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 <div class="label">11</div><div class="s1">Jerusalem the capital of Judah</div><div class="s2">Its Fortifications and Fenced Cities</div><div class="p"> 1And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam. 2But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, 3Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying, 4Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam.</div><div class="p"> 5And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah. 6He built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, 7and Beth-zur, and Shoco, and Adullam, 8and Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph, 9and Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, 10and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities. 11And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine. 12And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.</div><div class="p"> 13And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts. 14For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest's office unto the LORD: 15and he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made. 16And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers. 17So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon.</div><div class="p"> 18And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse; 19which bare him children; Jeush, and Shemariah, and Zaham. 20And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith. 21And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.) 22And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king. 23And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.</div>
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 <div class="label">12</div><div class="s2">Attacked by Egypt</div><div class="p"> 1And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him. 2And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD, 3with twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians. 4And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.</div><div class="p"> 5Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak. 6Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous. 7And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak. 8Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.</div><div class="p"> 9So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made. 10Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king's house. 11And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber. 12And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah things went well.</div><div class="p"> 13So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. 14And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD.</div><div class="p"> 15Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually. 16And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.</div>
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 <div class="label">13</div><div class="s2">Abijah's Reign</div><div class="p"> 1Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah. 2He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. 3And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour.</div><div class="p"> 4And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel; 5ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt? 6Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord. 7And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them. 8And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods. 9Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods. 10But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business: 11and they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him. 12And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.</div><div class="p"> 13But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them. 14And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets. 15Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. 16And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand. 17And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. 18Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers. 19And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth-el with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof. 20Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died. 21But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters. 22And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.</div>
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 <div class="label">4</div><div class="d">To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David.</div><div class="q1"> 1Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness:</div><div class="q2">Thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; Have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.</div><div class="q1"> 2O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame?</div><div class="q2"> How long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 3But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself:</div><div class="q2">The LORD will hear when I call unto him.</div><div class="q1"> 4Stand in awe, and sin not:</div><div class="q2">Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.</div><div class="q1"> 5Offer the sacrifices of righteousness,</div><div class="q2">And put your trust in the LORD.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 6 There be many that say,</div><div class="q2">Who will shew us any good?</div><div class="q1"> LORD, lift thou up</div><div class="q2">The light of thy countenance upon us.</div><div class="q1"> 7Thou hast put gladness in my heart,</div><div class="q2">More than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.</div><div class="q1"> 8I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep:</div><div class="q2">For thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.</div><div class="b"></div>
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 <div class="label">4</div><div class="s2">A Father's Instruction</div><div class="q1"> 1Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father,</div><div class="q2">And attend to know understanding.</div><div class="q1"> 2For I give you good doctrine,</div><div class="q2">Forsake ye not my law.</div><div class="q1"> 3For I was my father's son,</div><div class="q2">Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.</div><div class="q1"> 4He taught me also, and said unto me,</div><div class="q1">Let thine heart retain my words:</div><div class="q2">Keep my commandments, and live.</div><div class="q1"> 5Get wisdom, get understanding:</div><div class="q2">Forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.</div><div class="q1"> 6Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee:</div><div class="q2">Love her, and she shall keep thee.</div><div class="q1"> 7Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom:</div><div class="q2">And with all thy getting get understanding.</div><div class="q1"> 8Exalt her, and she shall promote thee:</div><div class="q2">She shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.</div><div class="q1"> 9She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace:</div><div class="q2">A crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 10Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings;</div><div class="q2">And the years of thy life shall be many.</div><div class="q1"> 11I have taught thee in the way of wisdom;</div><div class="q2">I have led thee in right paths.</div><div class="q1"> 12When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened;</div><div class="q2">And when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.</div><div class="q1"> 13Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go:</div><div class="q2">Keep her; for she is thy life.</div><div class="q1"> 14Enter not into the path of the wicked,</div><div class="q2">And go not in the way of evil men.</div><div class="q1"> 15Avoid it, pass not by it,</div><div class="q2">Turn from it, and pass away.</div><div class="q1"> 16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief;</div><div class="q2">And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.</div><div class="q1"> 17For they eat the bread of wickedness,</div><div class="q2">And drink the wine of violence.</div><div class="q1"> 18But the path of the just is as the shining light,</div><div class="q2">That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.</div><div class="q1"> 19The way of the wicked is as darkness:</div><div class="q2">They know not at what they stumble.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 20My son, attend to my words;</div><div class="q2">Incline thine ear unto my sayings.</div><div class="q1"> 21Let them not depart from thine eyes;</div><div class="q2">Keep them in the midst of thine heart.</div><div class="q1"> 22For they are life unto those that find them,</div><div class="q2">And health to all their flesh.</div><div class="q1"> 23Keep thy heart with all diligence;</div><div class="q2">For out of it are the issues of life.</div><div class="q1"> 24Put away from thee a froward mouth,</div><div class="q2">And perverse lips put far from thee.</div><div class="q1"> 25Let thine eyes look right on,</div><div class="q2">And let thine eyelids look straight before thee.</div><div class="q1"> 26Ponder the path of thy feet,</div><div class="q2">And let all thy ways be established.</div><div class="q1"> 27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left:</div><div class="q2">Remove thy foot from evil.</div><div class="b"></div>
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 <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1">His Baptism and Temptation</div><div class="s2">John the Baptist</div><div class="p"> 1In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Jud&#230;a, 2and saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 3For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying,</div><div class="q1">The voice of one crying in the wilderness,</div><div class="q1">Prepare ye the way of the Lord,</div><div class="q1">Make his paths straight.</div><div class="m"> 4And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. 5Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Jud&#230;a, and all the region round about Jordan, 6and were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.</div><div class="p"> 7But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: 9and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. 10And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 11I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: 12whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.</div><div class="s2">The Baptism of Jesus</div><div class="p"> 13Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. 14But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? 15And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him. 16And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 17and lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.</div>
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 <div class="p">1It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. 2I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. 3And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) 4how that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. 5Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities. 6For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me. 7And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. 8For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. 9And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.</div><div class="p"> </div>
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