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  1 Kings 14-15


14:1 At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill,
14:2 and Jeroboam said to his wife, "Go, disguise yourself, so you won"t be recognized as the wife of Jeroboam. Then go to Shiloh. Ahijah the prophet is there-- the one who told me I would be king over this people.
14:3 Take ten loaves of bread with you, some cakes and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy."
14:4 So Jeroboam's wife did what he said and went to Ahijah's house in Shiloh. Now Ahijah could not see; his sight was gone because of his age.
14:5 But the LORD had told Ahijah, "Jeroboam's wife is coming to ask you about her son, for he is ill, and you are to give her such and such an answer. When she arrives, she will pretend to be someone else."
14:6 So when Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps at the door, he said, "Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why this pretense? I have been sent to you with bad news.
14:7 Go, tell Jeroboam that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says
14:8 I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you, but you have not been like my servant David, who kept my commands and followed me with all his heart, doing only what was right in my eyes.
14:9 You have done more evil than all who lived before you. You have made for yourself other gods, idols made of metal; you have provoked me to anger and thrust me behind your back.
14:10 ""Because of this, I am going to bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam. I will cut off from Jeroboam every last male in Israel-- slave or free. I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns dung, until it is all gone.
14:11 Dogs will eat those belonging to Jeroboam who die in the city, and the birds of the air will feed on those who die in the country. The LORD has spoken!"
14:12 "As for you, go back home. When you set foot in your city, the boy will die.
14:13 All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. He is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will be buried, because he is the only one in the house of Jeroboam in whom the LORD, the God of Israel, has found anything good.
14:14 "The LORD will raise up for himself a king over Israel who will cut off the family of Jeroboam. This is the day! What? Yes, even now.
14:15 And the LORD will strike Israel, so that it will be like a reed swaying in the water. He will uproot Israel from this good land that he gave to their forefathers and scatter them beyond the River, because they provoked the LORD to anger by making Asherah poles.
14:16 And he will give Israel up because of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit."
14:17 Then Jeroboam's wife got up and left and went to Tirzah. As soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.
14:18 They buried him, and all Israel mourned for him, as the LORD had said through his servant the prophet Ahijah.
14:19 The other events of Jeroboam's reign, his wars and how he ruled, are written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel.
14:20 He reigned for twenty-two years and then rested with his fathers. And Nadab his son succeeded him as king.
14:21 Rehoboam son of Solomon was king in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel in which to put his Name. His mother's name was Naamah; she was an Ammonite.
14:22 Judah did evil in the eyes of the LORD. By the sins they committed they stirred up his jealous anger more than their fathers had done.
14:23 They also set up for themselves high places, sacred stones and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every spreading tree.
14:24 There were even male shrine prostitutes in the land; the people engaged in all the detestable practices of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
14:25 In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem.
14:26 He carried off the treasures of the temple of the LORD and the treasures of the royal palace. He took everything, including all the gold shields Solomon had made.
14:27 So King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned these to the commanders of the guard on duty at the entrance to the royal palace.
14:28 Whenever the king went to the LORD's temple, the guards bore the shields, and afterward they returned them to the guardroom.
14:29 As for the other events of Rehoboam's reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?
14:30 There was continual warfare between Rehoboam and Jeroboam.
14:31 And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. His mother's name was Naamah; she was an Ammonite. And Abijah his son succeeded him as king.
15:1 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah became king of Judah,
15:2 and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother's name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
15:3 He committed all the sins his father had done before him; his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his forefather had been.
15:4 Nevertheless, for David's sake the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and by making Jerusalem strong.
15:5 For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not failed to keep any of the LORD's commands all the days of his life-- except in the case of Uriah the Hittite.
15:6 There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout [Abijah"s] lifetime.
15:7 As for the other events of Abijah's reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
15:8 And Abijah rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And Asa his son succeeded him as king.
15:9 In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa became king of Judah,
15:10 and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother's name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
15:11 Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father David had done.
15:12 He expelled the male shrine prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the idols his fathers had made.
15:13 He even deposed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother, because she had made a repulsive Asherah pole. Asa cut the pole down and burned it in the Kidron Valley.
15:14 Although he did not remove the high places, Asa's heart was fully committed to the LORD all his life.
15:15 He brought into the temple of the LORD the silver and gold and the articles that he and his father had dedicated.
15:16 There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their reigns.
15:17 Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the territory of Asa king of Judah.
15:18 Asa then took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the LORD's temple and of his own palace. He entrusted it to his officials and sent them to Ben-Hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, the king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus.
15:19 "Let there be a treaty between me and you," he said, "as there was between my father and your father. See, I am sending you a gift of silver and gold. Now break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel so he will withdraw from me."
15:20 Ben-Hadad agreed with King Asa and sent the commanders of his forces against the towns of Israel. He conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maacah and all Kinnereth in addition to Naphtali.
15:21 When Baasha heard this, he stopped building Ramah and withdrew to Tirzah.
15:22 Then King Asa issued an order to all Judah-- no one was exempt-- and they carried away from Ramah the stones and timber Baasha had been using there. With them King Asa built up Geba in Benjamin, and also Mizpah.
15:23 As for all the other events of Asa's reign, all his achievements, all he did and the cities he built, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? In his old age, however, his feet became diseased.
15:24 Then Asa rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of his father David. And Jehoshaphat his son succeeded him as king.
15:25 Nadab son of Jeroboam became king of Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years.
15:26 He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, walking in the ways of his father and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to commit.
15:27 Baasha son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar plotted against him, and he struck him down at Gibbethon, a Philistine town, while Nadab and all Israel were besieging it.
15:28 Baasha killed Nadab in the third year of Asa king of Judah and succeeded him as king.
15:29 As soon as he began to reign, he killed Jeroboam's whole family. He did not leave Jeroboam anyone that breathed, but destroyed them all, according to the word of the LORD given through his servant Ahijah the Shilonite--
15:30 because of the sins Jeroboam had committed and had caused Israel to commit, and because he provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger.
15:31 As for the other events of Nadab's reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?
15:32 There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel throughout their reigns.
15:33 In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king of all Israel in Tirzah, and he reigned twenty-four years.
15:34 He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, walking in the ways of Jeroboam and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to commit.

  Luke 22


22:1 Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching,
22:2 and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some way to get rid of Jesus, for they were afraid of the people.
22:3 Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, one of the Twelve.
22:4 And Judas went to the chief priests and the officers of the temple guard and discussed with them how he might betray Jesus.
22:5 They were delighted and agreed to give him money.
22:6 He consented, and watched for an opportunity to hand Jesus over to them when no crowd was present.
22:7 Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed.
22:8 Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover."
22:9 "Where do you want us to prepare for it?" they asked.
22:10 He replied, "As you enter the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him to the house that he enters,
22:11 and say to the owner of the house, "The Teacher asks
22:12 He will show you a large upper room, all furnished. Make preparations there."
22:13 They left and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover.
22:14 When the hour came, Jesus and his apostles reclined at the table.
22:15 And he said to them, "I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.
22:16 For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God."
22:17 After taking the cup, he gave thanks and said, "Take this and divide it among you.
22:18 For I tell you I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes."
22:19 And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me."
22:20 In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
22:21 But the hand of him who is going to betray me is with mine on the table.
22:22 The Son of Man will go as it has been decreed, but woe to that man who betrays him."
22:23 They began to question among themselves which of them it might be who would do this.
22:24 Also a dispute arose among them as to which of them was considered to be greatest.
22:25 Jesus said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who exercise authority over them call themselves Benefactors.
22:26 But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves.
22:27 For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.
22:28 You are those who have stood by me in my trials.
22:29 And I confer on you a kingdom, just as my Father conferred one on me,
22:30 so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
22:31 "Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift you as wheat.
22:32 But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers."
22:33 But he replied, "Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death."
22:34 Jesus answered, "I tell you, Peter, before the rooster crows today, you will deny three times that you know me."
22:35 Then Jesus asked them, "When I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you lack anything?" "Nothing," they answered.
22:36 He said to them, "But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don"t have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one.
22:37 It is written
22:38 The disciples said, "See, Lord, here are two swords." "That is enough," he replied.
22:39 Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him.
22:40 On reaching the place, he said to them, "Pray that you will not fall into temptation."
22:41 He withdrew about a stone's throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed,
22:42 "Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done."
22:43 An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him.
22:44 And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.
22:45 When he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.
22:46 "Why are you sleeping?" he asked them. "Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation."
22:47 While he was still speaking a crowd came up, and the man who was called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus to kiss him,
22:48 but Jesus asked him, "Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?"
22:49 When Jesus" followers saw what was going to happen, they said, "Lord, should we strike with our swords?"
22:50 And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear.
22:51 But Jesus answered, "No more of this!" And he touched the man's ear and healed him.
22:52 Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders, who had come for him, "Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come with swords and clubs?
22:53 Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on me. But this is your hour-- when darkness reigns."
22:54 Then seizing him, they led him away and took him into the house of the high priest. Peter followed at a distance.
22:55 But when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter sat down with them.
22:56 A servant girl saw him seated there in the firelight. She looked closely at him and said, "This man was with him."
22:57 But he denied it. "Woman, I don"t know him," he said.
22:58 A little later someone else saw him and said, "You also are one of them." "Man, I am not!" Peter replied.
22:59 About an hour later another asserted, "Certainly this fellow was with him, for he is a Galilean."
22:60 Peter replied, "Man, I don"t know what you"re talking about!" Just as he was speaking, the rooster crowed.
22:61 The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word the Lord had spoken to him
22:62 And he went outside and wept bitterly.
22:63 The men who were guarding Jesus began mocking and beating him.
22:64 They blindfolded him and demanded, "Prophesy! Who hit you?"
22:65 And they said many other insulting things to him.
22:66 At daybreak the council of the elders of the people, both the chief priests and teachers of the law, met together, and Jesus was led before them.
22:67 "If you are the Christ," they said, "tell us." Jesus answered, "If I tell you, you will not believe me,
22:68 and if I asked you, you would not answer.
22:69 But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God."
22:70 They all asked, "Are you then the Son of God?" He replied, "You are right in saying I am."
22:71 Then they said, "Why do we need any more testimony? We have heard it from his own lips."