to Jerusalem with a very great
train, with camels that bore spices, and very much gold, and precious stones:
and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her
heart.
1Ki 10:3 And Solomon told her all her questions: there
was not any thing hid from the king,
which he told her not.
1Ki 10:4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all
Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built,
1Ki 10:5 And the meat of his table, and the sitting of
his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his
cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD;
there was no more spirit in her.
1Ki 10:6 And she said to the king, It was a true
report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom.
1Ki 10:7 Howbeit I believed not the words, until I
came, and mine eyes had seen it: and,
behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth
the fame which I heard.
1Ki 10:8 Happy are
thy men, happy are these thy servants,
which stand continually before thee, and
that hear thy wisdom.
1Ki 10:9 Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted
in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel
forever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
1Ki 10:10 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty
talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there
came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to
king Solomon.
1Ki 10:11 And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold
from Ophir, brought in from Ophir
great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones.
1Ki 10:12 And the king made of the almug
trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also
and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug
trees, nor were seen unto this day.
1Ki 10:13 And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba
all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that
which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own
country, she and her servants.
1Ki 10:14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon
in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold,
1Ki 10:15 Beside that
he had
of the merchantmen, and of the traffic of the spice merchants, and of all the
kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.
1Ki 10:16 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.
1Ki 10:17 And he
made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one
shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
1Ki 10:18 Moreover the king made a great throne of
ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
1Ki 10:19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the
throne was round behind: and there were
stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the
stays.
1Ki 10:20 And twelve lions stood there on the one side
and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any
kingdom.
1Ki 10:21 And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of
gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of
pure gold; none were of silver: it was nothing accounted of in the
days of Solomon.
1Ki 10:22 For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came
the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver,
ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
1Ki 10:23 So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the
earth for riches and for wisdom.
1Ki 10:24 And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear
his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
1Ki 10:25 And they brought every man his present,
vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices,
horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
1Ki 10:26 And Solomon gathered together chariots and
horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand
horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at
Jerusalem.
1Ki 10:27 And the king made silver to be in
Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to
be as the sycamore trees that are in the vale, for abundance.
1Ki 10:28 And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt,
and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
1Ki 10:29 And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt
for six hundred shekels of silver, and a
horse for a hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and
for the kings of Syria, did they bring them
out by their means.
1Kings 11
1Ki
11:1 But king Solomon loved many strange women,
together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;
1Ki 11:2 Of the nations concerning
which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them,
neither shall they come in unto you: for
surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon cleaved unto
these in love.
1Ki 11:3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses,
and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
1Ki 11:4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other
gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.
1Ki 11:5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess
of the Zidonians, and after Milcom
the abomination of the Ammonites.
1Ki 11:6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the
LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did
David his father.
1Ki 11:7 Then did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech,
the abomination of the children of Ammon.
1Ki 11:8 And likewise did he for all his strange
wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
1Ki 11:9 And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because
his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him
twice,
1Ki 11:10 And had commanded him concerning this thing,
that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD
commanded.
1Ki 11:11 Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon,
Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my
statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from
thee, and will give it to thy servant.
1Ki 11:12 Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it
for David thy father's sake: but I will
rend it out of the hand of thy son.
1Ki 11:13 Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom;
but will give one tribe to thy son for
David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.
1Ki 11:14 And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto
Solomon, Hadad the Edomite:
he was of the king's seed in Edom.
1Ki 11:15 For it came to pass, when David was in Edom,
and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury
the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom;
1Ki 11:16 (For six months did Joab
remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)
1Ki 11:17 That Hadad fled, he
and certain Edomites of his father's servants with
him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child.
1Ki 11:18 And they arose out of Midian,
and came to Paran: and they took men with them out of
Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of
Egypt; which gave him a house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land.
1Ki 11:19 And Hadad found
great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of
his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.
1Ki 11:20 And the sister of Tahpenes
bore him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes
weaned in Pharaoh's house: and Genubath was in
Pharaoh's household among the sons of Pharaoh.
1Ki 11:21 And when Hadad
heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab
the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to
Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.
1Ki 11:22 Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast
thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go
to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing:
howbeit let me go in any wise.
1Ki 11:23 And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon
the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:
1Ki 11:24 And he gathered men unto him, and became
captain over a band, when David slew them of
Zobah: and
they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus.
1Ki 11:25 And he was an adversary to Israel all the
days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over
Syria.
1Ki 11:26 And Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
an Ephrathite of Zereda,
Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was
Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king.
1Ki 11:27 And this was
the cause that he lifted up his hand
against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David
his father.
1Ki 11:28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing
the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of
the house of Joseph.
1Ki 11:29 And it came to pass at that time when
Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah
the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad
himself with a new garment; and they two were
alone in the field:
1Ki 11:30 And Ahijah caught
the new garment that was on him, and
rent it in twelve pieces:
1Ki 11:31 And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten
pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel,
Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten
tribes to thee:
1Ki 11:32 (But he shall have one tribe for my servant
David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all
the tribes of Israel:)
1Ki 11:33 Because that they have forsaken me, and have
worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom
the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked
in my ways, to do that which is
right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.
1Ki 11:34 Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out
of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my
servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes:
1Ki 11:35 But I will take the kingdom out of his son's
hand, and will give it unto thee, even
ten tribes.
1Ki 11:36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that
David my servant may have a light always before me in Jerusalem, the city which
I have chosen me to put my name there.
1Ki 11:37 And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over
Israel.
1Ki 11:38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto
all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is
right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant
did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for
David, and will give Israel unto thee.
1Ki 11:39 And I will for this afflict the seed of
David, but not forever.
1Ki 11:40 Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam.
And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak
king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
1Ki 11:41 And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all
that he did, and his wisdom, are they
not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?
1Ki 11:42 And the time that Solomon reigned in
Jerusalem over all Israel was forty
years.
1Ki 11:43 And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was
buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam
his son reigned in his stead.
1Kings 12
1Ki
12:1 And Rehoboam went
to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.
1Ki 12:2 And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of
Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it,
(for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in
Egypt;)
1Ki 12:3 That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam
and all the congregation of Israel came, and spoke unto Rehoboam,
saying,
1Ki 12:4 Thy father made our yoke grievous: now
therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke
which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.
1Ki 12:5 And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the
people departed.
1Ki 12:6 And king Rehoboam
consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet
lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people?
1Ki 12:7 And they spoke unto him, saying, If thou wilt
be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them,
and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants forever.
1Ki 12:8 But he forsook the counsel of the old men,
which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up
with him, and which stood before him:
1Ki 12:9 And he said unto them, What counsel give ye
that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke
which thy father did put upon us lighter?
1Ki 12:10 And the young men that were grown up with him
spoke unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto
this people that spoke unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but
make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.
1Ki 12:11 And now whereas my father did lade you with a
heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips,
but I will chastise you with scorpions.
1Ki 12:12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying,
Come to me again the third day.
1Ki 12:13 And the king answered the people roughly, and
forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;
1Ki 12:14 And spoke to them after the counsel of the
young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke:
my father also chastised you with whips,
but I will chastise you with scorpions.
1Ki 12:15 Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people;
for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the
LORD spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite
unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
1Ki 12:16 So when all Israel saw that the king
hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion
have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your
tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David.
So Israel departed unto their tents.
1Ki 12:17 But as
for the children of Israel which dwelt
in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
1Ki 12:18 Then king Rehoboam
sent Adoram, who was
over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died.
Therefore king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to
his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
1Ki 12:19 So Israel rebelled against the house of David
unto this day.
1Ki 12:20 And it came to pass, when all Israel heard
that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the
congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed
the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
1Ki 12:21 And when Rehoboam
was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of
Benjamin, a hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to
fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
1Ki 12:22 But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
1Ki 12:23 Speak unto Rehoboam,
the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and
Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,
1Ki 12:24 Thus saith the
LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of
Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They
hearkened therefore to the word of the LORD, and returned to depart, according
to the word of the LORD.
1Ki 12:25 Then Jeroboam built Shechem
in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.
1Ki 12:26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the
kingdom return to the house of David:
1Ki 12:27 If this people go up to do sacrifice in the
house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again
unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go
again to Rehoboam king of Judah.
1Ki 12:28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two
calves of gold, and said unto them, It
is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which
brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
1Ki 12:29 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other
put he in Dan.
1Ki 12:30 And this thing became a sin: for the people
went to worship
before the one, even unto Dan.
1Ki 12:31 And he made a house of high places, and made
priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.
1Ki 12:32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth
month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So
did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed
in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.
1Ki 12:33 So he offered upon the altar which he had
made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own
heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon
the altar, and burnt incense.
1Corinthians 6
1Co
6:1 Dare any of you, having a matter against
another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
1Co 6:2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge
the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge
the smallest matters?
1Co 6:3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how
much more things that pertain to this life?
1Co 6:4 If then ye have judgments of things
pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the
church.
1Co 6:5 I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there
is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between
his brethren?
1Co 6:6 But brother goeth to
law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.
1Co 6:7 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among
you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong?
why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
1Co 6:8 Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.
1Co 6:9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not
inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor
idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with
mankind,
1Co 6:10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor
revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom
of God.
1Co 6:11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed,
but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and
by the Spirit of our God.
1Co 6:12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things
are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought
under the power of any.
1Co 6:13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats:
but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the
body.
1Co 6:14 And God hath both raised up the Lord, and
will also raise up us by his own power.
1Co 6:15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members
of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of a harlot? God forbid.
1Co 6:16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to
a harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one
flesh.
1Co 6:17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one
spirit.
1Co 6:18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth
is without the body; but he that committeth
fornication sinneth against his own body.
1Co 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the
temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not
your own?
1Co 6:20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore
glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.