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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Imitating Christ&#8217;s Humility</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PHP.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PHP.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PHP.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PHP.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PHP.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PHP.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PHP.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PHP.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Who, being in very nature</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in the form of</span></span></span><span class="content"> God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PHP.2.6"><span class="content">did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PHP.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PHP.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">rather, he made himself nothing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PHP.2.7"><span class="content">by taking the very nature</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the form</span></span></span><span class="content"> of a servant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PHP.2.7"><span class="content">being made in human likeness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PHP.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PHP.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">And being found in appearance as a man,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PHP.2.8"><span class="content">he humbled himself</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PHP.2.8"><span class="content">by becoming obedient to death&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q3"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PHP.2.8"><span class="content">even death on a cross!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PHP.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PHP.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Therefore God exalted him to the highest place</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PHP.2.9"><span class="content">and gave him the name that is above every name,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PHP.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PHP.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PHP.2.10"><span class="content">in heaven and on earth and under the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PHP.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PHP.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PHP.2.11"><span class="content">to the glory of God the Father.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Do Everything Without Grumbling</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PHP.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PHP.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed&#8212;not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence&#8212;continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PHP.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PHP.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PHP.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Do everything without grumbling or arguing, </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PHP.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">so that you may become blameless and pure, &#8220;children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:15 </span><span class="ft">Deut. 32:5</span></span></span><span class="content"> Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PHP.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">as you hold firmly to the word of life. And then I will be able to boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PHP.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service coming from your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PHP.2.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">So you too should be glad and rejoice with me.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Timothy and Epaphroditus</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PHP.2.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PHP.2.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I receive news about you. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PHP.2.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">I have no one else like him, who will show genuine concern for your welfare. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PHP.2.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">For everyone looks out for their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PHP.2.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">But you know that Timothy has proved himself, because as a son with his father he has served with me in the work of the gospel. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PHP.2.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">I hope, therefore, to send him as soon as I see how things go with me. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PHP.2.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">And I am confident in the Lord that I myself will come soon.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PHP.2.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PHP.2.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">But I think it is necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, co-worker and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger, whom you sent to take care of my needs. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PHP.2.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">For he longs for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PHP.2.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Indeed he was ill, and almost died. But God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PHP.2.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you may be glad and I may have less anxiety. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PHP.2.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">So then, welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor people like him, </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PHP.2.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">because he almost died for the work of Christ. He risked his life to make up for the help you yourselves could not give me.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">19</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Elijah Flees to Horeb</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1KI.19.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1KI.19.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, &#8220;May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1KI.19.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1KI.19.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Elijah was afraid</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Elijah saw</span></span></span><span class="content"> and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1KI.19.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">while he himself went a day&#8217;s journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. &#8220;I have had enough, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1KI.19.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then he lay down under the bush and fell asleep.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1KI.19.5"><span class="content">All at once an angel touched him and said, &#8220;Get up and eat.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1KI.19.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He looked around, and there by his head was some bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank and then lay down again.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1KI.19.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1KI.19.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The angel of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came back a second time and touched him and said, &#8220;Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1KI.19.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">So he got up and ate and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1KI.19.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">There he went into a cave and spent the night.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading"> Appears to Elijah</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1KI.19.9"><span class="content">And the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to him: &#8220;What are you doing here, Elijah?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1KI.19.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1KI.19.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He replied, &#8220;I have been very zealous for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1KI.19.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1KI.19.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said, &#8220;Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is about to pass by.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1KI.19.11"><span class="content">Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was not in the earthquake. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1KI.19.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">After the earthquake came a fire, but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1KI.19.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1KI.19.13"><span class="content">Then a voice said to him, &#8220;What are you doing here, Elijah?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1KI.19.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1KI.19.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He replied, &#8220;I have been very zealous for the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1KI.19.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1KI.19.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to him, &#8220;Go back the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you get there, anoint Hazael king over Aram. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1KI.19.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Also, anoint Jehu son of Nimshi king over Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel Meholah to succeed you as prophet. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1KI.19.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Jehu will put to death any who escape the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death any who escape the sword of Jehu. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1KI.19.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Yet I reserve seven thousand in Israel&#8212;all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Call of Elisha</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1KI.19.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1KI.19.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">So Elijah went from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen, and he himself was driving the twelfth pair. Elijah went up to him and threw his cloak around him. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1KI.19.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Elisha then left his oxen and ran after Elijah. &#8220;Let me kiss my father and mother goodbye,&#8221; he said, &#8220;and then I will come with you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1KI.19.20"><span class="content">&#8220;Go back,&#8221; Elijah replied. &#8220;What have I done to you?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1KI.19.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1KI.19.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">So Elisha left him and went back. He took his yoke of oxen and slaughtered them. He burned the plowing equipment to cook the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow Elijah and became his servant.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">20</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Ben-Hadad Attacks Samaria</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1KI.20.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now Ben-Hadad king of Aram mustered his entire army. Accompanied by thirty-two kings with their horses and chariots, he went up and besieged Samaria and attacked it. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1KI.20.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He sent messengers into the city to Ahab king of Israel, saying, &#8220;This is what Ben-Hadad says: </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1KI.20.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8216;Your silver and gold are mine, and the best of your wives and children are mine.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1KI.20.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1KI.20.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The king of Israel answered, &#8220;Just as you say, my lord the king. I and all I have are yours.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1KI.20.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1KI.20.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The messengers came again and said, &#8220;This is what Ben-Hadad says: &#8216;I sent to demand your silver and gold, your wives and your children. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1KI.20.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But about this time tomorrow I am going to send my officials to search your palace and the houses of your officials. They will seize everything you value and carry it away.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1KI.20.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1KI.20.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The king of Israel summoned all the elders of the land and said to them, &#8220;See how this man is looking for trouble! When he sent for my wives and my children, my silver and my gold, I did not refuse him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1KI.20.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1KI.20.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The elders and the people all answered, &#8220;Don&#8217;t listen to him or agree to his demands.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1KI.20.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1KI.20.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">So he replied to Ben-Hadad&#8217;s messengers, &#8220;Tell my lord the king, &#8216;Your servant will do all you demanded the first time, but this demand I cannot meet.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221; They left and took the answer back to Ben-Hadad.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1KI.20.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1KI.20.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then Ben-Hadad sent another message to Ahab: &#8220;May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if enough dust remains in Samaria to give each of my men a handful.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1KI.20.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1KI.20.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The king of Israel answered, &#8220;Tell him: &#8216;One who puts on his armor should not boast like one who takes it off.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1KI.20.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1KI.20.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Ben-Hadad heard this message while he and the kings were drinking in their tents,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in Sukkoth</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 16</span></span></span><span class="content"> and he ordered his men: &#8220;Prepare to attack.&#8221; So they prepared to attack the city.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Ahab Defeats Ben-Hadad</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1KI.20.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1KI.20.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Meanwhile a prophet came to Ahab king of Israel and announced, &#8220;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: &#8216;Do you see this vast army? I will give it into your hand today, and then you will know that I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1KI.20.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1KI.20.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;But who will do this?&#8221; asked Ahab.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1KI.20.14"><span class="content">The prophet replied, &#8220;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: &#8216;The junior officers under the provincial commanders will do it.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1KI.20.14"><span class="content">&#8220;And who will start the battle?&#8221; he asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1KI.20.14"><span class="content">The prophet answered, &#8220;You will.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1KI.20.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1KI.20.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">So Ahab summoned the 232 junior officers under the provincial commanders. Then he assembled the rest of the Israelites, 7,000 in all. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1KI.20.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">They set out at noon while Ben-Hadad and the 32 kings allied with him were in their tents getting drunk. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1KI.20.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The junior officers under the provincial commanders went out first.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1KI.20.17"><span class="content">Now Ben-Hadad had dispatched scouts, who reported, &#8220;Men are advancing from Samaria.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1KI.20.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1KI.20.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">He said, &#8220;If they have come out for peace, take them alive; if they have come out for war, take them alive.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1KI.20.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1KI.20.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The junior officers under the provincial commanders marched out of the city with the army behind them </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1KI.20.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">and each one struck down his opponent. At that, the Arameans fled, with the Israelites in pursuit. But Ben-Hadad king of Aram escaped on horseback with some of his horsemen. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1KI.20.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The king of Israel advanced and overpowered the horses and chariots and inflicted heavy losses on the Arameans.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1KI.20.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1KI.20.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Afterward, the prophet came to the king of Israel and said, &#8220;Strengthen your position and see what must be done, because next spring the king of Aram will attack you again.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1KI.20.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1KI.20.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Meanwhile, the officials of the king of Aram advised him, &#8220;Their gods are gods of the hills. That is why they were too strong for us. But if we fight them on the plains, surely we will be stronger than they. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1KI.20.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Do this: Remove all the kings from their commands and replace them with other officers. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1KI.20.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">You must also raise an army like the one you lost&#8212;horse for horse and chariot for chariot&#8212;so we can fight Israel on the plains. Then surely we will be stronger than they.&#8221; He agreed with them and acted accordingly.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1KI.20.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1KI.20.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The next spring Ben-Hadad mustered the Arameans and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1KI.20.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">When the Israelites were also mustered and given provisions, they marched out to meet them. The Israelites camped opposite them like two small flocks of goats, while the Arameans covered the countryside.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1KI.20.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1KI.20.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">The man of God came up and told the king of Israel, &#8220;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: &#8216;Because the Arameans think the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is a god of the hills and not a god of the valleys, I will deliver this vast army into your hands, and you will know that I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1KI.20.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1KI.20.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">For seven days they camped opposite each other, and on the seventh day the battle was joined. The Israelites inflicted a hundred thousand casualties on the Aramean foot soldiers in one day. </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1KI.20.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The rest of them escaped to the city of Aphek, where the wall collapsed on twenty-seven thousand of them. And Ben-Hadad fled to the city and hid in an inner room.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1KI.20.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1KI.20.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">His officials said to him, &#8220;Look, we have heard that the kings of Israel are merciful. Let us go to the king of Israel with sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads. Perhaps he will spare your life.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1KI.20.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1KI.20.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Wearing sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, they went to the king of Israel and said, &#8220;Your servant Ben-Hadad says: &#8216;Please let me live.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1KI.20.32"><span class="content">The king answered, &#8220;Is he still alive? He is my brother.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1KI.20.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1KI.20.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The men took this as a good sign and were quick to pick up his word. &#8220;Yes, your brother Ben-Hadad!&#8221; they said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1KI.20.33"><span class="content">&#8220;Go and get him,&#8221; the king said. When Ben-Hadad came out, Ahab had him come up into his chariot.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1KI.20.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1KI.20.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will return the cities my father took from your father,&#8221; Ben-Hadad offered. &#8220;You may set up your own market areas in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1KI.20.34"><span class="content">Ahab said, &#8220;On the basis of a treaty I will set you free.&#8221; So he made a treaty with him, and let him go.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Prophet Condemns Ahab</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="1KI.20.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1KI.20.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">By the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> one of the company of the prophets said to his companion, &#8220;Strike me with your weapon,&#8221; but he refused.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1KI.20.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1KI.20.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">So the prophet said, &#8220;Because you have not obeyed the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, as soon as you leave me a lion will kill you.&#8221; And after the man went away, a lion found him and killed him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1KI.20.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="1KI.20.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">The prophet found another man and said, &#8220;Strike me, please.&#8221; So the man struck him and wounded him. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="1KI.20.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Then the prophet went and stood by the road waiting for the king. He disguised himself with his headband down over his eyes. </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="1KI.20.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">As the king passed by, the prophet called out to him, &#8220;Your servant went into the thick of the battle, and someone came to me with a captive and said, &#8216;Guard this man. If he is missing, it will be your life for his life, or you must pay a talent</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:39 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 75 pounds or about 34 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> of silver.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1KI.20.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">While your servant was busy here and there, the man disappeared.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1KI.20.40"><span class="content">&#8220;That is your sentence,&#8221; the king of Israel said. &#8220;You have pronounced it yourself.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1KI.20.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="1KI.20.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Then the prophet quickly removed the headband from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets. </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="1KI.20.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">He said to the king, &#8220;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: &#8216;You have set free a man I had determined should die.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">20:42 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, often by totally destroying them.</span></span></span><span class="content"> Therefore it is your life for his life, your people for his people.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="1KI.20.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">Sullen and angry, the king of Israel went to his palace in Samaria.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">66</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 66</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. A song. A psalm.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.66.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Shout for joy to God, all the earth!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.66.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.66.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Sing the glory of his name;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.66.2"><span class="content">make his praise glorious.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.66.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.66.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Say to God, &#8220;How awesome are your deeds!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.66.3"><span class="content">So great is your power</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.66.3"><span class="content">that your enemies cringe before you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.66.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.66.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">All the earth bows down to you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.66.4"><span class="content">they sing praise to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.66.4"><span class="content">they sing the praises of your name.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">66:4 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 7 and 15.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.66.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.66.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Come and see what God has done,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.66.5"><span class="content">his awesome deeds for mankind!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.66.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.66.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He turned the sea into dry land,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.66.6"><span class="content">they passed through the waters on foot&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.66.6"><span class="content">come, let us rejoice in him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.66.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.66.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He rules forever by his power,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.66.7"><span class="content">his eyes watch the nations&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.66.7"><span class="content">let not the rebellious rise up against him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.66.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.66.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Praise our God, all peoples,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.66.8"><span class="content">let the sound of his praise be heard;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.66.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.66.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">he has preserved our lives</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.66.9"><span class="content">and kept our feet from slipping.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.66.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.66.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For you, God, tested us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.66.10"><span class="content">you refined us like silver.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.66.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.66.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">You brought us into prison</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.66.11"><span class="content">and laid burdens on our backs.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.66.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.66.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">You let people ride over our heads;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.66.12"><span class="content">we went through fire and water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.66.12"><span class="content">but you brought us to a place of abundance.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.66.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.66.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I will come to your temple with burnt offerings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.66.13"><span class="content">and fulfill my vows to you&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.66.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.66.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">vows my lips promised and my mouth spoke</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.66.14"><span class="content">when I was in trouble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.66.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.66.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I will sacrifice fat animals to you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.66.15"><span class="content">and an offering of rams;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.66.15"><span class="content">I will offer bulls and goats.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.66.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.66.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Come and hear, all you who fear God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.66.16"><span class="content">let me tell you what he has done for me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.66.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.66.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I cried out to him with my mouth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.66.17"><span class="content">his praise was on my tongue.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.66.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.66.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">If I had cherished sin in my heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.66.18"><span class="content">the Lord would not have listened;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.66.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.66.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">but God has surely listened</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.66.19"><span class="content">and has heard my prayer.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.66.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.66.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Praise be to God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.66.20"><span class="content">who has not rejected my prayer</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.66.20"><span class="content">or withheld his love from me!</span></span></div>
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